{"id":1704,"date":"2026-06-10T15:39:22","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T15:39:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=1704"},"modified":"2026-06-10T15:39:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T15:39:22","slug":"raising-canes-owner-admits-theres-one-side-dish-he-wont-eat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=1704","title":{"rendered":"Raising Cane’s owner admits there’s one side dish he won’t eat"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Raising Cane\u2019s\u00a0owner and founder Todd Graves recently admitted he doesn\u2019t like the coleslaw served at his own chicken-finger chain.<\/p>\n

Graves made the revelation in an\u00a0Instagram interview\u00a0in which content creator Joe Bonham asked him his Cane\u2019s order.<\/p>\n

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\u201cBox Combo, no slaw, extra toast and extra sauce,\u201d the CEO replied.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou don\u2019t do any coleslaw?\u201d Bonham asked.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t like the coleslaw, man, that\u2019s why I trade it out,\u201d Graves replied.<\/p>\n

Bonham told Graves nobody likes the coleslaw, and Graves shrugged.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery once in a while, I get somebody that likes it, but I\u2019m not crazy about coleslaw, so trade it out for toast,\u201d he said.\u201dIf you try to be all things to all people, you aren\u2019t great to anyone.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bonham followed up by asking whose idea it was to add the coleslaw.<\/p>\n

Graves said he wanted a \u201cvegetable component to the meal,\u201d and that coleslaw is \u201ca\u00a0Southern thing, but I don\u2019t care for it.\u201d<\/p>\n

The\u00a0viral video\u00a0garnered 8.5 million views, 457,000 likes and over 4,000 comments.<\/p>\n

Several commenters agreed with the sentiment expressed by one Instagram user: \u201cLove an honest CEO.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s one of us,\u201d a person wrote.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cHe knows what\u2019s up,\u201d wrote another.<\/p>\n

Discussion regarding the coleslaw itself prompted a lively debate.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The comment, \u201cI go double slaw,\u201d received 35,437 likes, along with reactions such as, \u201cCriminal,\u201d \u201cDiabolical\u201d and \u201cFederal prison for you.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe slaw is underrated for sure,\u201d remarked another.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s the best part!\u201d someone else wrote.<\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone says lock him up, but he\u2019s doing us a service,\u201d another person commented.<\/p>\n

Others chimed in to suggest\u00a0different sides.<\/p>\n

Potato salad, pickles and mac and cheese were among the ideas.<\/p>\n

A 3.1-ounce serving of Raising Cane\u2019s coleslaw is 100 calories, according to the restaurant\u2019s website. The chain advertises the menu item as \u201ccrisp, creamy and freshly prepared.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you try to be all things to all people, you aren\u2019t great to anyone,\u201d Graves said in a statement to Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, we focus on serving craveable\u00a0chicken finger meals\u00a0and doing it better than anyone else, which is why you\u2019ll never see limited-time offerings or new items coming on and off\u00a0the menu. I always say, don\u2019t fix what isn\u2019t broken. Our coleslaw isn\u2019t going anywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n

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There are multiple Reddit forums that debate Cane\u2019s coleslaw. \u201cColeslaw is the best part of Raising Cane\u2019s\u201d is posted on the un popular opinion on subreddit.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy do they make slaw?\u201d wondered a poster on the r\/RaisingCanes forum.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cDoes anyone actually eat the coleslaw from here? I always sub it out for extra toast\/fries,\u201d wrote someone in the same forum.<\/p>\n

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\u201c<\/em>I\u00a0get asked all the time if I\u2019m ever going to add something else to the menu and the answer is no,\u201d Graves told Fox News Digital.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve\u00a0had the same menu since I opened the doors to the first Raising Cane\u2019s in Baton Rouge nearly\u00a030 years ago: chicken fingers, Cane\u2019s Sauce, coleslaw, Cane\u2019s toast and crinkle-cut fries. This focused menu means our crew can focus on doing one thing and doing it better than anyone else.\u201d<\/p>\n

The restaurant\u2019s ethos, according to Graves, is centered around the \u201cone love\u201d principle that \u201cenables us to build the perfect box combo that is served hot, fast and fresh each and every time.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I originally created the menu, I wanted to give people something to be able to switch out, so they can sub extra fries, extra Cane\u2019s Sauce or extra Texas toast,\u201d Graves added.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThe coleslaw gives them that item to be able to assemble their perfect box. And if someone personally loves\u00a0coleslaw, that\u2019s great too!\u201d<\/p>\n

Raising Cane\u2019s opened its 1,000th restaurant \u2013 in Hollywood, California, \u2013 in March.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The restaurant\u2019s website lists six new locations set to open this month. \u00a0<\/p>\n

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