Chick'n Headz – Byron & Natasha Kendle

In this week’s edition of the Flavors of Northwest Arkansas podcast, we’re in Bentonville at Chick’n Headz, talking with owners Byron & Natasha Kendle, but before we sit down with them?!?! FOOD NEWS!!! Here come the grand openings! Saltine’s Bakery & Kitchen announces when they’ll open! Flyway Brewing opened their Bentonville location on the Walmart campus. CEO/COO Rob Byford talks about their growth in the northwest part of the state. Aida’s is a Saturday night only spot in the 8th Street Market. We’ll tell you about it! Punk Truck Stop is diversifying business in Fayetteville’s Metro District! Bienvenue’s Will Mauk talks about getting their Rogers spot turned around QUICKLY. Whole Hog Café turns 26, and we’re all going to party like it’s 2000 (literally)! Bucks on Emma celebrates a decade on Saturday – we have the deets! Foghorns on 15th street closed last weekend. It’s your last chance to eat from the Blazin Asian food truck. Nosh Nola opens VERY soon, and in today’s Flavors Flashback, you’ll hear from owner/operator Hayne Begley, who took some time away from the restaurant life for a little stability. You’ll never guess what he did for a living! Byron & Natasha Kendle are high school sweethearts from Little Rock. What brought them here is what brings many people here- Walmart. They both come from big families and have a pretty big one themselves. Though they have corporate backgrounds, there was a little restaurant experience and their recall from it’s pretty funny. They’d always kicked around the idea of a restaurant, but it wasn’t ever real. Until one day, and it’s a story where their bluff got called, and they had to figure everything out on the spot. It’s a great story. Finally, why the move from Fayetteville to Bentonville? It may not be what you think- you’ll hear the reasons on this edition of the Flavors of Northwest Arkansas podcast!