{"id":468183,"date":"2026-10-16T21:04:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T21:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/468183\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T21:04:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T21:04:07","slug":"laynes-chicken-fingers-eyes-new-san-antonio-location","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/468183\/","title":{"rendered":"Layne&#8217;s Chicken Fingers eyes new San Antonio location"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fast casual chain<a href=\"https:\/\/www.layneschickenfingers.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"> Layne\u2019s Chicken Fingers<\/a> hasn\u2019t yet made its San Antonio debut, but it&#8217;s already pecking on the Far West Side. A new state regulatory filing says the concept is eyeing an opening at 1604 Loop South at Marbach Road.<\/p>\n<p>In November 2025, the Frisco-based chain<a href=\"https:\/\/sanantonio.culturemap.com\/news\/restaurants-bars\/laynes-chicken-fingers-opening-seguin\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> inked a major franchising deal<\/a> with real estate and restaurant developer Eli Cohen to bring 44 units to San Antonio, West Texas, and the Coastal Bend. San Antonio\u2019s first location, at 7249 Bandera Rd., will open October 27, and there are signs (a billboard, to be exact) touting another location at the intersection of Bandera and Guilbeau Roads.<\/p>\n<p>Entrepreneur Mike Layne founded the fast-casual concept in 1994 in College Station, soon bringing on then-Texas A&amp;M student Mike Garratt to help with operations. After graduation, Garratt took over the restaurant, but kept the name. Now, Layne\u2019s is a franchise with locations spread across Texas, Utah, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.<\/p>\n<p>The concept is known for its \u201csoon-to-be-famous\u201d chicken fingers, available in combo meals with fries and Texas toast. The menu also includes items like club sandwiches, grilled cheeses, and grilled chicken wraps, which can all be dipped in sauces such as barbecue, honey mustard, and jalape\u00f1o ranch.<\/p>\n<p>Once open, Layne\u2019s will face stiff competition from a growing list of chicken joints. Similarly minded chain Raising Cane\u2019s is already well-established in the San Antonio market, and chains like Houston-based<a href=\"https:\/\/sanantonio.culturemap.com\/news\/restaurants-bars\/starbird-chicken-restaurant-opening\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> Starbird<\/a> are cashing in with multi-unit franchise agreements. Meanwhile, Nashville-style hot chicken chains are ruffling their own feathers, with<a href=\"https:\/\/sanantonio.culturemap.com\/news\/restaurants-bars\/angry-chickz-opening-northwest-side\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> Angry Chickz<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/sanantonio.culturemap.com\/news\/restaurants-bars\/richies-hot-chicken-alamo-ranch\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> Richie\u2019s Hot Chicken<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/sanantonio.culturemap.com\/news\/restaurants-bars\/daves-hot-chicken-opening-schertz\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> Dave\u2019s Hot Chicken<\/a>, and<a href=\"https:\/\/sanantonio.culturemap.com\/news\/restaurants-bars\/urban-bird-chicken-stone-oak\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> Urban Bird<\/a> all planning local growth.<\/p>\n<p>According to new Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation filings, the 2,430 -square-foot Layne\u2019s plans to begin construction in late November and wrap up by April 2027.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fast casual chain Layne\u2019s Chicken Fingers hasn\u2019t yet made its San Antonio debut, but it&#8217;s already pecking on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":468184,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[1808,11957,3453,423,82,84,83],"class_list":["post-468183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-chains","tag-chicken","tag-far-west-side","tag-openings","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=468183"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468183\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/468184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=468183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=468183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=468183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}