Raising Cane’s: Lowering our expectations for good chickenLooks like Chic-Fil-A still has a hold on most of the market. Raising Cane’s has been a much anticipated addition to Robert Street’s chain of chicken places, ranging from fast food KFC to Latin Pollo Campero. Now, the Louisiana born chicken spot is trying its luck in Minnesota, with moderate success. Of course, one can’t really estimate yet how successful it is so far, because it just opened and cars are still joining the drive through that is so overcrowded that an extra lane had to be made and police officers stationed at the entrances and exits. The line moved fairly quickly though, and once we were at the ordering station, we were met with…a 6 option menu. Raising Cane’s is not like Chic-Fil-A, which only sells chicken (aside from its breakfasts), granted in different forms such as nuggets, sandwiches, wraps, and in both breaded and grilled. At raising Cane’s, your only option is…chicken fingers. Anybody who likes variety should stay within a mile radius away from RC, because the only food available is chicken fingers, Texas toast, coleslaw, fries, and an assortment of drinks. The quality of each of those items we found to be questionable.
The chicken fingers, while just sounding strange, are covered in a flaky, tasteless breading so wrinkly that is reminds one of beloved Grandma Agnes’ skin. The chicken itself is real, but it retains no moisture from its home state of Louisiana (LA has a humid climate). The fingers themselves hardly even look like fingers and the selection we got were curled in a fetal position, making one wonder if they think their name is as cringy as we do. The fries are okay with ketchup, but taken straight they are reminiscent of today’s teenagers; no wonder they’re so salty if RC is serving fries like these. They are rather boring, too, just standard crinkle cut fries that bring nothing to the table in terms of signature fry qualities. They’re just salty, dry crinkle cut fries that need ketchup. The Cane sauce itself tastes exactly like bologna. The vinegar overpowers everything, and the mild spiciness just seems out of place. People come here to eat chicken, not bologna sauce. The pricing is quite over the top for such a disappointing place. Each chicken finger is $1.25 each, which is ridiculous when taking into account the size and quality. The meals are a few dollars over what I would view as acceptable, and let’s face it: not everybody likes coleslaw, so why charge us for something we aren’t even going to eat? It seems everything they sell (mentioned above) has its own price, which seem strange when you consider the sauce costs a whopping 67 cents for a small container of liquid bologna. Price for price, Chic-Fil-A beats out RC in pretty much every way. And hey, no line there. Plus, you can get a shake while you’re at it.
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