MANOR, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan 20, 2026--
Bojangles, the legendary, Carolina-born chain celebrated for its iconic chicken, biscuits and breakfast, has officially landed in the Austin area. The new restaurant, located at 12432 State School Rd., in Manor, Texas, opened its doors to the public today at 5:00 a.m.
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To celebrate bringing a taste of Carolina flavor to the Lone Star State, Bojangles kicked off its opening with a special sweepstakes. The first 50 guests who dined in received a $100 Bojangles gift card, and throughout opening day, all guests have the chance to win Breakfast for a Year, with 10 lucky winners to be selected.
This expansion into Texas marks a significant step in Bojangles' strategic growth plan. In the past years, the brand has successfully entered new markets, with its most recent opening in Brooklyn, New York, following expansions in Piscataway, New Jersey; Las Vegas, Nevada; Columbus, Ohio; Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and multiple locations across Texas in Dallas and Houston.
"We are ecstatic about introducing Bojangles to the Austin area and bringing our unique Southern charm,” said Jose Armario, CEO of Bojangles. "Our recent expansions into markets have been met with tremendous enthusiasm, and we are confident that the community will embrace our delicious offerings with the same excitement."
Bojangles has been a pillar of Southern flavor since its founding in Charlotte, North Carolina in 1977 and is best known for its signature hand-breaded chicken, freshly baked made-from-scratch biscuits, Legendary Iced Tea® and crave-worthy “fixins” like Cajun Pintos, Dirty Rice and Macaroni & Cheese. Whether you’re stopping for breakfast, lunch or dinner, Bojangles serves up the perfect combination of bold flavor, Southern comfort and Carolina-born tradition.
To learn more about Bojangles and find your nearest location, bojangles.com.
About Bojangles, Inc.
Bojangles is a Carolina-born restaurant chain serving boldly seasoned hand-breaded chicken, scratch-made biscuits and sweet tea steeped with soul. Founded in 1977 as a single location in Charlotte, the legendary brand continues to grow with more than 850 company-owned and franchised restaurants in 21 states. For more information about Bojangles’ handcrafted approach to food and community impact, visit www.bojangles.com. To join in on the fan fun, follow Bojangles on Instagram,TikTok and Twitter.
Exterior shot of first Austin-area Bojangles
RAQQA, Syria (AP) — The Syrian military claimed Tuesday that guards from the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces had abandoned a camp in northeast Syria housing thousands of people linked to the Islamic State group, allowing the detainees to escape.
The al-Hol camp houses mainly women and children who are family members of IS members or accused of being otherwise affiliated with the group. Thousands of accused IS militants are separately housed in prisons in northeast Syria.
The SDF subsequently confirmed that its guards had withdrawn from the camp, blaming “international indifference toward the issue of the ISIS terrorist organization and the failure of the international community to assume its responsibilities in addressing this serious matter,” using another abbreviation for IS.
It said its forces had redeployed “in the vicinity of cities in northern Syria that are facing increasing risks and threats” from government forces.
Representatives of the U.S. military did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Earlier Tuesday, Syria's ministry of interior said Tuesday that 120 Islamic State members escaped from a prison in northeast Syria a day earlier, amid clashes between government forces and the SDF, which guards the prison.
Security forces recaptured 81 of the escapees, “while intensive security efforts continue to pursue the remaining fugitives and take the necessary legal measures against them,” the statement said.
The SDF and the government have traded blame over the escape from a prison in the town of Shaddadeh, amid the breakdown of a ceasefire deal between the two sides.
Also Tuesday, the SDF accused “Damascus-affiliated factions” of cutting off water supplies to the al-Aqtan prison near the city of Raqqa, which it called a “blatant violation of humanitarian standards.”
The SDF, the main U.S.-backed force that fought IS in Syria, controls more than a dozen prisons in the northeast where some 9,000 IS members have been held for years without trial. Many of the detained extremists are believed to have carried out atrocities in Syria and Iraq after IS declared a caliphate in June 2014 over large parts of Syria and Iraq.
IS was defeated in Iraq in 2017 and in Syria two years later, but the group’s sleeper cells still carry out deadly attacks in both countries.
Under a deal announced Sunday, government forces were to take over control of the prisons from the SDF, but the transfer did not go smoothly.
On Monday, Syrian government forces and SDF fighters clashed around two prisons housing members of the Islamic State group in Syria’s northeast.
The clashes came as SDF chief commander Mazloum Abdi was said to be in Damascus to attempt to solidify a ceasefire deal reached Sunday that ended days of deadly fighting during which government forces captured wide areas of northeast Syria from the SDF.
Abdi issued no statement after the meeting and the SDF later issued a statement calling for “all of our youth” to “join the ranks of the resistance," appearing to signal that the deal had fallen apart.
Interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa postponed a planned trip to Germany Tuesday amid the ongoing tensions in northeast Syria.
Since toppling Bashar Assad in December 2024, Syria’s new leaders have struggled to assert their full authority over the war-torn country. An agreement was reached in March that would merge the SDF with Damascus, but it didn’t gain traction.
Earlier this month, clashes broke out in the city of Aleppo, followed by the government offensive that seized control of Deir el-Zour and Raqqa provinces, critical areas under the SDF that include oil and gas fields, river dams along the Euphrates and border crossings.
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Sewell reported from Beirut.
Tribal fighters pose for photographs with local children after Syrian government troops, supported by tribal forces, took control of Raqqa from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) last Sunday at Al-Naeem roundabout in central Raqqa, northeastern Syria, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)
Tribal fighters pose for photographs taken by onlookers after Syrian government troops, supported by allied tribal forces, took control of Raqqa from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) last Sunday at Al-Naeem roundabout in central Raqqa, northeastern Syria, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)
Soldiers of the Kurdish-led, U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) deploy with armoured military vehicles to secure roads leading to Gweiran Prison which houses men accused of being an Islamic State (ISIS) fighters in Hassakeh, northeastern Syria, Monday, Jan. 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Baderkhan Ahmad)
