Pilgrim
Puritanboard Commissioner
Raising Cane's is another great regional chain that is still mostly located in Louisiana, having started in Baton Rouge in 1996. But I know that the owner's ambition is to be nationwide, and they now have around 60 locations in about 12 states, including some that are far removed from the south like OH, MN, CO, NE, and NV. Chicken fingers are the only thing on the menu. When the owner couldn't get a bank loan for what the bank's thought was a poor idea, he worked on fishing boats in Alaska until he had sufficient capital to start the first store, which is just north of the north gate of the LSU campus.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raising_Cane's_Chicken_Fingers
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raising_Cane's_Chicken_Fingers
http://209.240.145.143/main.htm