Replacing Fireplace Restaurant, Chick-Fil-A Will Open In Bergen County Next Week

BERGEN COUNTY, NJ — Two new Chick-fil-A restaurants are opening in North Jersey next week, including one in Bergen County, the company said.

Chick-fil-A Paramus has risen from the ashes of the well-known Fireplace Restaurant on Route 17, which was torn down in 2021.

The new restaurant will open Thursday, May 2 at 718 N State Route 17.

The chain offers chicken sandwiches, nuggets, and other dishes, as well as breakfast meals and salads.

The new location will bring approximately 110 jobs to the Paramus community, said the company.

Chick-fil-A Paramus will be open for dine-in, drive-thru, carry-out and third-party delivery from 6:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 6:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, said a company spokesperson. The restaurant will operate drive-thru only from 10 p.m. to 11 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays.

Local owner Ray Cowan already owns the nearby Chick-fil-A in Ramsey.

"Ray Cowan’s growth within Chick-fil-A is the perfect embodiment of building a career from the ground up," the company said in a release. "He joined the Company more than 20 years ago as a team member while in high school and continued to work at the restaurant throughout college. In 2019 he was selected as the local Owner-Operator of Chick-fil-A Ramsey in nearby Ramsey, New Jersey – which he will continue to operate in addition to the new restaurant."

A Chick-fil-A will also open that day in Parsippany.

See the chain's menu here.

The company said, "Both restaurants will plan to participate in the Chick-fil-A Shared Table program, an initiative that redirects surplus food from the restaurant to local soup kitchens, shelters, food banks and nonprofits in need. In celebration of the openings, Chick-fil-A, Inc. has donated a combined $50,000 to Feeding America to support local hunger relief efforts of Community Foodbank of New Jersey, a Feeding America partner."