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Raising Cane’s to open first Chattanooga eatery in Hixson

Staff photo by Mike Pare / Construction takes place Wednesday at a parcel on Highway 153 in Hixson where a Raising Cane's fast-casual restaurant is going up. The site formerly held the Rib & Loin eatery for many years.
Staff photo by Mike Pare / Construction takes place Wednesday at a parcel on Highway 153 in Hixson where a Raising Cane's fast-casual restaurant is going up. The site formerly held the Rib & Loin eatery for many years. Staff photo by Mike Pare / Construction takes place Wednesday at a parcel on Highway 153 in Hixson where a Raising Cane's fast-casual restaurant is going up. The site formerly held the Rib & Loin eatery for many years.


A site in Hixson that for years was home to the Rib & Loin restaurant is to hold the Chattanooga region’s first Raising Cane’s eatery as the Highway 153 area continues to see new offerings.

The fast-casual restaurant, which specializes in chicken fingers, is scheduled to open before the end of the year at 5435 Highway 153, said Andrew Manes of builder Trinity Earthworks.

“It’s early in construction,” he said by phone.

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