Chick-fil-A Opening New Location in South Portland, Maine

If you build it, they will come.

That seems to be what is going on throughout South Portland, Maine, right now as some of America's most prominent retail and restaurant chains have focused in on the area.

The Maine Mall is already home to dozens of those popular retail stores and restaurants and soon, the Maine Mall parking lot is going to add one of the most popular fast food chains in America to the mix.

Chick-fil-A Opening New Location In The Maine Mall Parking Lot

If you've driven by the Maine Mall on the Best Buy side recently, you've noticed some construction ongoing in the parking lot next to Longhorn Steakhouse.

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That wasn't just maintenance, it was the beginning stages of a brand new restaurant.

According to signage placed over the weekend, it will be a new Chick-fil-A location. It will either be the third or fourth Chick-fil-A location depending on how quickly construction is completed.

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One of the more interesting details for this South Portland, Maine, Chick-fil-A will be if and how a drive-thru is executed and what that will do to regular traffic in the parking area near the Maine Mall.

Chick-fil-A Also Opening a New Location in Biddeford, Maine

Buzz began to build at the end of 2025 that Chick-fil-A's next expansion in Maine would be happening in Biddeford.

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After months of no comment, it's been confirmed that Chick-fil-A will be opening in the space that was formerly Olive Garden at Biddeford Crossing.

Construction has been ongoing for months with still no firm timetable as to when the grand opening of Chick-fil-A in Biddeford will be.