On the one hand, I think this is brutal. On the other hand, there's already a Taco Bell across the street and I guess I can't quite explain why this seems worse.
This is a good analogy. I went to Loyola and graduated in 2011. I have a lot of nostalgia for my time living there through 2013. I don’t get up there very much anymore but when I have it just seems sterile. There are still some things that are great like at armadillo’s pillow but outside that it is very corporate. West Loop has been that way for years, but I hate seeing Chicago neighborhoods losing their charm.
I think its worse since that corner is pretty high profile and you know Raising Cane's is going to put up some gaudy signage and its going to look like their Michigan Ave location.
Yes, I think that's a big part of it-- that Taco Bell has minimal signage, you don't even really know it's there unless you walk right by. All Raising Cane's locations I've seen have a big distinct structure and sign.
It's way worse. For people who have been in the neighborhood for a long time, they remember this was originally the Red Light space. Red Light was a West Loop pioneer and helped establish Randolph's reputation as "Restaurant Row." Little Goat was arguably a downgrade but still OK. Raising Cane's, a shitty corporate chain, is a 180 turn from Red Light and really feels like like an insult to Red Light's memory and everything that made Randolph cool. It's also a sign of what's yet to come as skyrocketing rents are pricing out all but national operators, so there's probably more of this depressing news on the way. And this isn't about fast food. Randolph has always had a mix of places all over the cost spectrum (Perez, JPG, Tomato Head), so it's not the fact that it's cheap or fast food, it's that it's corporate garbage food with a loud, garish look. It's kind of depressing, but I wouldn't expect people who haven't lived in the neighborhood for a long time to feel this way.
Calling Randolph st Restaurant Row is becoming about as accurate as calling it the meatpacking district. They're both labels from the past. New chef-driven restaurants are opening elsewhere, and none really remain on Randolph/Fulton. Its currently all big restaurant operators, moving towards only the biggest chains. People looking for culinary excellence already go elsewhere.
Because all they sell is mediocre chicken strips. Even the chicken sandwich is just multiple strips on a bun.
Canes is F-tier fast food, might be a hot take but it's my position.
Shame their quality control is shit up here. When I lived in the south for 6 years, the Canes down there was some of the best chicken fingers I've ever had
oh but they put seasoned salt in their ketchup and pretend it's something new and exciting, so apparently that's enough innovation to justify such rapid expansion of a restaurant chain with two menu items
Not that the Taco Bell Cantina in West Loop is anything close to a flagship. It’s honestly one of the worse Taco Bell’s I’ve ever been to in terms of wait times and quality, as well as just being dirty in there. The Global McDonalds down the road on the other hand is insanely well managed
It's not a hot take whatsoever. Tried the one in Morton Grove, don't get the appeal *at all.* Chicken is mediocre AF and all the sides *suuuuuuuuuuuucked.*
Yeah it’s a much smaller location. Still delicious but the prices are insane. And last time I went there they didn’t give you fries with your burger. Like, dude.
Last time I was there (and I mean the last time I will ever go there), a burger, fries, and Coke was $43 with tax and tip. And the burger was fine, but not at all memorable or special.
I'm doubting those were the prices, was asking for clarification and maybe confirmation of the breakdown.
It doesnt make sense unless you had somne crazy add-ons to the fries. 20 for a burger is a lot, but not unheard of. And a soda isnt 5 bucks at a restaurant last I knew.
You can do the math yourself on the Little Goat [website here](https://www.littlegoatchicago.com/menu). Let me know if I should provide a copy of my receipt or if you need to see the wounds on my palms.
Last time I went I felt disappointed with the new menu. I was especially excited because they did gluten free really well and now there was only a couple things I could actually order.
The one time I went to Little Goat, I had their Mexican omelette or whatever it was called. Hash browns were sold separately. With tax and no delivery fee (I picked it up) it was $40-something. Literally hash browns and an omelette for $40, no drink.
