# I think the guy who runs Raising Cane's is a big giant douche. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 10, 2012, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-the-guy-who-runs-raising-canes-is-a-big-giant-douche/612448 "2012-02-10T19:37:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2012, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-the-guy-who-runs-raising-canes-is-a-big-giant-douche/612448/1 "2012-02-10T19:37:25Z")
Seriously, The chicken fingers were good, the fries were ok and the coleslaw was great. But the sauces? First off, what is “Canes sauce” anyway? It tasted like ketchup mixed with Miracle Whip to me. And your only other option is honey mustard. Which might not be so bad, but if you mix the sweetness of the sauce with the sweetness of the coleslaw; well, it’s just too much sweetness. BTW, the “Cane’s sauce” isn’t any less sweet. Seriously dude, how about you get us some ranch or BBQ sauce to go with those fingers? ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2012, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-the-guy-who-runs-raising-canes-is-a-big-giant-douche/612448/2 "2012-02-10T20:21:23Z")
What’s “Raising Cane”? ---
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2012, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-the-guy-who-runs-raising-canes-is-a-big-giant-douche/612448/3 "2012-02-10T20:22:49Z")
How about something on my tray that isn’t beige. I went once, wouldn’t go again. ---
**Author:** ![Paranoid\_Randroid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paranoid_randroid/32/18_2.png) [@Paranoid\_Randroid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paranoid_Randroid)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2012, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-the-guy-who-runs-raising-canes-is-a-big-giant-douche/612448/4 "2012-02-10T20:46:24Z")
I’d never heard of [Raising Cane’s](http://www.raisingcanes.com/) either, but it appears to be a large (but not huge) restaurant chain specializing in … chicken fingers? I guess. The sauce in question is probably a derivative of that ever popular, Big Mac-esque mixture of mayo and ketchup (and [this recipe](http://www.food.com/recipe/cane-sauce-for-dippin-chicken-233189) confirms). ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2012, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-the-guy-who-runs-raising-canes-is-a-big-giant-douche/612448/5 "2012-02-10T21:06:00Z")
Grr… a douche isn’t someone who does things you don’t like, especially without seeing him or knowing what he looks like. You can’t dilute the term. A douche is a special class of person, like the guy who runs “Johnny Garlic’s” and “Tex Wasabi’s.” ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2012, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-the-guy-who-runs-raising-canes-is-a-big-giant-douche/612448/6 "2012-02-10T21:23:39Z")
Yeah, wow, the OP is setting a pretty low douche-bar here. “I don’t like the sauces at this restaurant” ----\> “big giant douche” is a bit of a stretch. Having said that, I agree that chicken fingers are worthless without a good barbecue dippin’ sauce. ---
**Author:** ![mambocrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc348/32.png) [@mambocrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mambocrow)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2012, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-the-guy-who-runs-raising-canes-is-a-big-giant-douche/612448/7 "2012-02-10T21:26:16Z")
> [@Kimballkid](#): > > What’s “Raising Cane”? “Raising Cane” is a fast food restaurant that specializes in fried chicken breast strips. I’ve only seen them in Baton Rouge, Louisiana where I used to live. Since I’ve moved to Tennessee, I’ve encountered the same restaurant chain, except here they’re called “Zaxbys”. [http://www.zaxbys.com/home.aspx](http://www.zaxbys.com/home.aspx) People who buy into the franchise apparently get to call the restaurant whatever they want. The guy in Baton Rouge named the restaurant after his dog. The story of how he named the restaurant after his dog is on a plaque on the wall. I don’t like their sauces either, but I prefer chicken without dipping sauces anyway. Not bad food, for the price. The coleslaw is good, and my only complaint is that the portions of coleslaw are too small for what you pay. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2012, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-the-guy-who-runs-raising-canes-is-a-big-giant-douche/612448/8 "2012-02-10T22:26:29Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > Yeah, wow, the OP is setting a pretty low douche-bar here. > “I don’t like the sauces at this restaurant” ----\> “big giant douche” is a bit of a stretch. > > Having said that, I agree that chicken fingers are worthless without a good barbecue dippin’ sauce. I agree my emotions may have got the better of me. I stand by douche because it takes a special kind of narcissism to think: “The only way to enjoy MY chicken fingers is with my “special sauce” or honey mustard.” Despite the fact that most Americans eat their chicken fingers with ranch or BBQ and down here in the south, with white gravy (with black pepper). It’s beyond annoying to have a perfectly good meal ruined by something as basic as sauce. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2012, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-the-guy-who-runs-raising-canes-is-a-big-giant-douche/612448/9 "2012-02-10T22:46:41Z")
