ATLANTA — Chick-fil-A is owning up to their mistake — but their apology is sweet.
Later this year, the popular restaurant will bring back its original barbecue sauce.
After several months of angry #BringBackTheBBQ Facebook posts and tweets, the restaurant posted a video on Tuesday revealing that their original sauce will return in November.
“When we introduced a new Smokehouse Barbeque Sauce in July, we thought we were serving up a bold new flavor you’d love. But your response was even bolder,” Chick-fil-A said in a press release. “Beginning mid-November, the original Barbeque Sauce will return to the Chick-fil-A menu at restaurants nationwide to replace Smokehouse Barbeque Sauce.”
The video, inspired by Jimmy Kimmel’s “mean tweets” videos, shows employees reading angry tweets from customers angry about the recipe change.
It’s safe to say Chick-fil-A didn’t pick the meanest of the “mean tweets” to feature in their video — but here they are:
https://twitter.com/backwithblack/status/758808754313830400
If anyone has Chick-Fil-A's old BBQ sauce packets, I'm willing to pay.
— Alyssa Gonzalez (@AlyssaAlinda) July 20, 2016
If I tweet you everyday for a year like Noah wrote Allie in the notebook for 365 days will you bring back your original bbq sauce @ChickfilA
— Shelby Scott (@shelbytlscott) July 29, 2016
@ChickfilA Why in the ham fat did you change my BBQ sauce? If it ain't broke don't fix it. #NoSmokey4Me Jeez
— Chad Tootle (@chadwtootle) July 30, 2016