Katy Mason Road Chick-fil-A Celebrates Fun and Memories with 30th Anniversary this Week
- ncookclark
- Sep 15
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KATY MAGAZINE NEWS
September 15, 2025
By Natalie Cook Clark
The Katy Chick-fil-A off Mason Road is turning 30 years old and will host a day of celebrations and giveaways. See how their location has helped the Katy community and experienced the city’s growth throughout three decades.
This Wednesday, September 17, 2025, the Chick-fil-A at 369 S. Mason Road will turn 30 years old. Throughout three decades this establishment has both benefitted the Katy community and witness its growth.
The location will celebrate the occasion this Wednesday with free hot or iced coffee from 6:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., free chocolate chunk cookie or chocolate fudge brownie from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. In the evening, it’s Family Night from 5-7:30 p.m. with face painting and balloons, crafts, a bounce house and more.
At the celebration there will also be free kids meals from 5:00-7:30 p.m., 50 bonus points per mobile order all day this Wednesday. There will also be raffles for Chick-fil-A merchandise and coupons. One lucky winner will win Chick-fil-A for a year!
“Wow, Katy has grown,” says owner Rusty Wylie. “We had just 3 high schools when we opened and now there are 10. There was a large field behind us (no strip center), Highland Knolls at Mason Road was a stop sign, and really no one ever drove on Grand Parkway because there were no houses West of Grand Parkway.”
Chick-fil-A real estate moved Rusty Wylie from Tennessee to Texas in the Spring of 1995 to assist CFA Inc. with the Galleria Mall location. After working there for several months, he asked if he could stay in Texas and run the newly opened Mason Road location, because it had yet to have a franchisee.
“They were definitely hesitant since I was on 23 years old,” recalls Wylie. “They did select me, I moved across the country and never left. More than anything, I was willing to move to wherever the opportunity was.”
The Mason Road location was the third “free standing” store to open in the Houston market and now there are more than 100.
“For years, I was the only CFA franchisee in Katy,” says Wylie. “Now there are four of us (Amanda Baca, Courtney Holmes, Cynthia Cavin). We work very well together and I grateful for a group that is fun and challenges each other.”
The Mason Road Chick-fil-A has worked with major community charities and projects over the years. Wylie says that their favorite partnership has been with Katy ISD via Partnerships in Education.
“I am a Board member for the Katy Education Foundation,” says Wylie. “We employ kids that are special needs thru KISD at all 3 of our stores. I am also a donor for Arc of Katy. At 2 of our stores, we host Crafts with the Cow, which is free.”
Wylie’s goal is for them to be “an indispensable blessing is our community.”
“We want to meet the needs of our community and honor our guests through our service,” says Wylie. “We've done fundraisers for things like Living Water, stuff the bus for kid's backpacks, blood drives, etc. We have free college tuition for all of our team members via online thru Point University.”
Wylie’s family has grown up in Katy over these years. He’s married to Stefany and they have two grown children who both graduated from Faith West Academy in Katy.
He’s proud to say that he’s had 6 former team members go on to become CFA franchisees owners in Texas, California, Utah, etc.
“We’re looking forward to seeing everyone on September 17,” says Wylie. “We’ll have a backdrop for pictures, fun stuff for kids with our cows. We’re looking forward to it!”
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