A West Valley eatery serving Nashville-style hot chicken is bringing the heat to Tempe. Twist Hot Chicken will open a second location on Elliot Road near Priest Drive on Saturday.
Kyle Preston, Saad El Quarati and Lance Linderman launched the hot chicken shop in suburban Peoria in 2022. Linderman is also behind West Valley staples Driftwood Coffee Co., Easy Tiger and the forthcoming Jefferson House. Twist was, as far as Linderman could tell, a pioneer of the wickedly spicy chicken craze on the west side of town.
“I like all things spicy, so we were early adopters in the West Valley,” Linderman says…