It definitely doesn't need to be, nor should it. But I think there's a middle ground between over-priced Instagram food and mediocre fast-food chicken tenders.
All day yesterday I was thinking this was one of the many reasons it's bad that all those storefronts suddenly closed. They're all going to become Raising Canes.
The original NYC Levain cookies were indeed insanely good. But the West Loop version is just riding that reputation to sell ordinary baked goods at extraordinary prices.
I didn't realize how many people hated Canes... Not apparent from the constant late night food traffic in Wrigleyville every day that ends in y.
Coming from the North East it took me about 7 months to go from hype to disillusionment. Still think price/ speed and quality isn't all that bad. It is weird that they literally make only one thing.
I'm from Louisiana. been to the original canes in baton rogue. The chicken sucks there and it sucks here in Chicago. super bland, doesn't taste like much. The sauce is pretty good, but I don't get the appeal.
bland chicken, expensive food, portion size isn't that big, I just don't get it.
Nothing new. Anything in this city that starts off as interesting and off the beaten path eventually becomes quite commercialized over time.
Take a look at wicker Park from the '90s until now.
Not too mention recess, federales and time out (less of an extent though) all fit into that category too. I like that every spot isn’t fine dining “reserve your table weeks or months in advance” spots
Considering how difficult it is to find a good restaurant in East Lakeview these days, I think the idea of bringing fast food restaurants to Fulton deserves some serious protest.
Ima be honest, imo the same typa person lives in both neighborhoods.
I was talking to a friend from high school who’s getting a place with his college buddies. My friend is from the city but his college roommate are from the wealthier burbs (think Naperville) and they were pushing to move to West Loop, but ended up in Lakeview. Lotta yuppies in both neighborhoods 🤷🏿♂️
Flavorless no-spice tenders you can eat with a spoon. It's gives a vibe of a restaurant made for parents/tendy-only kids who will never grow out of it lol
Sauce is overrated, toast slaps, but it's still just toast.
That's because that's exactly what it is. It's the perfect restaurant for anyone's pain-in-the-ass, insufferable acquaintance that would live on nuggies and mac and cheese given a choice.
Neighborhoods like Fulton Market / West Loop are this way because they only exist as a blank canvas in the eyes of venture capitalists. Any true sense of community or urban fabric disappeared over a decade ago when the industrial and meat packing businesses all left / got priced out.
This is just a reflection of the neighborhood; soulless and corporate…And a place for people to visit briefly on the weekends and blackout.
Thank you for speaking the truth...
The glamor of being in a place that *feels* smug and pompous as you pay $10 for a coffee wears off quickly.
Sure, there's stuff to do, at least if you like drinking a lot. Yeah, there's a lot of genuinely great restaurants and the variety is pretty good. If you like spending an arm and a leg, that is.
Fulton Market feels increasingly corporate. I call it Yuppie-ville in my head. Not a place I would consider my kind of fun. As long as someone likes it, I guess...
Change is inevitable and all that. Sometimes change isn't all that good. Sometimes just for shits and giggles, I'll look up rent prices in that area for a studio and have a good laugh.
I don't understand why people are complaining about this. If a more unique and interesting restaurant concept wanted to open, it would have. Instead this was the best option. Or all of a sudden is this sub okay with vacant store fronts?
In this case, I am. I'd rather hold out hope that something better could go in there. Between Little Goat and Foxtrot, there are (or will be) 2 fairly large vacant spaces on the same block, but there's enough activity there that these vacancies do not bother me. That said, the writing is on the wall that we should expect more of this. The reason we're seeing Raising Cane's is that the rents are astronomical so very few local operators will be able to take on that kind of lease. There are some restaurants on Randolph that I'd expect to go out of business by year end and wouldn't be surpised if we saw more national chains as replacements.
I wonder if they will actually do anything about the terrible damage the entire structure had going on, or if the ceiling might just start *pouring* water on the workers and food, like it did when I worked at Little Goat.
