The suit, filed on Jan. 23, alleges that the restaurant has spent $230,000 to try to minimize the scents
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- A Raising Cane’s in Boston is claiming that its landlord is threatening to evict it due to “chicken finger smells”
- The suit, filed on Jan. 23, alleges that the restaurant has spent $230,000 to try to minimize the smells
- The plaintiff asks for the court to declare whether it has implemented “reasonable efforts” to minimize restaurant odors
Raising Cane’s claims that a landlord of one of its Boston locations threatened to evict the restaurant because of “chicken finger smells.”
The chicken tender chain filed a lawsuit on Jan. 23 claiming that the building owner, defendant 755 Boylston, LLC., is conducting an “extortionate scheme,” according to the complaint obtained by PEOPLE. The defendant has allegedly accused Raising Cane’s of breaching its lease because “the location it leases and occupies smells like chicken fingers.” So in the filing, Raising Cane’s is seeking a “declaration” as to “whether it has engaged in reasonable efforts to minimize any restaurant odors extending beyond its leased premises.”
According to the complaint, in the lease (signed in March 2021, amended in November 2022 and meant to last until at least 2037), both parties agreed that Raising Cane’s would “use all reasonable efforts which may be necessary to minimize odors and noises in the demised premises.” The restaurant says, however that it does not require the elimination of all restaurant smells.
The filing details several ways that Raising Cane’s has attempted to reduce the chicken finger smell including regularly cleaning the exhaust system, sealing window vents and spending $34,000 to clean the second-floor office space above Raising Cane’s. The plaintiff estimates that it has spent approximately $230,000 to minimize the odor but claims that “despite these efforts, Defendant continues to complain that its tenant’s chicken finger restaurant smells like chicken fingers.”…