{"id":323518,"date":"2026-08-17T22:38:25","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T22:38:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/323518\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T22:38:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T22:38:25","slug":"news-12-new-jersey-100","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/323518\/","title":{"rendered":"News 12 | New Jersey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Fans of Raising Cane&#8217;s Chicken Fingers turned out in large numbers Thursday for the grand opening of the restaurant&#8217;s newest New Jersey location in Linden.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">About 100 people gathered outside the restaurant on Routes 1 and 9 to celebrate the opening and take part in special giveaways.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">&#8220;It&#8217;s not just our food, it&#8217;s our people. But our food is good,&#8221; said Aimee Kessel of Raising Cane&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">As part of the grand opening celebration, 20 customers were selected to win free Raising Cane&#8217;s for a year.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">&#8220;It&#8217;s gonna be the lucky 20, so 20 lucky folks are going to be winning Cane&#8217;s for a year,&#8221; Kessel said.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Customers said the restaurant&#8217;s chicken and signature sauce are what keep them coming back.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">&#8220;I like their chicken. The chicken is delicious, the sauce and everything is good here,&#8221; said Wendi Watson of North Brunswick.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">&#8220;I highly recommend you get extra sauce. Every time I get a combo meal, I always go extra,&#8221; said Emmanuel Riley of North Plainfield.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Some fans traveled long distances for the opening.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Ryan Shupp of Coatesville, Pennsylvania, arrived at 6:45 p.m. the night before to secure the first spot in line.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">&#8220;I do not work for Cane&#8217;s, this is not a promotion. I just love Raising Cane&#8217;s and I am number one,&#8221; Shupp said.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">The Linden restaurant is the ninth Raising Cane&#8217;s location in New Jersey.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">RELATED: <a data-rich-text-hyperlink=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/newjersey.news12.com\/raising-canes-fanatics-camp-out-ahead-of-grand-opening-of-middlesex-county-location\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Raising Cane\u2019s fanatics camp out ahead of grand opening of Middlesex County location<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-rich-text-asset-image=\"true\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1787006303_366_Cane-s_Restaurant_Indoor.jpg\"   alt=\"Cane-s Restaurant Indoor.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/><img data-rich-text-asset-image=\"true\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1787006304_30_Chicken_Fingers.jpg\"   alt=\"Chicken Fingers.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/><img data-rich-text-asset-image=\"true\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1787006304_116_Cane-s_Group_Order.jpg\"   alt=\"Cane-s Group Order.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/><img data-rich-text-asset-image=\"true\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1787006304_506_Cane-s_Brick_Sign.jpg\"   alt=\"Cane-s Brick Sign.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/><img data-rich-text-asset-image=\"true\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1787006305_522_Cane-s_Box_Combo.jpg\"   alt=\"Cane-s Box Combo.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">(Photo Credit: Raising Cane&#8217;s)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fans of Raising Cane&#8217;s Chicken Fingers turned out in large numbers Thursday for the grand opening of the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":323519,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[9,24,63,134,136,135],"class_list":["post-323518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-staten-island","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-staten-island","tag-staten-island-headlines","tag-staten-island-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=323518"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323518\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/323519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=323518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=323518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=323518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}