Restaurants & Bars
Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers Looks To Open 1st Somerset County Location
The Southern fast-food chain specialties include chicken fingers (with signature Cane's sauce), chicken sandwiches, crinkle-cut fries.
WATCHUNG, NJ — Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers is getting closer to expanding into the Somerset County area.
The Southern fast-food chain has an application before the Watchung Planning Board to open a restaurant with a drive-thru in the Blue Star Shopping Center off Route 22 in Watchung.
The applicant proposes replacing the existing 8,616 square foot Hibachi Grill & Supreme Buffet pad site fronting on Route 22 with a 3,760 square foot Raising Cane’s restaurant with a 2-lane drive-thru.
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The Planning Board is expected to hear the application at its Tuesday night meeting.
Raising Cane's, based in Louisiana, began opening locations in New Jersey in 2023 in Burlington County, including Burlington, Cherry Hill and Marlton. The chain is also looking to expand to the Jersey Shore in Brick.
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The chain's specialties include chicken fingers (with signature Cane's sauce), chicken sandwiches, crinkle-cut fries, Texas toast and sweet tea.
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