Popular Chicken Finger Chain Opening First Birmingham Area Location Where Beloved Restaurant Once Stood

Raising Cane’s to open in Shelby County with Highway 280 location - Shelby County Reporter

By ALEC ETHEREDGE | Publisher NORTH SHELBY – One of the country’s fastest-growing and most popular chicken tender chains is headed to the Birmingham-metro area and is expected to open along U.S. 280 in North Shelby County. Currently with 846 locations, Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers will be adding its third Alabama location with a Shelby County restaurant along one of the state’s busiest highways. The new restaurant will be located in the former…

Popular chicken finger chain opening first Birmingham area location where beloved restaurant once stood

The company has a Tuscaloosa location.

Raising Cane's to open first Birmingham-area location in 2026

🐔COMING SOON: The rumors are true! Raising Cane's, a national fried chicken restaurant with a cult following, will be opening its first Birmingham location on Highway 280. 🎉 #comingsoon #raisingcanes #birmingham #chicken #restaurant #new GH

Raising Cane's Planned For Property Once Home to Legacy Birmingham Restaurant

With their metro Atlanta expansion well underway, planning documents now confirm that Raising Cane's  is also entering the Birmingham market.  The popular chicken chain will be opening along US-280 in an area already home to several rival eateries.  The new Raising Cane's is slated to be built at 5301 US-280 where legacy Birmingham eatery Lloyd's operated for decades.  Lloyd's was a casual, family friendly establishment that first opened in 1937…