JD's Pub

Glenshaw, PA


Order 6 Hot

Great size, full wings – cooked well but slightly overcooked. The let down is the hot sauce – pretty weak and generic. The sauce coverage itself is a bit spotty, just kinda dumped on after the fact. The Louisiana Ox has the season salt and is good, but get the wings of hell for the true heat challenge. Also, the sriracha chili wings for a nice change of pace – great sauce. But, I’m disappointed by the stock hot.


Size 5 Prep 4 Taste 3 Total 12

Valentines

Springdale, PA

Order: Chicken Wings

Sauceless wing, but crispy outside is sublime. The inside is moist and juicy, sauces on the side range from mild to hot and a house sauce (hot & ranch mix) and also Saracha. Want to try this wings again sometime!

Size 5 prep 4 taste 4 total 13

Wendell’s Pub

Norton, MA


Order: 1 order extra spicy (side of suicidal)

“Two fryolators, one grill and only one cook – this is our tiny kitchen’s fate, so although we may take some extra time, most will agree – it’s worth the wait” boasts the menu. Upon first glance, it’s kind of a letdown for wings. I’d read so many good things about this place. Small size and only 10 for an order costing $7.50 ($1 extra with their heat sauces – suicidal and double dare). Prepared very well, though – crispy outside. They even give you an extra bowl which you can put together with the bowl your wings came in to toss the wings again – pretty cool idea. But yeah, sauce throws some fire. The extra spice is good with a slight vinegar (bitter) taste, but it’s good. Okay, let’s drop that suicidal down there – WOW! It’s a delayed reaction, but this sauce will light your mouth on fire. Overall a decent wing, prepared well with good sauce – but the size kills it.

Size 2 Prep 5 Taste 4 Total 11

Gators Saloon

Bloomfield, PA
R.I.P. Gators - out of business now, but a great place while it was around.


Order: 10 Insane Buffalo

Wings show up and they have more of a yellowy color than a reddish sauce that you would expect; smells great and I can’t wait to dig in. Size is better than average and the prep is good, wings are slightly soggy, but the additional sauce could be the culprit. However, the sauce is awesome! The delayed heat tells me this stuff is spiced by peppers and not just tobasco; this heat sticks around, too. It’s got some hang time. All in all, great wing. I would get this again in a heartbeat. Visit #2: Gator Death is the real deal. Slow creep on the heat, but WOW! You will pay for it the next day!

Size 4 prep 4 taste 5 total 13

Hula Bar

759 East Railroad Ave Verona, PA


So, it's a wing night, so I'm not expecting perfection, but looking for a good wing. Bring me 12 Hot Garlic Parmesan, a recommended sauce. They show up, good size, but sauce coverage is a bit spotty. Let's eat.

Wow, great flavor. However, the biggesr problem is the wings are slightly overcooked. Crispy, but perhaps too much so. The sauce is really good, but not covering the whole wing. It's a good thing there is a pool of sauce in the basket to douse the wing in and hit the dry parts.


The sauce has good heat, sriracha based I'm pretty sure. And plenty of garlic. No vampires are going after me tonight (neither is my girl, though). Great hang time! I feel the tingle 10 minutes after eating. Good stuff.

Overall a solid wing, though slightly overcooked. Worth a try. My "wingman" says the hot bbq are worth a try, so I may be back.

Order 12 hot garlic parmesan
Size 4
Prep 4
Taste 4
Total 12

Chasers In The Run Visit #2

1 dozen hot buffalo and boy are they hot! My "wingman" had to take a break part way through and allow himself time to cry and get feeling back in his face. The bartender said the sauce is unique each order, but that she keeps adding the spice until she hiccups. Now, THAT, my friend is a great wing. Definitely one of the best in the city.

Buffalo Wild Wings

3192 South Linden Rd Flint, MI


Order: 12 Wild

Take a bow, BW3, you have set the bar at the lowest level of my reviews since I began. I think I may need to start a rule that says no wings from any place that is publicly traded on the stock market. I mean, I can see the draw of a place like this (heck, I was there for the Pens playoff game), but the food isn’t the reason. These wings were so small, one bite and the meat was gone. The prep was iffy at best, soggy wings, like they were in a massive batch in the back just waiting to be sauced. And the sauce, the menu describes it as “Big Flavor, Blistering Heat” – and it was neither. And it’s sad to think this sauce is one step below their hottest one. To use a baseball metaphor, it’s not swing and a miss, it’s not being sent to the minors, this is Pirates baseball bad.

Size: 2 Prep: 2 Taste: 3 Total: 7