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This episode explores the history and unique aspects of Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers with guest D'Angelo Reyes.

🐔🎣 Raising Cane's: The Dog Behind the Name, Post Malone, and Velvet Elvis 🎣🐔 This week, D'Angelo Reyes (@dangelo1260) joins me to explore the history of Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers , a restaurant built around one simple idea that almost everyone thought would fail. From disco balls in every dining room to naming the entire company after his beloved dog, Raising Cane's proves that sometimes sticking to your vision is the best business strategy of all. 🐶 Why There Have Been THREE Raising Cane Namesake Dogs (It's Sad) 🎣 Working on a Salmon Boat and an Oil Rig to Fund the Dream 🐔 The Chicken Finger Got Laughed at by the Founder's College Professor 🖼️ Why Every Raising Cane's Has Velvet Elvis Artwork 🎤 Post Malone Somehow Has TWO Raising Cane's Locations 🏰 ...Including One with a Medieval-Themed Bathroom 🔥 Hot Take: Themed Restaurants Are Better Than Michelin Star Restaurants 🔪 A Yelper Wants to Destroy Whoever Designed the Parking Lot 💬 COMMENT BELOW: If you could build a restaurant around just ONE menu item, what would it be? 📢 SUPPORT THE SHOW & JOIN THE COMMUNITY: 🎉 Patreon (Bonus episodes, extended Yelp segments & more): patreon.com/finediningpodcast 💬 Discord…

People in this episode

Host: Michael Ornelas

Guest: D'Angelo Reyes

Topics covered

• Raising Cane's history
• restaurant business strategy
• themed restaurants
• Post Malone
• food culture
• entrepreneurship

Keywords

• Raising Cane's
• D'Angelo Reyes
• Post Malone
• restaurant history
• business strategy
• themed restaurants
• chicken fingers

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Raising Cane's

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