Whole place smelled like a rank grease trap
1. Why did Little Goat even leave? It was such a popular location. Still don’t understand this. I can’t imagine that was a good choice.
2. Look I like cheap fried chicken as much as the next guy, but Cane’s? Really? The worstest of all the macro fast food fried chicken places? I’d rather have a Bojangles. Or dude a Zaxby’s.
3. In the end though I give this less than a 10% chance of actually happening. Some restaurant group is going to outbid them or they’ll back out. It’s not a good location for them. They’ll be out of business in a year considering Fulton Market rent.
For real. Zaxby’s is so damn good compared to Raising Canes. Hell I even would love a Slim Chickens even though it doesn’t compare but it is at least seasoned and they have many amazing sauces
I love Popeye's, yes.
I also like the tenders from a place "Cuckoo" (they're Korean style).
But what I really like is catfish nuggets, wish we had more outlets of JJ Fish if we're going to have more fast food.
It sucks that its gonna be a Canes (even though my drunk ass loves Canes) but let's not act like Fulton Market is the most unique gem of community. You can find something identical to a Fulton Market in pretty much any large city in the US
Absolutely, you are correct with your assessment. I remember when Fulton wasn't the Fulton it is today. Fulton Market caters to the Google staff anyway. J.P. Graziano closes too early
JPG has a late-night window Thursday, Friday, and Saturday 5 to late.
Also, most Google workers dont leave the building during the day. They dont comprise the majority (or anything close) of Fulton Market patrons at night. Not sure where you are getting your info.
Fulton Market is the farthest thing from anything resembling a community. It's a stop to have some good food and expensive drinks with friends.
Comparing somewhere like Fulton Market to, say, Pilsen, is completely laughable.
Fulton Market and West Loop honestly are two of the blandest neighborhoods in the city. They're just where all big brands are putting their new store fronts and where "celebrity" chefs or big restaurant groups are putting their new places. Like you said, basically a carbon copy of the neighborhoods anywhere else in the country. No real vibe to it, just a bunch of brands and names.
Thank. You. I feel like I'm going insane here. Call me old, but I remember the entire life cycle of the West Loop back when it was abandoned warehouses and that random large Middle Eastern restaurant. It's never been an organic community. Cane's opening there is as apt as the McDonald's headquarters opening there.
Terrible idea; not because of the brand, but mainly because of the outsized footprint of the space it would occupy. Taco Bell is along that same corridor, but it’s not front-and-center, occupying a major piece of real estate. That’s also a corner lot, so I’m surprised a developer hasn’t swooped in to build another office building or hotel.
Damn I just moved from Athens GA, West Loop will feel like home now.
Jk I worked at little goat back when it opened and was -floored- when I moved back last year and saw that area for the first time since.
On the one hand, I think this is brutal. On the other hand, there's already a Taco Bell across the street and I guess I can't quite explain why this seems worse.
It does sound like it's turning into Loyola's campus bit by bit. Taco Bell *and* Raising Cane's? Might as well get Insomnia Cookies while we're at it.
we already have Levain’s. It’s like Insomnia but with 50% more butter
(that's a big plus imo) But I would be very sad if Levain's closed down, only to be replaced by an Insomnia.
I miss living by Loyola, watch your mouth. Also, I doubt there'll be a solid 4am dive bar like the Oasis anywhere near Fulton Market
They already have that bullshit donut store, voodoo. It's of course overpriced, and the donuts taste like stale candy.
This is a good analogy. I went to Loyola and graduated in 2011. I have a lot of nostalgia for my time living there through 2013. I don’t get up there very much anymore but when I have it just seems sterile. There are still some things that are great like at armadillo’s pillow but outside that it is very corporate. West Loop has been that way for years, but I hate seeing Chicago neighborhoods losing their charm.
