The Pretty Bird hot chicken sandwich is a Nashville-style fried chicken thigh dusted with cayenne-based hot powder, layered on a brioche bun with pickle and slaw, in five heat levels from plain to face-burning.
Chef Viet Pham, an Iron Chef America veteran and multi-time James Beard Best Chef Southwest semifinalist for his earlier Forage SLC restaurant, opened Pretty Bird Hot Chicken on Regent Street in 2018, bringing chef-driven Nashville-style hot chicken to Salt Lake. The concept built on Pham's training at Forage. By 2025 Pretty Bird operated in Downtown, Sugar House, Park City and Midvale and won the Best Fried Chicken in Utah from Food and Wine Magazine.
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