Popular Fried Chicken Restaurant Has Plans For Milford

MILFORD, CT ? The expanding fast-food chain Raising Cane's is looking to come to Milford. The company has submitted a proposal for a 1455 Boston Post Road site, The Milford Mirror reported.

If Raising Cane's comes to Milford, it could mark the restaurant's third location in the state. The restaurant was approved to be built in Simsbury in June. An Enfield location is anticipated to open either this month or January, NBC CT reported.

Raising Cane's preliminary plans for Milford indicate that they would replace a former Milford Bank branch on the site with their own building, according to The Milford Mirror. The Milford Bank branch relocated to a shopping center at 1 Roses Mill Road off Route 1 in late summer.

Raising Cane's was founded in 1996 in Baton Rouge, LA, and has since expanded to more than 600 locations in the U.S. and overseas. The business employs around 50,000 people and is known for its focus on chicken fingers.

"Todd Graves, the founder of Raising Cane?s, path to success was one filled with challenge, hard work and determination," according to the company's Facebook page. "In 1994, as a new college graduate, Graves sought out funding for his restaurant venture. Undeterred by bankers who found his idea laughable, he decided to take matters into his own hands and raise his money the old fashioned way ? hard work. After working in oil refineries in California and salmon fishing off the coast of Alaska, Graves returned to Baton Rouge and opened his first restaurant in 1996 near the gates of LSU. He named the restaurant after his yellow lab, Raising Cane."