(NEXSTAR) — We can’t guarantee that Chevy Chase will be working the drive-thru window or that the restaurants will be as bold as the Post Malone-designed location in Utah, but we can confirm Raising Cane’s is gearing up to open almost a dozen new spots soon.
Founded in Louisiana nearly three decades ago, Raising Cane’s has been on an expansion streak recently. The fast-food chain, well-known for its chicken fingers, Texas toast, and Cane’s sauce, opened a record-breaking 118 restaurants last year.
As of August 2025, Raising Cane’s now has more than 860 locations in the U.S., with more set to open soon.
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The newest restaurants opened this month in Riverbank, California; Indiana, Pennsylvania; St. Petersburg, Florida; and Fall River, Massachusetts. Customers began lining up outside the latter location the day before, Nexstar’s WPRI reports.
More than a dozen locations are either preparing to open soon or in the coming months. For some, that means later this month or in early September. For others, an opening date has yet to be set, according to location listings on the Raising Cane’s website or spokespersons who shared information with Nexstar and its affiliates.
California
- Long Beach, August 26
- Santa Fe Springs, September 2
- Canoga Park, Fall 2025
- San Diego, September 10
Indiana
- Indianapolis, Winter 2025
Iowa
- Sioux City, Winter 2025
Kansas
- Topeka, Early 2026
Maryland
- Glen Burnie, August 19
- Bel Air, coming soon
Michigan
- Ann Arbor, coming soon
- Portage, Fall 2025
New York
- New York (Broadway), September 4
North Carolina
- Raleigh, Fall 2025
Tennessee
- Memphis (North Germantown Parkway), Spring 2026
Washington
- Spokane, coming soon
West Virginia
- Morgantown, Winter 2025
Wisconsin
- La Crosse, Aug. 19
While Raising Cane’s has yet to confirm it, local media reports say a location is also gearing up to open in Milford, Connecticut, on October 2.
More specific opening dates are forthcoming for several stores. The Indianapolis restaurant, for example, is expected to open in December, Nexstar’s WXIN previously reported, as is the Morgantown, West Virginia, location, according to Nexstar’s WBOY.
By the end of 2025, Raising Cane’s plans to have had nearly 100 new restaurants join its roster, the company said in a statement to Nexstar.
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“At any given time, we have about 300 Restaurants at various stages in our development pipeline and are continually evaluating sites all over the world to achieve our goal of operating 1,600+ Restaurants and becoming a Top 10 US Restaurant Brand,” the statement added.
Despite its growth, you can’t yet find Raising Cane’s in every state. Residents in eight — Maine, Montana, North Dakota, Idaho, South Dakota, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wyoming — will need to cross state lines to get their hands on chicken fingers and Cane sauce.
That is expected to change.
“We plan to operate Restaurants in every state and all major cities across the U.S.,” the statement from Raising Cane’s noted.
West Virginia is on track to be the first among those aforementioned states to get their inaugural location when the Morgantown restaurant opens later this year.
The chicken chain said population density weighs heavily when it considers “where and when we expand into new markets and states.”
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“…We’re continually evaluating growth opportunities beyond our current footprint and are excited to enter into those markets when the time is right.”
Raising Cane’s is also working to grow its presence in the states it has already reached.
In Michigan, for example, a spokesperson for Raising Cane’s told Nexstar’s WOOD that the company aims to open more than 20 new locations within the state over the next decade. A location in Topeka, Kansas, is on track to open next year, a spokesperson told Nexstar’s KSNT. There are also plans to open two locations in Memphis, Tennessee, Nexstar’s WREG has reported. A spokesperson tells Nexstar that while one site is expected to open next year, the other awaits the city’s approval.
With these new restaurant openings also come job openings. A recent survey showed Raising Cane’s employees are among the happiest in the fast food industry, with more than 80% saying they would recommend the job to a friend.