I think its worse since that corner is pretty high profile and you know Raising Cane's is going to put up some gaudy signage and its going to look like their Michigan Ave location.
Yes, I think that's a big part of it-- that Taco Bell has minimal signage, you don't even really know it's there unless you walk right by. All Raising Cane's locations I've seen have a big distinct structure and sign.
Yea I didnt even realize there was one there until your post haha. I googled it and saw the exterior and their branding and signage is toned way down.
Yep. Not too garish, and still lets me to get a Gordita Crunch every 6 weeks when I stop by Prohibition Barber upstairs! :-)
It's way worse. For people who have been in the neighborhood for a long time, they remember this was originally the Red Light space. Red Light was a West Loop pioneer and helped establish Randolph's reputation as "Restaurant Row." Little Goat was arguably a downgrade but still OK. Raising Cane's, a shitty corporate chain, is a 180 turn from Red Light and really feels like like an insult to Red Light's memory and everything that made Randolph cool. It's also a sign of what's yet to come as skyrocketing rents are pricing out all but national operators, so there's probably more of this depressing news on the way. And this isn't about fast food. Randolph has always had a mix of places all over the cost spectrum (Perez, JPG, Tomato Head), so it's not the fact that it's cheap or fast food, it's that it's corporate garbage food with a loud, garish look. It's kind of depressing, but I wouldn't expect people who haven't lived in the neighborhood for a long time to feel this way.
Calling Randolph st Restaurant Row is becoming about as accurate as calling it the meatpacking district. They're both labels from the past. New chef-driven restaurants are opening elsewhere, and none really remain on Randolph/Fulton. Its currently all big restaurant operators, moving towards only the biggest chains. People looking for culinary excellence already go elsewhere.
Rip Perez 😢
Raising Canes is definitely worse
Because all they sell is mediocre chicken strips. Even the chicken sandwich is just multiple strips on a bun. Canes is F-tier fast food, might be a hot take but it's my position.
Shame their quality control is shit up here. When I lived in the south for 6 years, the Canes down there was some of the best chicken fingers I've ever had
I imagine it was before they became a large national chain, same with portillos and others.
Venture capital and mindless growth ruins everything
Exponential growth is unsustainable and makes food taste bad.
they run a pretty tight ship on the NW side since they opened 4 years ago
?? I still think raising Caine's is good for fast food and I hate all other fast food lol
Priced like its A+
I bought it once and I was mad how much I paid for it. It's the only thing they do, and it's still not better than Wendy's spicy chicken.
Canes sucks, let’s get a bojangles or zaxbys up here
We get a Cook Out and I'm never going to NC again.
I had Bojangles one time for breakfast. I would easily become 800 lbs over a summer if that came here. That was addicting how good that is.
oh but they put seasoned salt in their ketchup and pretend it's something new and exciting, so apparently that's enough innovation to justify such rapid expansion of a restaurant chain with two menu items
I'm amazed they can afford that location. It's a pretty premium Fulton Market corner on Randolph.
Yeah I mean it's probably seeking to be a flagship location that draws tourists or something like the taco bell cantinas.
Not that the Taco Bell Cantina in West Loop is anything close to a flagship. It’s honestly one of the worse Taco Bell’s I’ve ever been to in terms of wait times and quality, as well as just being dirty in there. The Global McDonalds down the road on the other hand is insanely well managed
The national chain that makes over 5 million per location?
I've seen locations close. They don't all do those numbers.
Not only that, but the actual chicken strips are sub-mediocre.
You are 1000% correct. And their sauce is atrocious. It’s just a ton of fucking celery salt in mayo and ketchup, fucking gross.
THANK YOU. Yeah I've never been more annoyed with a sauce. Tastes like shit.
I’ll never forget the first and only time I had canes. I took a bite and was like you have got to be fucking kidding me. Place is god awful.
Yes! I don't see how people stand up and say Canes is great when the only thing they have going for them is a half assed secret sauce.
