Baton Rouge-based chicken chain Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers began as a school assignment—one that received a failing grade. But as sometimes happens, when CEO Todd Graves got flunked by his professor, early rejection turned into motivation. He launched Raising Cane’s, and the chain has since proved Graves’s professor wrong, exploding to approximately 600 locations (as of 2022).
That growth shows no sign of stopping. Four more locations are expected to open here in South Florida by the end of the summer, according to recent coverage in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.
The Raising Cane’s menu features the brand’s mainstay chicken fingers, crinkle cut fries, Texas Toast, and coleslaw. These come in combos like the Box Combo, the Sandwich Combo, and the Caniac Combo, which packs in six chicken fingers, fries, coleslaw, Texas toast, a drink, and two ramekins of the brand’s signature Cane’s Sauce.
“Four South Florida entries are slated to open by summer, the first of which is planned for Boynton Beach … in April, followed by Royal Palm Beach (100 N. State Road 7) in May and Cutler Bay (19705 S. Dixie Highway) in June,” reads the Sun-Sentinel coverage. “In August, a fourth is scheduled to debut in Pompano Beach (2501 N. Federal Highway) on the former site of steakhouse icon Bobby Rubino’s.”
What Now reached out to Raising Cane’s Vice President of Company Restaurants Jason Zwerin on Wednesday. Zwerin was not immediately available for comment on the brand’s South Florida expansion plans.
