Where are the best wings in NYC
If I could only eat one food for the rest of my life it would be wings. My brother agrees. We are new in the city and looking for the best of the best. Wings should be hot, but we are looking for a joint with a variety of flavors. Also, a major pet peeve is that most wing places serve scrawny wings... Do they breed chickens to have wings that small? Where can I get some spicy wings and cold beer? I am a simple man with simple needs... Please help!
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Red Star in GP. Best wings in New York, and I've been to most of these places named above (DInosaurs, Blondies, Bonnies, Atomic, etc). Plus their wing night (where wings go for 0.50 cents each) is nothing to scoff at either. They also offer tons of flavors, even a strangely popular raspberry wings (personally not a fan though).
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re: diprey11
Also out in Jackson Heights but a good 10-15 minute walk from the subway is Cassidy's which has amazing wings particularly their medium wings which are sweet, slightly spicy yet still buffalo wings and their nuclear wings with jalapenos in the sauce are amazingly hot and delicious. I almost hate revealing my favorite wings place but goodness is meant to be shared.
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Here is a year retrospective of a mission we went on to find the best hot wings in NYC. We did crown Bar-Coastal the winner but there isn't a bad wing in the bunch. Happy eating, tell 'em Burger Conquest sent you.
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Virgil's chicken wings should be their own food group. Not Buffalo style but big wings, smoked, slow cooked and then finished on a grill with nice charred flavor with a great bbq sauce. Tons of great flavor and great falling off the bone texture but never dried out. It's the only thing I order there. Will split an app with whomever I'm with then have another order for entree. Also comes with a side of the best blue cheese dressing that I've ever had, which is completely unneeded cause the wing sauce is so good on it's own. Have been to all other major bbq places in NYC except for Dinosaur, as well as other well regarded wing joints (I love wings). Nothing else comes close.
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re: pfps823
I don't particularly like anything at virgil's. The food is ok, but IMO nothing special. They tend to use too much liquid smoke. That being said it's been a while since I've tried the wings there so I can't give a good comparison. But the wings at Dinosaur are a good size. All the flavors are good, but I really like Wango Tango. I'm sure someone else on these boards has been to both and can chime in.
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re: pfps823
E Eto
Oct 13, 2010 07:24 AM
I finally tried the chicken wings at Dinosaur after hearing how fabulous they are. It was good, but not what I was expecting from a BBQ place. It was difficult to get to the flavor of the chicken since it was completely covered with sauce. I didn't detect any smokiness either. I was expecting them to be more like the smoky wings at Virgils, but they were not. While Virgil's is slightly more than passable for BBQ, I much prefer their wings over the ones at Dinosaur.
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re: pfps823
I second Virgil's wings.. juicy, meaty monsters with flavorful heat and the right amount of "tooth" and char. I love 'em with a side of vinegared greens and a pint of something hoppy. I work in the neighborhood and take lunch at the bar there a couple of times a month.. never been able to finish a whole order by myself! The ribs are great there as well, but a bit on the pricey side - understandable considering it's tourist hell ground zero and the rent must be nuts. Shamefully, I've never been to Dinosaur, but if I had the dough, I'd take Virgil's over Blue Smoke, Daisy's or Fette Sau (all of which I also love, btw!).
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re: Pookipichu
Oh, hey Pookie.. I'm sorry.. I've never had wings at Blue Smoke, Daisy's or Fette Sau (or anything other that a great meal at any of those places). I was both writing about my favorite wings AND responding to "fooodie's" post about not particularly liking anything at Virgil's. Virgil's is my favorite wings AND BBQ place in the city. I shoulda been clear about that and/or not digressed.
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Blue Ribbon on 5th ave in Brooklyn does amazing wings. They used to be served with a little sterno pot thingy so you could sear them yourself table side, but I think too many people set themselves on fire. The sauce is more sweet than hot, but the wings are very big. A good way to loose a decade of your life is to wake up hung over around 2pm, obsess over your creative output for about 8 hours, then show up at Blue Ribbon around midnight for wings and PBRs.
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re: professorpint
Sorry if I'm violating any rules, but the BEST wings I ever had are up near Uconn (Storrs) BIDWELL'S TAVERN. My wife and I take road trips just for the wings, yes, they ARE that good.