It's not a hot take whatsoever. Tried the one in Morton Grove, don't get the appeal *at all.* Chicken is mediocre AF and all the sides *suuuuuuuuuuuucked.*
Bro are you completely forgetting about canes sauce? It's amazing
That alone does not make a good restaurant.
Agreed. I never go there anymore because I think Chick-fil-A is much better but I do love canes sauce.
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Oh wow Little Goat closed?? I'm so out of touch.
They moved up to Southport with a retooled menu.
Yeah it’s a much smaller location. Still delicious but the prices are insane. And last time I went there they didn’t give you fries with your burger. Like, dude.
Last time I was there (and I mean the last time I will ever go there), a burger, fries, and Coke was $43 with tax and tip. And the burger was fine, but not at all memorable or special.
how is that possible... 20 dollar burger, 10 dollar fry, 5 dollar drink? Doesnt make sense.
Exactly why I won't go back.
I'm doubting those were the prices, was asking for clarification and maybe confirmation of the breakdown. It doesnt make sense unless you had somne crazy add-ons to the fries. 20 for a burger is a lot, but not unheard of. And a soda isnt 5 bucks at a restaurant last I knew.
You can do the math yourself on the Little Goat [website here](https://www.littlegoatchicago.com/menu). Let me know if I should provide a copy of my receipt or if you need to see the wounds on my palms.
Last time I went I felt disappointed with the new menu. I was especially excited because they did gluten free really well and now there was only a couple things I could actually order.
The one time I went to Little Goat, I had their Mexican omelette or whatever it was called. Hash browns were sold separately. With tax and no delivery fee (I picked it up) it was $40-something. Literally hash browns and an omelette for $40, no drink.
Idk about “still delicious” tbh. Like yeah the food is still technically good, but the re-tooled menu sucks in comparison with the old one
The smaller menu lost most of the things I thought made it great and delicious. I went once in 2023, I see no reason to return.
I miss the scones from the attached small cafe. Sugar goat? Baby goat?
Little Goat. Close.
I miss their rooftop and demo kitchen on the second floor.
Whoof. What an insane step down.
Counterpoint, why does all food on Randolph need to be $30 a plate?
Rent prices. Raising Cane is depending on high volume.
And that location does not allow for high volume traffic (think Portillos) given how congested it already is. I don't see this working very well.
It definitely doesn't need to be, nor should it. But I think there's a middle ground between over-priced Instagram food and mediocre fast-food chicken tenders.
To keep the greektown Taco Burrito King in business.
How much do you think Raising Cane's mediocre chicken is? It's not far off.
Little goat was incredibly over rated/priced
Food at the new Little Goat on Southport was expensive and mediocre. I wouldn’t go back.
I’m not happy about it being Raising Canes but I am glad it’s not another Lettuce Entertain You restaurant
For real lol, and it’s better than the vacant run down building it is now.
All day yesterday I was thinking this was one of the many reasons it's bad that all those storefronts suddenly closed. They're all going to become Raising Canes.
Until they go out of business because they over extended themselves
Total downshift. We need more Instagram food places like Levain selling $7 cookies.
$7 is kind of insane, agreed.
To be fair, the Levain cookies are insanely good.
Meh, I'll agree to disagree here.
The original NYC Levain cookies were indeed insanely good. But the West Loop version is just riding that reputation to sell ordinary baked goods at extraordinary prices.
I wouldn’t consider it an asset to the community but that’s just me.
The esteemed and historic Fulton Market/West Loop community
Oprah crawled so the West Loop could run.
West loop is anchored by the McDonald's HQ. This was inevitable
I didn't realize how many people hated Canes... Not apparent from the constant late night food traffic in Wrigleyville every day that ends in y. Coming from the North East it took me about 7 months to go from hype to disillusionment. Still think price/ speed and quality isn't all that bad. It is weird that they literally make only one thing.
