In St. Louis, a new restaurant called Southern generates lines for its Nashville Hot Chicken ... run by Rick Lewis, the town's chef of the year in 2013. Johnny Zone ... who cooked at Husk in Nashville ... NHC to LA in Howlin' Rays food truck. Cask & Larder will open next year in Orlando's airport featuring the item. State Park's NHC in Boston bites your entire face with ghost chiles, cayenne, aji amarillo and smoked paprika. Due South in DC puts its version into a sandwich. Carla Hall's opening a NHC place in Brooklyn. The Yardhouse chain added the item this year ... even latecomer KFC has been testing some version of it. We're waiting for cheffy versions of the dish to emerge ... like Seoul Hot Chicken