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Mickey's

Anyone who knows me can attest to the fact that every Monday for the past 6 months or so (at least) I have been adamant about eating wings at the Bear's Den. Cheap beer and cheap wings via the Bear's Den have made Monday out to be one of my favorite nights of the week. So naturally when I heard of a place that offered even cheaper wings, and fairly similar drink specials, I got excited. I was hesitant at first, as all people are when it comes to change, but this past Monday, the first wing night away from the Bear's Den was held at Mickey's here in Conway, AR. Mickey's offers a 12 wings for 4 dollars combo, essentially .25 cent wings, and one dollar drafts. I had heard that the wings at Mickey's were huge. My skepticism tuned out to be proven false, as the wings truly were the biggest wings I have ever had. I did not think that I was going to be able to finish them, but I managed to choke them down. Mickey's offers several different sauce options such as Parmesan Garlic(which my friend who ordered them said were quite good) and Jamaican, as well as the traditional Buffalo which is what I had. Unfortunately for Mickey's, this was there undoing. The wings could have been twice the size they were, and they still would have fell short because of the sauce. It did taste sort of like Buffalo sauce, there was even a nice, subtle heat, but it just cannot hold a candle to other traditional wing sauces that I have had. The texture of the sauce resembled that of a paste, and I felt like i was constantly having to scrape excess sauce gunk out of my mouth. They also had a sweetness that was just to overpowering in my opinion. It was just terrible. Wing Stop has better sauce than this place, and I fucking hate that place. Really, the only reason why I am being so tolerable of Mickey's is because their wings were just so massive, like porn star dick big. Now don't get me wrong, their regular sauce sucks, but apparently their other flavors aren't that bad, and for the Monday night price are probably totally worth it. But I will not be going back anytime soon. The wing's were not the sole deciding factor either. You can't get pitchers, and their one dollar beer only consists of Miller Light or Bud Light, so fuck that. Also, they have tiny tv's, and one of them was on the fucking Weather Channel. I felt like I was at a restaurant rather than a bar and therefore had to show a level of restraint. So bottom line is this, wing night is at the Bear's Den for a reason, and for now anyways, I can't see it changing.

Foghorn's

Foghorn's is a local wing restaurant located in Fayetteville, AR. They have 50 sauces to choose from including flavors ranging from spicy peanut butter, to raspberry chipotle, to homicidal. For the less adventurous they do have the basic flavors, and as it was my first time, I went with the basic hot sauce to go with my 15 piece meal. Needless to say, the restaurant more than lived up to its hype. Each of the wings was of considerable size and contained a good deal of meat. But the real story was the sauce. This is possibly the best wing sauce I have ever had (yes, better than the Bear's Den...if you wanna call that sauce). It was the definition of a hot wing sauce...it was almost perfect. The main thing I always complain about when it comes to the hotter sauces is that most ignore flavor and opt to focus more on the heat, which I think is complete bullshit, and apparently the people at Foghorn's agree. The sauce was hot, yet flavorful. They managed to blend in a good amount of traditional buffalo sauce flavor with nose running heat without making it unbearable. My only complaint with the place is the 10 wing limit per sauce. I consider myself a purist when it comes to sauces for the most part...ie..no bullshit flavors. Foghorns has a ton of these...some of which even seemed appealing to me...I'm looking at you garlic parmesan. Until next time I guess...which will be soon....very...very...soon.

So eat there.

They have giant tv's everywhere

It's fucking awesome.

Foghorn's

i have done it

i have created the ultimate wings

i knew getting a deep fryer would change my life

more on this soon

coming up on the wing list:
great american wings
whatever the new wing place on dave ward is called

they will all fall short to my greatness though...

im not dead...

i just can't find any new places to get wings from

i just got a new job though, hopefully a wing road trip will ensue


wing on

ITS BEEN A WHILE

I KNOW

I NEED MORE WINGS

I NEED MORE MONEY TO GET WINGS

wing life, 4 life

I think the next tattoo I'm going to get will be wing related. I have had several ideas so far. One of them is merely of a wing, with the words "wing life" written around it. A more elaborate idea is a rip off of the Bad Brains self titled cover, except instead of the lighting bolt hitting the capitol building, its hitting a wing. I don't know what script I would want around that one, maybe something like Fearless Wing Killers, or just FWK.