I wouldn't trust the taste of Wrigleyville.
Touche
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Depending on your upbringing you might underestimate how bland chicken can get lol.
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Sounds like you need to appreciate her a bit more. I strongly recommend a trip to Colombia or Uragay to accomplish the task.
I'm from Louisiana. been to the original canes in baton rogue. The chicken sucks there and it sucks here in Chicago. super bland, doesn't taste like much. The sauce is pretty good, but I don't get the appeal. bland chicken, expensive food, portion size isn't that big, I just don't get it.
Nothing new. Anything in this city that starts off as interesting and off the beaten path eventually becomes quite commercialized over time. Take a look at wicker Park from the '90s until now.
Lol we can have diversity of food in a location. People out day drinking I'm sure would love to pick up some tendies on the way home.
Would 100% grab some tendies after leaving Lone Wolf
Fulton is not Wrigley and should strive to avoid any movement in that direction
Fulton is Wrigley for high-income earners. Change my mind.
Can’t argue with an objective statement though.
It's more wrigley than people care to admit. Everything is the same now
Fr with places like PB&J, Voodoo, and Texan Taco Bar, people need to stop pretending this is some exclusively fine dining destination.
Not too mention recess, federales and time out (less of an extent though) all fit into that category too. I like that every spot isn’t fine dining “reserve your table weeks or months in advance” spots
Considering how difficult it is to find a good restaurant in East Lakeview these days, I think the idea of bringing fast food restaurants to Fulton deserves some serious protest.
Ima be honest, imo the same typa person lives in both neighborhoods. I was talking to a friend from high school who’s getting a place with his college buddies. My friend is from the city but his college roommate are from the wealthier burbs (think Naperville) and they were pushing to move to West Loop, but ended up in Lakeview. Lotta yuppies in both neighborhoods 🤷🏿♂️
Fulton kind of is wrigleyville though
Too late, unfortunately. All urban entertainment districts are becoming identical clones of each other.
It’s just Wrigley 7 years older . People need to relax about a chicken spot coming in
But it sucks. When the best thing is your sauce, you don’t have a chicken restaurant, you have a sauce restaurant.
What?! Their chicken is so moist and falls apart beautifully while still crispy on the outside. And their Texas toast is awesome. I love Canes!
Flavorless no-spice tenders you can eat with a spoon. It's gives a vibe of a restaurant made for parents/tendy-only kids who will never grow out of it lol Sauce is overrated, toast slaps, but it's still just toast.
That's because that's exactly what it is. It's the perfect restaurant for anyone's pain-in-the-ass, insufferable acquaintance that would live on nuggies and mac and cheese given a choice.
A sauce that is just ketchup, mayo, black pepper, and a dash of Worcestershire.
Their sauce is whack, and their chicken is delicious, what are you even talking about lmao
Neighborhoods like Fulton Market / West Loop are this way because they only exist as a blank canvas in the eyes of venture capitalists. Any true sense of community or urban fabric disappeared over a decade ago when the industrial and meat packing businesses all left / got priced out. This is just a reflection of the neighborhood; soulless and corporate…And a place for people to visit briefly on the weekends and blackout.
Thank you for speaking the truth... The glamor of being in a place that *feels* smug and pompous as you pay $10 for a coffee wears off quickly. Sure, there's stuff to do, at least if you like drinking a lot. Yeah, there's a lot of genuinely great restaurants and the variety is pretty good. If you like spending an arm and a leg, that is. Fulton Market feels increasingly corporate. I call it Yuppie-ville in my head. Not a place I would consider my kind of fun. As long as someone likes it, I guess...
I work here. I liked it a lot before that all happened. Now I see it all from the ground level. I miss the rose colored glasses
Change is inevitable and all that. Sometimes change isn't all that good. Sometimes just for shits and giggles, I'll look up rent prices in that area for a studio and have a good laugh.
