What new restaurant is opening 2 new locations in Florida soon?

• Raising Cane's is expanding, adding 14 new restaurants in December, including two in Florida.
• See where Raising Cane's is opening its Florida restaurants Dec. 2 and Dec. 9.
• See full list of new December restaurants Raising Cane's is opening.

Ready to raise Cain?

OK, maybe not that kind.

But if you'd like to sink your teeth into Raising Cane's chicken fingers there will be two more places to do so in Florida in the coming days.

Raising Cane's is expanding, adding 14 new restaurants in December, including two in Florida.

Raising Cane's opening 2 new Florida restaurants in December

Among 14 restaurants opening in December are two in Florida:

• Orlando: 8718 International Drive
  • Opening Dec. 2
• Orlando: 12025 Collegiate Way
  • Opening Dec. 9

More Raising Cane's restaurants coming to Florida

More Raising Cane's locations are planned in Florida. Listed as coming soon on the company's website are:

• Gainesville: 3433 SW Archer Road
• Ocala: 2410 SW College Road
• Orlando: 625 N Alafaya Trail
• Kissimmee: 1200 W Osceola Parkway
• Miami: 2600 SW 22nd St.

➤ See list of Florida locations

Not listed on Raising Cane's website is new restaurant in Pensacola

A Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers is in the works outside of Pensacola's Cordova Mall, moving into former Red Lobster.

➤ Raising Cane's is finally coming to Pensacola as old Red Lobster is razed to make way

The city of Pensacola approved a request to demolish the former Red Lobster on Ninth Ave. to make way for a new Raising Cane’s, fulfilling a rumor that goes back to 2022.

14 Raising Cane's locations opening across US in December

There are already 26 Florida Raising Cane's locations. Along with the two new Orlando, Florida, locations, Raising Cane's will open 14 restaurants in December:

• California
  • Redding
  • Canoga Park
  • Universal City
• Georgia
  • Cumming
• Illinois
  • Peoria
• Indiana
  • Indianapolis 
• Iowa
  • Sioux City
• Maryland
  • College Park
• Massachusetts
  • Worcester
• Nevada
  • Las Vegas
• New Jersey
  • Edison
• Tennessee
  • Memphis

Jacksonville welcomed Raising Cane's earlier this year

Raising Cane’s opened its first Northeast Florida restaurant in July at Oakleaf Station on Merchants Way in Jacksonville.

About 400 people stood in line to be among the first to get a taste of the restaurant's signature chicken fingers.

The restaurant was the first of several planned in the greater Jacksonville area.

How many Raising Cane's are there in Florida, US?

According to data company ScrapeHero, there were 915 Raising Cane's restaurants in the U.S. as of Oct. 21, with 26 in Florida. States with the most locations are:

• Texas: 200
• California: 123
• Ohio: 64
• Louisiana: 63
• Illinois: 44
• Arizona: 44
• Florida: 26

Raising Cane's serves only chicken finger meals. 'It's our one love'

Raising Cane's describes itself as "a restaurant that only serves chicken fingers." It was a "business plan (that) received the lowest grade in a college class because the professor said it wouldn't work."

"Raising Cane’s has ONE LOVE — quality chicken finger meals, and we serve them better than anyone else."

The first Raising Cane opened Aug. 28, 1996, in an old building at the North Gates of Louisiana State University. It's headquarters are located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

What else does Raising Cane's have on its menu?

Raising Cane's has a variety of combo meals on its menu, along with "Tailgates" that go up to 100 chicken fingers.

"Extras" include:

• More chicken fingers
• Crinkle-cut fries
• Cane's sauce
• Texas toast
• Coleslaw
• A sandwich (chicken, of course)

Raising Cane's named after founder's dog

Founder and CEO Todd Graves "originally planned to call the restaurant 'Sockeye’s' as a tribute to his time in Alaska" saving money to open his first location.

"Instead, he takes a friend’s advice and names it after his Labrador retriever, Raising Cane, who frequented the construction site" of the first restaurant in Louisiana.

It's Raising Cane's, not raising Cain. See the difference

Raising Cane's is the chicken-finger-focused restaurant named after the founder's dog.

Raising Cain is an expression meaning to cause a disturbance or a commotion.

The idiom can be traced back to the Bible, referring to Cain, the firstborn son of Adam and Eve who killed his brother, Abel, according to GotQuestions.org.

Contributing: Gary T. Mills and Teresa Stepzinski, Florida Times-Union