A new Chick-fil-A is about to start flipping on its lights in Liberty Hill. Chick-fil-A Bar W will begin serving the Liberty Hill-Leander community on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2026, at 6 a.m., with the restaurant set up at 400 Kauffman Loop offering dine-in, drive-thru, carry-out and third-party delivery options from day one.
The opening comes courtesy of local Owner-Operator David Snow, who was selected by Chick-fil-A, Inc. to run the new location, according to kdhnews.com. Snow attended the University of Texas at Austin, where he played football before pursuing a professional career in the National Football League, the outlet reports. The same report notes he and his wife, Holley, attended college in Austin, and their two children were born in the area — ties that put a personal stamp on the new storefront.
From the Football Field to the Front Counter
Snow's path to running a Chick-fil-A wasn't exactly a straight line from the gridiron. Per the kdhnews.com report, Snow joined Chick-fil-A as a Team Member in 2015, climbing the ranks before being tapped as a local Owner-Operator in East Texas, a post he's held for the past four years. The report attributes Snow's move into the Chick-fil-A world to encouragement from an Austin-area Owner-Operator who suggested he explore the opportunity.
Now Snow is bringing that experience back to the Austin region. In comments carried by kdhnews.com, Snow said his family has deep ties to the Austin area and is grateful to return to serve the growing Leander and Liberty Hill communities.
Opening-Day Perks and a Food Bank Gift
Chick-fil-A Bar W and its team will host a Moo-ve-In Party on opening day, and cow-spotted visitors can redeem one free entrée or kid's meal inside the restaurant or in the drive-thru, according to the same report. The dining room will serve guests Monday through Saturday from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m., with the drive-thru remaining open until 10 p.m.
Chick-fil-A, Inc. is also marking the opening with a $25,000 donation to support local hunger relief efforts of the Central Texas Food Bank, per kdhnews.com's reporting. The new location will participate in the Chick-fil-A Shared Table program, which redirects surplus food to local nonprofits and has helped create over 50 million meals nationwide to date. The restaurant is also looking to staff up, with its Chick-fil-A Bar W location page noting the team is seeking friendly faces to join its crew, and the new store is expected to create approximately 70 jobs in the area.
A Corridor Built for Growth
The timing lines up with a broader building boom along the Hwy. 29 and Ronald Reagan Boulevard corridor, which has seen elevated housing growth in recent years as the region transitions from a series of remote neighborhoods into a self-sustaining urban hub, according to Community Impact. Nearby Santa Rita Ranch, with approximately 5,000 homes built, is still less than 50% built out, and the development ranked as the No. 1 master-planned community in Austin for new-home sales in 2025, with 483 sales, the outlet reports.
That residential surge has brought retailers with it. A 102,000-square-foot H-E-B opened in Leander in 2021 at the intersection of Hwy. 29 and Ronald Reagan Boulevard, and Liberty Hill's first Target is now under construction near Hwy. 29 and US 183, with a Costco having recently opened nearby, Community Impact notes. The outlet also reports that Liberty Hill's city limits contain roughly 16,000 residents, while the surrounding extraterritorial jurisdiction holds around 87,000 people, and that the Leander, Liberty Hill and Georgetown ZIP codes currently have about six months of housing inventory on the market.