They opened one near my office (Dallas, TX) so I guess they’re expanding. Will have to try it out, as I am open to eating chicken fingers with non-BBQ sauce and the Other Shoe friggin’ _loves_ him some coleslaw. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2012, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-the-guy-who-runs-raising-canes-is-a-big-giant-douche/612448/10 "2012-02-10T22:47:27Z")
> [@mambocrow](#): > > “Raising Cane” is a fast food restaurant that specializes in fried chicken breast strips. I’ve only seen them in Baton Rouge, Louisiana where I used to live. Since I’ve moved to Tennessee, I’ve encountered the same restaurant chain, except here they’re called “Zaxbys”. Ohhhhh. _Zaxby’s._ They’re all over the place here. Went to one once and only once. Had the Zaxby’s Zalad. It zucked. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2012, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-the-guy-who-runs-raising-canes-is-a-big-giant-douche/612448/11 "2012-02-10T22:48:51Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > They opened one near my office (Dallas, TX) so I guess they’re expanding. Will have to try it out, as I am open to eating chicken fingers with non-BBQ sauce and the Other Shoe friggin’ _loves_ him some coleslaw. The chicken fingers are mediocre and the coleslaw serving is tiny. You’re probably better off with Popeye’s. ---
**Author:** ![partlycloudy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/partlycloudy/32/3114_2.png) [@partlycloudy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/partlycloudy)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-the-guy-who-runs-raising-canes-is-a-big-giant-douche/612448/12 "2012-02-12T22:36:13Z")
Mmm, I loved Cane’s when I lived in Baton Rouge. I love the sauce, the fingers, the crinkly fries, the greasy Texas toast. Mmm, give me Cane’s any day and I’m a happy camper. We have a fairly new chicken place here in Tampa called PDQ - not just chicken fingers, but they’re a highlight, and the place has a pretty limited menu otherwise. This place is _always_ packed. Anyhow, I think part of the reason for Cane’s’ success is that there’s sort of a local pride about the place, and that seems to work well in Louisiana. Oddly, there also happens to be one in Las Vegas. ---
**Author:** ![Bmurphicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ce73a5/32.png) [@Bmurphicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bmurphicus)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2016, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-the-guy-who-runs-raising-canes-is-a-big-giant-douche/612448/13 "2016-07-02T20:38:15Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > I agree my emotions may have got the better of me. I stand by douche because it takes a special kind of narcissism to think: “The only way to enjoy MY chicken fingers is with my “special sauce” or honey mustard.” Despite the fact that most Americans eat their chicken fingers with ranch or BBQ and down here in the south, with white gravy (with black pepper). > > It’s beyond annoying to have a perfectly good meal ruined by something as basic as sauce. You are wrong about canes and zaxbys being the same. Both are owned by two different people. You can’t “buy into” the franchise and call it whatever you want. How retarded are you? Raising canes is by far better than zaxbys. The cane sauce is not big Mac like either… Doesn’t have any tangy to it like big Mac sauce or any relish. The food their is always great. Unfortunately over the past years Todd Graves the owner must be getting greedy because the size of the fingers have gone down, the number of fingers have gone down as well. But they really do stick to the fresh never frozen concept which is great. