6 Discontinued Menu Items My Family Would Love to See Chick-Fil-A Bring Back to Its Menu ASAP

Chick-fil-A is one of the most popular chicken restaurants around. With their affordable chicken, secret recipe, and delicious dipping sauces, it's hard to beat a tasty Chick-fil-A meal. This popular restaurant chain does have some tasty menu options, but that's not the only reason why customers love eating there.

Every year, the American Customer Satisfaction Index ranks 23 major quick-service chains based on factors such as accuracy of food order, quality of mobile app, food quality, and speed of checkout. To no one's surprise, Chick-fil-A consistently comes out on top.

The quality of the food is definitely one of the perks of eating at Chick-fil-A. While top choices include the Chick-fil-A chicken sandwich and their tasty chicken nuggets, there are also several discontinued menu items my family would love to see Chick-fil-A bring back.

This post was updated in September 2025 to include updated information about Chick-fil-A menu items and customer ratings.

Chick-fil-A's first menu item that they should bring back is a limited-time sandwich that was reintroduced as a limited-time item in early 2025 and is still available at some locations as of September 2025. This delicious meal included chicken breast that was marinated with peppers. The flavor adds a touch of spiciness that is perfect.

The Grilled Spicy Deluxe should be returned to the Chick-fil-A menu for good and for good reason. Sometimes, it's hard to find a perfectly delicious spicy sandwich. The fact that the chicken is grilled is a plus for more health-conscious customers. Coupled with the crispy lettuce and tomatoes, you have a sandwich you will keep returning to.

Coleslaw is a classic side dish that pairs perfectly with so many different main courses. Chicken is especially a favorite main dish to eat with coleslaw. It's creamy and crunchy, and the contrast between hot chicken and cold coleslaw is absolute perfection.

When ordering a side for your chicken at Chick-fil-A, the go-to side is the waffle fries. However, not everyone is a fan of fries. The coleslaw makes a tasty and healthier option for those who want a side that is both crisp and fresh.

The Smokehouse BBQ bacon sandwich graced us with its presence in 2017. This amazingly delicious sandwich has come and gone as a limited-time guest for years. However, it doesn't appear quite as often as it should.

The Smokehouse BBQ bacon sandwich did BBQ right. The grilled chicken was perfectly marinated and topped with a slew of toppings. These included brown sugar bacon, lettuce, Colby Jack cheese, and a smokehouse BBQ sauce. This sandwich was packed with flavor, shooting it to the top of the list as a customer favorite.

Chick-fil-A is known for its chicken nuggets and chicken breast sandwiches. But did you know they also once offered a chicken salad sandwich? This sandwich was discontinued in 2017, but customers still remember the crowd favorite.

Chick-fil-A should bring the chicken salad sandwich back because customers desperately miss it. It also offered a unique way to enjoy chicken other than the typical and classic forms that many chicken restaurants take today.

To many customers, the Asian salad was once the best salad that Chick-fil-A offered to its customers. It was sadly discontinued in 2016, even though many people loved this menu option. The choice to discontinue the Asian salad was based on the desire to give the option of healthier and fresher choices.

The Chick-fil-A franchise has introduced a few more salad options for its customers. However, to some, these new salads and wraps can't compete with the once-beloved Asian salad. The perfect combination of almonds, wontons, chicken, red cabbage, almonds, and dressing is tough to beat. Maybe it isn't as healthy as some of their other options, but Chick-fil-A should consider bringing back this treasured salad.

For over ten years, the cinnamon cluster was a beloved pastry on the Chick-fil-A menu. It was one tasty breakfast item with a cluster of cinnamon rolls all baked together. Sure, you can always grab one cinnamon from a bakery, but why do that? When you could order a cluster of deliciously packed cinnamon rolls, all iced together beautifully? Needless to say, Chick-fil-A customers were sad to see this one go.

Sometimes, for breakfast, you need a sweet treat. The cinnamon cluster was a unique take on the traditional cinnamon roll with the perfect amount of drizzled icing; it was something out of a cinnamon heaven.

Chick-fil-A will continue to be one of the most popular chicken restaurants around the United States. When a craving for deliciously grilled or fried chicken hits, the place to go is Chick-fil-A. Their delicious menu options include incredible flavors, crunchy textures, and even fresh salads and wraps.

While the most popular menu items at Chick-fil-A will almost always be the chicken nuggets and the original Chick-fil-A chicken sandwich, there are so many other priceless gems. These flavorful, discontinued menu items were taken from us too soon; we would love to see Chick-fil-A bring them back.