Twisters

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Twisters Burgers & Burritos
Type Privately held
Industry Fast food
Founded Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1998 (1998)
Headquarters
Albuquerque, New Mexico
,
United States
Number of locations
18 in New Mexico
2 in Colorado
Area served
New Mexico and Colorado
Products New Mexican cuisine
Website www.mytwisters.com

Twisters is a New Mexican cuisine restaurant chain from the city of Albuquerque, New Mexico, which was founded in 1998. [1]

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Today

Twisters is known for their green chile cheeseburgers and burritos. They also serve other New Mexican staples like sopapillas, enchiladas, fried apple bites, tacos, french fries, rice, and beans. [2] [3]

Reception

They won Albuquerque The Magazine's "Best of the City" Best Burrito award four times in a row from 2010 to 2013.

The location at 4275 Isleta Boulevard SW in Albuquerque is best known for its appearance in the AMC dramas Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul as an outlet of Gus Fring's fast food chicken chain Los Pollos Hermanos. [4] [5] Its real-life counterpart makes a brief cameo in the film sequel, El Camino .

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References

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  5. Zora O'Neill (April 24, 2012). Moon Santa Fe, Taos & Albuquerque. Avalon Travel Publishing. pp. 317–. ISBN   978-1-61238-263-0.