Bear's Den

I'm going to be honest, before I ate wings at the Bear's Den, I never really cared for wings. My previous experience with wings had left me unsatisfied and unamused. I viewed wings as more of a novelty food, one that gets your fingers really messy, but fails to fill you up. Then it happened. I remember it clearly...it was the first official wing night, I ordered 10 wings, and when they came to me all I could do was gaze at the pile of greasy goodness that was awaiting my fingers. The wings were massive, the sauce was incredible....it was an epipheral experience, and yes, i just made a word up.
I really don't know how to properly review the wings other than to say, if I had a sliding scale of 1 - 10 on which I judged wings, they would be a 12. They are what all other wings are put up against, and so far, none have surpassed them in taste, size, anything.
Go there.
Taste them.
Find the higher power nestled in between the meat.

the sauce....

I'm thinking about making a wing sauce over spring break. I've looked at a few recipes and it seems that most people pretty much just use hot sauce and vinegar. I think I'm gonna make one with more of a mustard base, with hot sauce, and probably a little vinegar...and more special stuff.

WING
ON

Buffalo Wild Wings

Today i ventured to the much talked about wing chain, Buffalo Wild Wings, in Fayetteville. I had been to the restaurant once before, but was fairly disappointed with my experience there, as tends to be the case with most mass produced restaurant wings. So did BWW redeem itself?????????????
The one thing that BWW brags about are its extensive array of sauces, Sweet BBQ being their mildest, with Blazin' being the hottest. I ordered the 12 piece meal with two sauces, Mild, which is on the cooler end of the sauce spectrum, and Hot, which is the fourth hottest. I must say, there was not a whole lot of difference between the sauces. The Hot did bring more heat than Mild, but it was only barely noticeable. Thats not to say that they weren't any good, they both did a good job at blending heat with flavor, and I will admit that my nose was slightly running by the end of the meal. The wings themself were fairly good sized, definately better that what you will find at most restaurants, mostly meat, overall pretty good wings.
So did Buffalo Wild Wings impress me this go around, I'd say yes. I'm pretty sure I was really hung over last time I ate there, so it wasn't really a fair assessment. The service is pretty shitty, and it's definitely brah'd most of the time, but its a sports bar...so what can you really expect. Luckily they make up for that by having an interactive trivia game you can play on all the tv's free of charge which really makes the 10 minute wait to get a water not so bad.

Tyson Hot Wings

As much as I like going out to try wings from different places, sometimes I just wanna stay home and say fuck it. For times like these, frozen wings are a mans best friend. Out of all the choices for wings at your local wally world, one brand stands out. Arkansas's own, Tyson Food. These assholes know what they're doing when it comes to chicken, and at 7 bucks for a bag of about 25 wings, they also know how to move product.
The wings are fairly simple to make, you simply place however many one desires on a baking pan, set the oven to 400, and cook for about 18 minutes, flipping them once at the halfway point. Me personally, I like mine a little extra crispy, so I leave them for about 10 minutes on each side. The wings themselves are fairly good size, probably about as large as you could find in most restaurants, without skimping on the meat. The sauce does a good job at separating the taste from the heat; that is, it doesn't taste "hot" like other hot wing sauces. That's not to say that these little suckers aren't hot, they have a fairly decent kick to them that sets in after about 3 or 4 seconds. So if you don't like hot/spicy/whatever, I wouldn't recommend them. Pussy.
I eat the Tyson hot wings probably about 3 times a week(I'm kind of a health nut). I can't help it. Now that Hidden Valley makes the individual ranch cups, it's just as good as eating wings at wherever else your faggot ass eats wings. A little hint, parmesan cheese on top...it's not gonna get any better. EAT THEM.

Slim Chickens

For those who haven't been down Salem recently(myself included), you probably haven't noticed the newly established restaurant, Slim Chickens. As one might guess, their specialty is chicken, whether it be chicken tenders, wings, etc. Each meal also comes with fries, and Texas Toast. Having been to the Fayetteville location before, I sort of knew what to expect (even though the Fayetteville one serves beer).

I ordered the 10 piece wing meal, with the mild sauce. They have several sauces to choose from, and I plan on working my way from the bottom (mild) to the top. The wings were fairly good. They were rather small, and the sauce, as with most wing places, focused to much on the heat rather than the actual taste. And oh ya...they only gave me 9 wings, I didn't realize this until I was already done unfortunately. Bastards. So fuck you Slim Chickens. Your food is exceptionally mediocre, and most of your patrons are probably well into their AARP memberships. Will I eat there again? Probably. I'm willing to let it slide this time, as you are fairly new, and not everyone nails it on the first go around. Consider yourself on probation.

Up next, either Bear's Den, or the frozen Tyson wings, whichever comes first.

WING LIFERS UNITE

You love wings.

I love wings.

And with this blog, we will all love wings...together...orgy style...smothered in tangy sauce goodness.