Best Buffalo Wings

I have it on authority that BWW has changed their wing supplier, and now get larger wings. So, the "wings are too small" complaint should go away. As per the sauce, you either like em or hate em. I BWW to be a really good sports bar, even if the wings are small and they stray from serving just buffalo wings.

In DC, decent wings are hard to find. In Buffalo, some of the best wings come from pizza delivery places (the independent ones, not dominoes, obviously). This is not true in DC. So far, the pizza places have proven to be bad places for wings. A disappointment, since in WNY and CNY, wings and pizza are a happy marriage on Satudays and Sundays from Aug/Sept-Jan.

Why they can't do it right here, is beyond me. I guess people outside of Upstate NY don't really know what good wings are.

Scorereader


I have it on authority that BWW has changed their wing supplier, and now get larger wings. So, the "wings are too small" complaint should go away. As per the sauce, you either like em or hate em. I BWW to be a really good sports bar, even if the wings are small and they stray from serving just buffalo wings.

In DC, decent wings are hard to find. In Buffalo, some of the best wings come from pizza delivery places (the independent ones, not dominoes, obviously). This is not true in DC. So far, the pizza places have proven to be bad places for wings. A disappointment, since in WNY and CNY, wings and pizza are a happy marriage on Satudays and Sundays from Aug/Sept-Jan.

Why they can't do it right here, is beyond me. I guess people outside of Upstate NY don't really know what good wings are.

One of the things I consistently see with wings outside WNY and CNY is that the wings are undercooked - not raw, but not done crisp enough to stand up to the sauce.  After a few minutes in the sauce they get , to use a highly technicall term, "ploopy".  Therefore, I usually ask for wings "well done" when I am outside W/CNY.

Also I usually have to ensure they are indeed true  buffalo wings, and not breaded (blech)

I was in WNY this past weekend and had some medium wings from The Landing (a bar in Fairport) that would have qualified as hot anywhere in Richmond ;)  And I didn't bother asking for them well done, since I knew they would be done right. 

actually, the wings from the pizza places here have little meat, that or they are deep fried so long, the meat shrivels up so only the skin and a few tendons remain. Then, they use some thin, watery hot sauce. Not a butter and Red Hot Sauce, just some cheapo hot sauce. it's foul fowl.

My favorite wings come from BuffaLouie's, a Hoosier mini-chain with locations in three Indiana towns ( Bloomington, Highland and Valparaiso. ) Great onion rings too.
                                                         www.buffalouies.com  

nocarolina


My favorite wings come from BuffaLouie's, a Hoosier mini-chain with locations in three Indiana towns ( Bloomington, Highland and Valparaiso. ) Great onion rings too.
                                                         www.buffalouies.com  

this pic on the home page does not look like buffalo wings, at all. Scrolling over the pic, the pic is titled "BUFFWings5RGB" - if that's the buffalo wing, the recipe is not from buffalo - maybe it's a pic of the bbq wings.

Scorereader, I just looked at that photo on BuffaLouie's home page, and your guess is correct; those are the barbeque wings. Louie's has a number of different sauces of various styles and heat levels. My favorite is the "medium buffalo style", which is a blazin' orange color... moderately hot and very tasty. The onion rings are big beauties coated with a really good batter ( might be a beer batter, not sure. )  

I usually add minced garlic to my butter and hot sauce mixture........  simmer it a little while so the garlic has a chance to flavor the sauce.

There is a place in Old Sacramento, Fanny Ann's saloon, that sells a 5lb bucket of hot wings for about 17 bucks.  They are whole wings, not sectioned and not overcooked or overspiced.  I could pretty much live off those things.  

Writing about BuffaLouie's wings yesterday put me in a mood for some of their tasty wings n' rings, so last night I headed over to Louie's place in Highland IN for dinner.

Here's my favorite wings, accompanied by some fine onion rings...

NascarDad

Scorereader


I have it on authority that BWW has changed their wing supplier, and now get larger wings. So, the "wings are too small" complaint should go away. As per the sauce, you either like em or hate em. I BWW to be a really good sports bar, even if the wings are small and they stray from serving just buffalo wings.

In DC, decent wings are hard to find. In Buffalo, some of the best wings come from pizza delivery places (the independent ones, not dominoes, obviously). This is not true in DC. So far, the pizza places have proven to be bad places for wings. A disappointment, since in WNY and CNY, wings and pizza are a happy marriage on Satudays and Sundays from Aug/Sept-Jan.

Why they can't do it right here, is beyond me. I guess people outside of Upstate NY don't really know what good wings are.

One of the things I consistently see with wings outside WNY and CNY is that the wings are undercooked - not raw, but not done crisp enough to stand up to the sauce.  After a few minutes in the sauce they get , to use a highly technicall term, "ploopy".  Therefore, I usually ask for wings "well done" when I am outside W/CNY.

Also I usually have to ensure they are indeed true  buffalo wings, and not breaded (blech)

I was in WNY this past weekend and had some medium wings from The Landing (a bar in Fairport) that would have qualified as hot anywhere in Richmond ;)  And I didn't bother asking for them well done, since I knew they would be done right. 

 
 
 you'll never find a crisp, un-breaded hot wing anywhere in washington state... unless you're visiting my backyard :)
 
 seriously, there are no good restaurant wings here.... most bake their wings but even then, they never bake them enough so you end up with soggy, slimy skin that the sauce doesn't stick to.. when i make them, i bake or fry them until they're almost crunchy :)

I get the feeling I'm the only person that likes wings more than drums. I really don't like them at all to be honest.

Also - Laughing Lion on Main St in Hackettstown NJ. 25 cent wings on Monday. They're really good.

I started to make a master list, state by state, of all the places mentioned, but soon got flummoxed. Would some kind soul or souls, smarter than I am, please consider TOFTT, say 1 WINGNUT per state making a master list for his/her state? I figure that someone familiar with the local scene would find it easier, and also would be more accurate. We could keep adding to it. I hope we could make such voluntary lists for hot dog & fried chicken too, some day. Thanks much.

cameron074


I get the feeling I'm the only person that likes wings more than drums. I really don't like them at all to be honest.

Also - Laughing Lion on Main St in Hackettstown NJ. 25 cent wings on Monday. They're really good.

I, too, prefer the wings to the drums. Sweeter meat.