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2016, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-the-guy-who-runs-raising-canes-is-a-big-giant-douche/612448/14 "2016-07-02T20:51:41Z")
> [@Bmurphicus](#): > > You are wrong about canes and zaxbys being the same. Both are owned by two different people. You can’t “buy into” the franchise and call it whatever you want. How retarded are you? Raising canes is by far better than zaxbys. The cane sauce is not big Mac like either… Doesn’t have any tangy to it like big Mac sauce or any relish. The food their is always great. Unfortunately over the past years Todd Graves the owner must be getting greedy because the size of the fingers have gone down, the number of fingers have gone down as well. But they really do stick to the fresh never frozen concept which is great. You quoted the wrong retard. The retard you are looking for is **mamborow** > [@mambocrow](#): > > “Raising Cane” is a fast food restaurant that specializes in fried chicken breast strips. I’ve only seen them in Baton Rouge, Louisiana where I used to live. Since I’ve moved to Tennessee, I’ve encountered the same restaurant chain, except here they’re called “Zaxbys”. > > [Absolutely Craveable Chicken, Zalads & Zappetizers | Zaxbys](http://www.zaxbys.com/home.aspx) > People who buy into the franchise apparently get to call the restaurant whatever they want. The guy in Baton Rouge named the restaurant after his dog. The story of how he named the restaurant after his dog is on a plaque on the wall. > > I don’t like their sauces either, but I prefer chicken without dipping sauces anyway. Not bad food, for the price. The coleslaw is good, and my only complaint is that the portions of coleslaw are too small for what you pay. And thanks for the chuckle. I forgot about this thread. Not sure what crawled up my ass that day. [And I don’t think **mambocrow** is a retard] ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2016, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-the-guy-who-runs-raising-canes-is-a-big-giant-douche/612448/15 "2016-07-02T20:52:54Z")
ZOMBIE ALERT At any rate, while I don’t agree with the tone of the poster who revived this thread, I agree with the content. What a bizarre sentiment. **Grrr!** , do you still feel this way? For the record, my wife and I had a really, really low-key wedding when we got married. Our small group actually went to Raising Cane’s afterward for lunch. We thought that the chain would be amused to hear that we’d held our “reception” there, so I wrote to them about it. They actually sent us a gift bucket (yes, it was an actual bucket with a Raising Cane’s logo on it) with two t-shirts and a gift card. So, in addition to thinking their food is great, I am also really fond of the chain as a whole. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2016, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-the-guy-who-runs-raising-canes-is-a-big-giant-douche/612448/16 "2016-07-02T20:56:40Z")
> [@Asimovian](#): > > ZOMBIE ALERT > > At any rate, while I don’t agree with the tone of the poster who revived this thread, I agree with the content. What a bizarre sentiment. **Grrr!** , do you still feel this way? Nah, read my post just above yours. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2016, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-the-guy-who-runs-raising-canes-is-a-big-giant-douche/612448/17 "2016-07-02T21:12:35Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > [And I don’t think **mambocrow** is a retard] **Bmurphicus,** OTOH… ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2016, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-the-guy-who-runs-raising-canes-is-a-big-giant-douche/612448/18 "2016-07-02T21:32:49Z")
**Bmurphicus** please note that the post you are responding is from 2012. Also, personal insults, “How retarded are you”, are not allowed in this forum. Find a way to disagree without insulting other posters. No warning issued. > [@Bmurphicus](#): > > You are wrong about canes and zaxbys being the same. Both are owned by two different people. You can’t “buy into” the franchise and call it whatever you want. How retarded are you? Raising canes is by far better than zaxbys. The cane sauce is not big Mac like either… Doesn’t have any tangy to it like big Mac sauce or any relish. The food their is always great. Unfortunately over the past years Todd Graves the owner must be getting greedy because the size of the fingers have gone down, the number of fingers have gone down as well. But they really do stick to the fresh never frozen concept which is great. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2016, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-the-guy-who-runs-raising-canes-is-a-big-giant-douche/612448/19 "2016-07-02T22:50:46Z")
> [@Balance](#): > > The chicken fingers are mediocre and the coleslaw serving is tiny. You’re probably better off with Popeye’s. Unless you have a four-year-old in tow, you’re probably better off _not dining in establishments that serve chicken fingers._ ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2016, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-the-guy-who-runs-raising-canes-is-a-big-giant-douche/612448/20 "2016-07-03T03:08:28Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > Unless you have a four-year-old in tow, you’re probably better off _not dining in establishments that serve chicken fingers._ I take no small amount of pride in the fact that my 4 year old is pretty much (minus the profanity) like “Fuck chicken fingers, I want a cheeseburger.” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-the-guy-who-runs-raising-canes-is-a-big-giant-douche/612448.md?page=2)