Chick-fil-A Offers Free Food to Guests in Costume Tuesday, July 12

By Tim Darnell (Patch Staff)

Bethesda, MD — If you dress up as as a cow to take part in one of its most popular and iconic promotions, Chick-fil-A will reward you for having fun in its annual Cow Appreciation Day from 6:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, July 12.

That means customers have a chance for free food at one of the restaurants' more than 2,000 locations nationwide, including around Bethesda and Montgomery County.

Adult customers who dress in any type of cow attire, whether it’s “head-to-hoof” or sporting a cow-spotted accessory, will be rewarded with a free entrée of their choice. Children can receive a free kids meal for dressing in a cow costume.

Here's a list of Chick-fil-A locations in the Bethesda area:

• Silver Spring In-Line, 825 Ellsworth Dr Lot D1-A, Silver Spring
• Westfield Montgomery Mall, 7101 Democracy Blvd Spc 2122, Bethesda
• Montrose Crossing In-Line, 12001 Rockville Pike, Rockville
• Tech Rd. Silver Spring In-Line, 12289 Tech Rd, Silver Spring
• Kentlands Square In-Line, 104 Main St, Gaithersburg
• Germantown Town Center, 19945 Century Blvd, Germantown

Based in Atlanta, Chick-fil-A first introduced the Cow campaign in 1995 as a three-dimensional billboard concept depicting a black-and-white cow sitting atop the back of another cow painting the words “Eat Mor Chikin” on the billboard.

Since the first billboard, the “Eat Mor Chikin” Cows have reached millions on television, radio, the internet and the occasional water tower to become one of the nation's most recognizable advertising icons and a member of New York’s Madison Avenue Advertising Walk of Fame.

The company was recently named America's favorite fast food restaurant in an American Customer Satisfaction Index report.
»Pictured is Molly, one of the real cows behind the “Eat Mor Chikin” campaign, courtesy of Chick-fil-A.