ALEXANDER CITY — What does Huntington Beach, California; Dallas, Texas and Auburn, Alabama have in common?

Well, on Thursday each city had a resident at the opening day of Chick-fil-A Alexander City.

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Cliff Williams / The Outlook Chick-fil-A Alexander City operator Lois Ann Murphree, right, was surprised by her friends Leslie Wright, left, of Dallas, Texas and Lisa Barsh of Huntington Beach, California Thursday morning.

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Cliff Williams / The Outlook Chick-fil-A Alexander City opened bright and early Thursday morning allowing area residents to purchase from the restaurant for the first time in Tallapoosa County.

Cliff Williams is a staff writer for Tallapoosa Publishers.