New chicken restaurant coming to Cincinnati

Cincinnati is getting a new contender in the fast food chicken market.

Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers is set to open at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at 7806 Tylersville Road in West Chester Twp.

The restaurant will be the first in the Cincinnati area.

“We are thrilled to bring Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers to Cincinnati — entering this market has been a big dream for us and we hope to open more sites by the end of the year,” said Tim McCarthy, owner of RCO Limited, in a written statement.

Lee Trueblood, of Hamilton, events manager and safety coordinator at Raising Cane’s, said in total the chain plans to open eight locations in the Cincinnati market in the next two years.

After the Springdale location opens in July, work is underway to open a Florence, Ky. location around October. He said the chain would also like to be near University of Cincinnati.

During opening day Thursday in West Chester Twp., the first 100 customers in line will earn a free T-shirt. Giveaways throughout the day include cards for lemonade, Texas toast and combo boxes and spins on a prize wheel, Trueblood said.

Raising Cane's hours are 10:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. Sundays through Thursdays; and 10:30 a.m. to midnight Fridays and Saturdays.

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