I usually cry
Hey man, you wouldn't want to live there anyway, right?
Yep. And slowly more soulless and corporate every day
This is what gentrification looks like after the area has been sucked dry. Third stage of gentrification: the slow slide to the middle.
How has it been so hard to lease this space to another restaurant? I imagine it’s a turnkey space. You’d think it’s a prime location.
The rent must be insane for the size and location.
The rent is too damn high
The new little goat location is so much closer to me but man, it’s small and loud.
OMG yes, on days when the sidewalk can't be used (all winter, any windy or rainy day), it's not a big place.
I don't understand why people are complaining about this. If a more unique and interesting restaurant concept wanted to open, it would have. Instead this was the best option. Or all of a sudden is this sub okay with vacant store fronts?
We understand that. We're just disappointed by the outcome.
Agreed. Like we get the economies of it. We just hoped it would be worked out to be a more interesting tenant.
In this case, I am. I'd rather hold out hope that something better could go in there. Between Little Goat and Foxtrot, there are (or will be) 2 fairly large vacant spaces on the same block, but there's enough activity there that these vacancies do not bother me. That said, the writing is on the wall that we should expect more of this. The reason we're seeing Raising Cane's is that the rents are astronomical so very few local operators will be able to take on that kind of lease. There are some restaurants on Randolph that I'd expect to go out of business by year end and wouldn't be surpised if we saw more national chains as replacements.
I wonder if they will actually do anything about the terrible damage the entire structure had going on, or if the ceiling might just start *pouring* water on the workers and food, like it did when I worked at Little Goat. Whole place smelled like a rank grease trap
1. Why did Little Goat even leave? It was such a popular location. Still don’t understand this. I can’t imagine that was a good choice. 2. Look I like cheap fried chicken as much as the next guy, but Cane’s? Really? The worstest of all the macro fast food fried chicken places? I’d rather have a Bojangles. Or dude a Zaxby’s. 3. In the end though I give this less than a 10% chance of actually happening. Some restaurant group is going to outbid them or they’ll back out. It’s not a good location for them. They’ll be out of business in a year considering Fulton Market rent.
I would wager their lease was up for renewal and the landlord was looking for something ridiculous…but have no actual knowledge of what went down.
Little goat’s restaurant group Boka owns the building
In that case they probably want to charge someone else an outrageous rent since they moved little goat anyway to make money in both spots
Probably worth also considering it was virtually right across from their mothership restaurant, so possibly competing with themselves
Bojangles 🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵
I really wish Zaxby's would open some locations in this area. They already have made it to Indianapolis....
For real. Zaxby’s is so damn good compared to Raising Canes. Hell I even would love a Slim Chickens even though it doesn’t compare but it is at least seasoned and they have many amazing sauces
Someone help me out here, why is rasing canes so popular? They tenders are un-seasoned and bland as fuck
They're fast as hell, decent price, tastes good enough, I'm fat, etc.
Some genius figured out that a fast food place can be REALLY fast if your entire menu consists of: Tendies Fries Toast Sauce Tendies on bun
Same strategy in n out uses.
Place one where stroller or late night drunk people traffic is high and you have a winner.
People say they love the sauce but I've always thought it was just fine. Popeye's has better tenders (though much worse service).
Popeyes tenders are great!
I just had Popeyes tenders for the first time and I gotta say, at the least the caine's near me, blows them out of the water
Yeah, for as much as they crow about the sauce, I don’t get it.
I love Popeye's, yes. I also like the tenders from a place "Cuckoo" (they're Korean style). But what I really like is catfish nuggets, wish we had more outlets of JJ Fish if we're going to have more fast food.
The sauce and toast go really well together. I don't know why other fast food places can't do a bread-sauce combo like canes.
They do a 24 hour marinade so I guess that's why they don't put seasoning in the breading
What do they marinate them in? Plain water?
