Chick‑fil‑A is brewing up a new concept restaurant devoted entirely to beverages – but will exclude its famous frosted lemonades and chicken from the menu.

The new concept, called Daybright, will be operated by Chick‑fil‑A’s innovation arm, Red Wagon Ventures, and will open its first location later this fall in the Greater Atlanta area.

Unlike a typical Chick‑fil‑A restaurant, the Daybright outpost will not serve any of the chain’s beloved food items. That means no chicken sandwiches, waffle fries or signature sauces.

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Instead, Daybright will focus on a curated drinks menu featuring specialty coffees, smoothies and cold‑pressed juices. The concept will notably avoid overlap with Chick‑fil‑A’s existing beverage offerings, including staples such as lemonade, frosted lemonade, milkshakes and certain coffees that will not appear on the Daybright menu.

Chick-fil-A is launching its own drink-inly restaurant. The first Daybright location will be in the Greater Atlanta area. (Getty/iStock)

More information about the Daybright drink lineup will be released in the coming months, the company said.

Chick-fil-A has ventured beyond its traditional offerings before. In 2023, the company launched Little Blue Menu, a restaurant in College Park, Maryland, that features Chick-fil-A favorites alongside new items such as wings and burgers.

Chick‑fil‑A’s beverage‑only pivot mirrors past efforts by other chains. For instance, McDonald’s introduced McCafé in the U.S. in 2001, and Taco Bell recently launched its Live Más Café storefronts.

There are currently over 3,000 Chick-fil-A restaurants in 48 states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and Canada.

It’s unclear if there are plans to open more than the one Daybright location.

Chick-fil-A is launching a unique beverage-focused dining concept called Daybright that will serve smoothies, juices, and specialty coffees.

The first location is set to open in the greater Atlanta area in the next few months.

The menu will also feature food, but there will allegedly be no overlap between Chick-fil-A’s menu and Daybright’s.

From chicken to…coffee? Chick-fil-A is making moves and its coming for your favorite coffee chains. First McDonald’s branched out with its short-lived CosMc’s—a drink-focused offshoot chain that sadly only lasted two years. And now Chick-fil-A is apparentlyaiming to fill the gap with a new beverage-forward concept called Daybright.

The first outpost of Daybright is set to open outside of Atlanta in the coming months and surprisingly, will not include any of the popular Chick-fil-A food its customers have grown to love. Instead, Daybright will place an emphasis on specialty coffees, cold-pressed juice, and smoothies, but don’t expect any repeats from the Chick-fil-A beverage menu here, either. Daybright will reportedly encapsulate a whole new autonomous concept—that means no Sunjoys, people.

While further details on Daybright are still scant, we’re keeping our eyes and ears peeled for more news on what exactly we can expect from the anticipated new menu. Will they be hopping on the dirty soda trend? Sticking to healthier beverage options? Competing with Starbucks’ pumpkin spice latte? We don’t know yet, but we’re primed to find out.