Penn Staters Eager For Arrival Of State College Raising Cane’s

Ben Jones | StateCollege.com

Chicken finger and Texas toast lovers, rejoice! Popular fast food joint Raising Cane’s is coming to State College sometime soon after it resolves a few zoning issues.

The national chain restaurant, which boasts a distinct spread of favorites like tenders, fries, coleslaw, and special sauces, announced that it intends to open a location in the former leasing office of HERE State College

Naturally, Penn Staters took to Twitter to share their excitement. Most folks could hardly contain their enthusiasm for the new eatery.

Huge https://t.co/2Q8DNDnLcw
— Ja’Juan Seider (@coachseider) May 25, 2021

HUGE STATE COLLEGE W https://t.co/mpmR9oICpn
— Jake (@jkelk717) May 25, 2021

https://twitter.com/JZabala4/status/1397314467101384707

GET THE FUCK OUT YOU’RE KIDDING STOP PLAYING WITH ME https://t.co/49U7G5aUih
— །ཊཔཋཇས༝ (@rvben69) May 25, 2021

Oh how the turn tables. Glad they changed their minds over the past 16 months. Get HYPE. https://t.co/mVgmBcHWkk pic.twitter.com/TxMf7vccen
— John Banghoff (@JohnBanghoff) May 25, 2021

This is the best news I’ve had in awhile https://t.co/dbbWfp94w2
— Tay (@taylorabrittain) May 26, 2021

Yoooooo!!! It’s lit! https://t.co/hFcLozMDNj
— Tobey Prime (@tobey_prime) May 25, 2021

Others were simply grateful, perhaps even more so after the departure of Penn State’s beloved Chick-fil-A from the HUB.

LFG this place might be better than Chick-fil-A https://t.co/IYVnQ7lSrP
— Murph (@RyanPMurphy16) May 25, 2021

Some alums and recently graduated seniors voiced their sadness that they aren’t in Happy Valley for this momentous occasion.

Classically opens after I graduate https://t.co/EoMYw2LfTW
— Adam Kermally (@AdamKermally) May 25, 2021

this couldn’t have happened before i graduated???? https://t.co/uJ7eClQ8vW
— drew allar szn (@mferrone23) May 25, 2021

This would’ve been so dangerous @AntonellaCres
— jill (@_jillbeckman) May 25, 2021

Chicken fingers. That’s it. That’s the tweet.

chicken fingers. https://t.co/fw0FiqeHkg
— Matt DiSanto (@mattdisanto_) May 25, 2021

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Alysa is a senior (gasp) majoring in journalism and is Onward State's visual editor. She's one of many "just outside of Philly" folks at Penn State and yes, she's an obnoxious Philly sports fan. Alysa loves her camera, hiking, Cape Cod, and eating her way through Wawa. She's also a proud mom to a cat named Comet. Follow @arubin241 on Twitter to keep up with what she sees through her lens (and for a funny retweet or two), and direct all photo requests to alysa@onwardstate.com.

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