Raising Cane’s breaks ground on Longmont restaurant, plans December opening

LONGMONT — Chicken finger-focused fast-food chain Raising Cane’s has broken ground on its new Longmont restaurant and expects the location to be open by December. 

The restaurant at 1236 S. Hover St. is taking the place of the former La Madeleine site, which has been vacant since the cafe shuttered in 2018. 

The rapidly expanding Louisiana-based fast-casual chain has 14 existing or planned Colorado locations — and more than 470 worldwide — but the Longmont restaurant would be Raising Cane’s first in Boulder County. Currently the closest locations to the county are in…