Pensacola’s first Raising Cane’s opens with huge crowd
A huge crowd showed up for the grand opening of Pensacola’s first Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers on Ninth Avenue.
As the end of summer approaches, restaurants and businesses are continuing to expand, including Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers.
The company is opening six locations across five states this September, three of which will be in new cities, USA TODAY has confirmed. Locations will be in states including Tennessee and California, the company said.
“We’re especially excited about our upcoming Restaurant at Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco, where we’ll introduce our brand to the city for the first time,” said the company, which calls its customers “caniacs.”
A second San Francisco location is slated to open soon, according to the company’s website, although no date was listed.
The openings come as Raising Cane’s celebrates its 30th birthday with a pop-up museum in Baton Rouge, Louisiana featuring founder Todd Graves’ original business plan, the briefcase he carried while trying to secure funding for his restaurant in the ’90s and blueprints from the original restaurant. The museum will be up and running during weekdays until Sept. 24.
Here’s what we know about where new Raising Cane’s locations are opening this month.
Where will new Raising Cane’s locations be?
Among the openings Raising Cane’s has planned for September are the first-ever locations in Saginaw, Michigan; Gresham, Oregon; and San Francisco, California, said the company.
California
Colorado
- Westminster – 7375 W. 88th Ave.(opening Sept. 14)
Michigan
- Saginaw – 5015 Bay Road (opening Sept. 8)
Oregon
- Gresham – 20 NW Burnside Road (opening Sept. 22)
Tennessee
- Cleveland – 148 Sgt. Paul Huff Parkway NW (opening Sept. 8)
- Nashville – 1819 Broadway (opening Sept. 21)
Saleen Martin is a reporter on USA TODAY’s trending team. She is from Norfolk, Virginia – the 757. Email her at sdmartin@usatoday.com.