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Raising Cane’s seeks approval for new restaurant
By Cathy Cobbs
The Dunwoody Homeowners
Association heard from restaurant
representatives who want to build a
Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers restaurant
on Ashford Dunwoody Road during its
April 14 meeting.
The site, located near an existing
McDonald’s restaurant, was formerly a
Wells Fargo bank branch office and has a
drive-through window.
Raising Cane’s representative
Carl Jenkins showed several site plan
illustrations for the proposed restaurant,
which would seat 66 inside, 25 outside,
and would have a double drive-through
queue that would accommodate about 30
waiting cars.
Jenkins said the proposed site is
“one of the best locations we can find
in Dunwoody” because of the ability to
handle a long queue of cars that would
minimize backup traffic on Ashford
Dunwoody Road.
Several attendees at the meeting
remarked that Raising Cane’s has a
cult-like following among diners, similar
to the In-N-Out Burger franchise, and
expressed concerns that traffic on Ashford
Dunwoody would be adversely affected by
the drive-through line.
Jenkins said that the openings of
Raising Canes’ locations typically see
heightened traffic, but “over time, things
calm down.”
Jenkins said about 65% of its sales
traditionally come from drive-through
customers, while 35% of people dine
in. However, he said those numbers are
shifting a bit more towards the dine-in
side since the easing of concerns regarding
COVID.
The DHA board did not voice either
support or opposition to the plan, but its
president Bob Fiscella joked that many
residents are happy “whenever we replace a
bank with anything else.”
A zoning ordinance passed last October
requires a Special Land Use Permit for
any new establishment that has a drive-
through window. However, the property
in question can be used for a restaurant
without any change in rezoning, according
to officials.
Jenkins said Raising Cane’s has not yet
had formal discussions with Dunwoody
officials but plans to in the future. He said
Raising Cane’s “wants to operate where we
are wanted.”
“If the community doesn’t want us
here, we won’t move ahead with this,”
he said. “We want to be part of the
community. If you ask us to do $100,000
worth of landscaping, we will put in
$150,000.”
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