A will open Thursday at 944 Central Ave.   The restaurant is the sixth Capital Region location for the Georgia-based chicken franchise. Following the traditional Chick-fil-A model, the 5,200-square-foot restaurant will feature a two-lane drive-thru that can accommodate up to 50 cars and a parking lot that can hold almost 100 cars.

Chick-fil-A is opening its latest Capital Region restaurant this week. The location at 944 Central Ave. at the corner of Colvin Avenue in Albany will open Thursday, Dec. 5, the company announced Monday. It's the fast food chicken chain's third freestanding location in the region; Clifton Park and North Greenbush locations opened in July 2023.

The restaurant will be at 944 Central Avenue with dine-in, carryout, and drive-thru options from 6:30 a.m. to 10 p.m.