Has Anyone Here Met Todd Graves?

He posts here but he asked our groupchat not to ever disclose his username.

He was my neighbor on State St. by the original location in 96/97. Apartment was a total crap hole. We shared a leaky wall. Rent was $230 a month.

Original Cane would climb the stairs in the back and take craps on the roof.

Todd was always cool. Good guy. Worked hard.

We also used our apartment as a band practice space and he never complained (maybe because his drive thru was open until 3 am).

One day he was washing his car and a family of baby raccoons were laying on the ground enjoying the water spray hitting them. He picked them up and moved them to a spot out in the sticks where they could live the raccoon dream. Thought that was always a nice move.

I ran into him about 10 years later at an opening of a new store and he was just as friendly as he was when he was building the original place.

I worked at a store he opened way back around 2007 or 2008. He came to the opening. Not sure if he still does that. Richest person I met at that Cane's was Shaq for a long time. Now, I think it's Todd.

Pretty sure he paid for my drinks one night in Destin. I was at the Baytowne Wharf with some Louisiana people that were acquaintances and we racked up a heck of a tab. We all went to chip in at the end and were told he had paid.

I think that’s all correct, but I was pretty drunk and it was 15 years ago.

Yes,

Worked at the Cane's off on Congress St in Lafayette in my last two years of high school. Worked at Cane's I during my first year at LSU. Nice guy, told me I should consider going into the management program after leaving college. I quit to take an on campus job so I wouldn't have to work Saturdays. Looking back, that was a mistake. I would at least have my own store or I working in corporate if I took his offer.

Yea, we play poker together once a month.

Dude is a real baw

Yep, many times... super cool guy, and remembered me by my first name after the first time we met circa 2005

Very generous and always listened attentively to anything I said... can't say enough about the man

If I knew one day he was going to be worth 22 billion I would have put in an application to work there instead of patronizing the restaurant after drinking all night.

Another note…his original partner also lived in same apartment complex. He wasn’t as nice a guy. Was happy when he moved out. Can see why he didn’t last long and got bought out.

He’s a super nice guy. He comes to the bar that I hang out at every now and then and usually buys a round for everyone.

I took a shot with him at Arties one night during Tarpon Rodeo like 13 years ago. Seemed cool enough.