More than two years after Raising Cane’s pulled the plug on opening a Berkeley location, the popular fried chicken fast food chain might finally debut a restaurant in the East Bay city. Raising Cane’s is expected to open a Berkeley restaurant at 2310 Telegraph Ave.

Raising Cane's has paid more than $10 million to buy a retail property at a prime intersection near UC Berkeley in a sign the high-profile dining chain is eyeing a new Bay Area location.

Raising Cane’s is putting its money where its mouth is to open a new location in the East Bay. The popular fast food chain has purchased a building in Berkeley with plans to open there in the “next few years,