By Mary Riese

Raising Canes is a restaurant taking over the fast food industry. This restaurant is known for only serving chicken finger meals. The idea of this restaurant came to life when a college student named Todd Graves was told to write a paper on a business that would thrive in a college town. Graves wrote up a business plan for this and then went on to get the lowest grade in the class as his professor told him only serving chicken fingers in South Louisiana would never work. Graves then gave this business plan to many other investors, all of which denied, so he learned what he would have to do to build his first restaurant and named it after his yellow lab, Raising Cane. 

Their most popular meal is “The Box Combo” consisting of four chicken fingers, one piece of Texas toast, French fries, and a side of coleslaw. Their craveable appeal is what truly draws people in because who doesn’t like chicken fingers and fries? However, most times the chicken is soggy and the fries are not seasoned. They also like to be known for their signature sauce, but in reality it just tastes like thousand island dressing with too much pepper. The lemonade they claim they make fresh really just tastes like Chick-Fil-A’s; good but not original. 

Overall, if you have a craving for chicken fingers this may seem like the best option, but I would try another. Although it is average, it is not worth the $10-15 you have to pay per meal. If you have never had it before, you truly are not missing out.