The Chicago Department of Aviation (CDA), in partnership with Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW) Airports, is excited to announce the arrival of the first Chick-fil-A, Protein Bar & Kitchen and Evolve by Hudson in a Chicago airport.
Evolve recently opened in the newly-expanded Terminal 5 at O’Hare International Airport, and the other restaurants will be coming to the terminal in the summer of 2023.
Locally-owned Hyde Park Hospitality and its partner Phillips Concessions, 100% Airport Certified Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (ACDBE), will own and operate the Chick-fil-A restaurant. Locally-based Protein Bar & Kitchen will run the O’Hare location along with ACDBE partners DC Garrett Group and Chicagoan Miguel Cruz of BT Express. The concessions’ locations are a part of the largest set of concessions agreements at O’Hare in more than 30 years.
“We are thrilled to bring customer favourite Chick-fil-A to O’Hare,” said Marc Brooks, CEO of Hyde Park Hospitality. “It is a dream come true to open another 100% minority-owned and operated business in one of the busiest airports in the world, right here in my hometown. We cannot wait to create more good paying jobs and hospitality careers at the airport.”
The restaurant openings are part of the $1.3bn revamp of Terminal 5 that added 350,000sq ft and 10 gates and modernised the existing space.
