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Two popular restaurant chains specializing in chicken will open next week on Maui, the first location for either franchise on the Valley Isle.

Raising Cane’s will open its newly constructed restaurant on Tuesday, the company announced. The restaurant is located at 176 Hookele St. in Kahului and will be open from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. daily for drive-thru, dine-in and takeout service.

Grand opening festivities will kick off at 8 a.m. Tuesday with a drawing to award 20 customers ages 13 and older free Raising Cane’s for a year. A blessing and ribbon-cutting will follow at 9 a.m., with doors open to the public at 10 a.m.

“We are thrilled to bring Caniacs on the Valley Isle a Raising Cane’s to call their own,” General Manager Madelyn Delecruz said in a news release Wednesday.

The restaurant will be the eighth Raising Cane’s in Hawaii, with the other seven located on Oahu.

Days later on Sept. 1, the first Chick-fil-A restaurant on Maui and in the state is set to open in Kahului, according to a news release from the company on Wednesday.

The eatery famous for its chicken is located at 14 Hookele St. across from Zippy’s. It will be open for dine-in, drive-thru and takeout service from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Saturday.

Customers may also place orders for a drive-thru pickup on the restaurant’s app.

Sean Whaley is the independent franchised owner/operator of Chick-fil-A Kahului. He will be responsible for all day-to-day activities of the business, including overseeing around 160 full- and part-time “team members.”

Whaley has planted roots on Maui with his wife, Danielle, and three children.

“I’m so grateful for the opportunity to open the first Chick-fil-A restaurant in Hawaii and to share our signature hospitality and great-tasting food with guests in Kahului,” Whaley said.

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