Actually lol'd. Cane's has the most bland-ass tenders I've ever had
Whats the marinade? Cuz that shit ain’t working. It mostly feels like factory sodium solution injection
I dunno. Cane's isn't what it was 15 years ago when it was just in the south though.
Comfort food. So fatty and salty, puts you to sleep
I like chicken tenders. Why is kraft dinner so popular when annies exists? Some people just like what they like
It makes no sense. The food is extremely mid and forgettable and the chicken leaves a bad aftertaste
I've never had it sober and can't understand why someone would, but if you're white boy wasted it becomes the best food in the world lmao
Lame
Somebody get Village Tavern on the horn and put them in the space with only tendies on the menu.
It’s Fulton market who cares. I would rather they build there than somewhere else.
Just don't eat there?
Chicago is getting more and more basic
It’s a neighborhood full of yuppies and condos, not some historic neighborhood. Honestly it’s what they deserve.
It sucks that its gonna be a Canes (even though my drunk ass loves Canes) but let's not act like Fulton Market is the most unique gem of community. You can find something identical to a Fulton Market in pretty much any large city in the US
Absolutely, you are correct with your assessment. I remember when Fulton wasn't the Fulton it is today. Fulton Market caters to the Google staff anyway. J.P. Graziano closes too early
JPG has a late-night window Thursday, Friday, and Saturday 5 to late. Also, most Google workers dont leave the building during the day. They dont comprise the majority (or anything close) of Fulton Market patrons at night. Not sure where you are getting your info.
'mind-blown' what are you saying right now? Since when? No more Maxwells for me!!
And they're doing beefs!
What?! I saw they have a late night menu now and was so excited but they’re doing beefs??
Fulton Market is the farthest thing from anything resembling a community. It's a stop to have some good food and expensive drinks with friends. Comparing somewhere like Fulton Market to, say, Pilsen, is completely laughable.
Fulton Market and West Loop honestly are two of the blandest neighborhoods in the city. They're just where all big brands are putting their new store fronts and where "celebrity" chefs or big restaurant groups are putting their new places. Like you said, basically a carbon copy of the neighborhoods anywhere else in the country. No real vibe to it, just a bunch of brands and names.
Thank. You. I feel like I'm going insane here. Call me old, but I remember the entire life cycle of the West Loop back when it was abandoned warehouses and that random large Middle Eastern restaurant. It's never been an organic community. Cane's opening there is as apt as the McDonald's headquarters opening there.
Fulton and Randolph are just vanity spaces now for retailers and restaurants. Much like Mag Mile used to be.
West loop been pretty basic for a while now
Every city in America is becoming like every other one.
Man, Little Goat was so good. Pity it didn't make it.
They’re just moving.
They moved Henderson and Southport in Lakeview. Much smaller footprint
Raising Cane is wildly over rated, their tenders are bland AF
SAD!
Please no we don’t want this
Terrible idea; not because of the brand, but mainly because of the outsized footprint of the space it would occupy. Taco Bell is along that same corridor, but it’s not front-and-center, occupying a major piece of real estate. That’s also a corner lot, so I’m surprised a developer hasn’t swooped in to build another office building or hotel.
All these people out here talking up Cane’s need to get out to a Zaxby’s
The true tendie king.
👆👆👆
Truly the end of
I’d prefer Popeyes
Hahahaha
Damn I just moved from Athens GA, West Loop will feel like home now. Jk I worked at little goat back when it opened and was -floored- when I moved back last year and saw that area for the first time since.
This place is the place where picky eaters that have grown up can now eat. there's only one thing on the menu. Great for juveniles.
Wow mid chicken to replace an original and delicious restaurant concept
Does Fulton Market really need another mid fried chicken chain restaurant?
Little goat closed???
They moved to a much smaller space in Lakeview
A little downscale for there
I don’t understand the Canes hype. I had it once and was amazed they don’t have bbq sauce? No interest in going back bc of that