Here's their link. Check out the different sauces they offer. http://www.bidwelltavern.com/
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re: thew
flatbushriviera
Oct 11, 2010 06:22 PM
Yes they do! But actually I like the wings at Mad for Chicken even better. I dream about them. Get some!
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For classic buffalo wings, Scruffy Duffy's hands down has the best wings. Big and delicious. Blondie's is good too.
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I have not been to this place in some time (maybe four years), but there's a place called Mudville 9 Saloon, on Chambers Street, that served some mighty fine wings. If I remember correctly they had a wide variety flavors and a wide variety of sizes (from 5 wings to a "Double Bucket" which is like 100 wings for $65.00. Very novel). They also had a variety of spice degrees - from "Mild" to "Super Wow." Because we thought we were cool, my girlfriend and I decided to go with the "Super Wow." My Christ, when they were put in front of us all we had to do was smell the fumes coming off of those things to know we were in serious trouble. They were so hot SO HOT that I almost lost consciousness. Beer after beer went down to foil the flame to little effect except possible liver damage. It was fun. Not the best decor around, but it certainly was fun.
I just checked their website and they have unlimited wings & fries and unlimited pitchers of beer (for two hours) for $22.00/person.
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tasaday
Sep 8, 2008 01:22 PM
I too went to college in Buffalo and miss Duffs!! Those are the best wings I've ever had.
Now, as for Mudville, those were some of the best I found in NYC, its been a number or years since I've been there, and I'm not sure if they still are, but is they are, you should definitely give it a try!
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bigjeff
Mar 29, 2007 03:43 PM
these are my recs:
http://www.chowhound.com/topics/365465
but if you want meaty, try the honey sticky wings served at any Dallas BBQs; these huge monsters are actually really good. Ask them to go light on the sauce, it'll be much better.
Also, the wings at Pete's Tavern are incredible.
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Believe it or NOT....somewhere as unexpected as Chinatown for about $6-$7 buck a dish of Fried Chicken wings are to die for. Hot green peppered deep fried chicken wings. 69 Bayard Street. (we call it the MONEY HOUSE) you can't miss it. It's got a good couple of hundred - dollar bills taped with your signed or tagged name on it in RED MARKER.
OR try the regular fried chicken wings with 2 slices of fresh lemon HOT off the deep frier. You can't beat that kind of wings cuz this place has been around many decades ago in the heart of chinatown.
Chinese wings! (a world where wings were invented)
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designerboy01
Nov 5, 2006 10:28 AM
I think the wings at Kasadela are the best but just to warn you they are not hot. Kasadela is a japanese isakaya.
Last time I went the wings were meaty.
Nagoya in Japan is also famous for their chicken and they got a chicken wing place called Tebaya that makes their classic version of wings. They are more on the peppery side than hot. I'm only suggesting them as other flavors you may want to try.
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re: sweetpickle
I was very excited about trying the wings at McKenna's, but could not have been more disappointed. Not only were they not great wings, they were actually some of the *worst* wings I've ever had, even compared to wing-deprived places like Northern California. They came out soggy and bland, without a trace of vinegary tang, and had the texture of something that had been frozen alongside a woolly mammoth They reminded me of the janky frozen A&P wings I used to get in college, and bake in the oven. Maybe the recipe changed, or maybe it was because I opted for the spicy, but these wings tasted like they had fallen off the back of a Sysco truck.
The fries were still good (McDonald's-ish pretty much nails it), but the wings are now $6, and only about 5 or 6 come to a plate. Oh, and the beers are $6 (For Yeungling! At a dive bar!), and they (illegally) charge you more if you use a credit card. All in all, whoever makes the management decisions in this bar needs to get his head out of his rear end.
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It's not in New York City, but the best "buffalo" wings are at CANDLELIGHT INN on Central Ave in Scarsdale.
Long link, but says it all: http://www.google.com/maps?hl=en&...
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Blondies, like Atomic, are run-of-the-mill IMO. ANd they are on the scrawny side, slightly undercooked the 2 times I had them.
Tastiest wings I've had in NYC by far (after trying many) are at Scruffy Duffy's, 8th Ave bet. 46th/47th. Awesome, tasty, cooked right every time. I'm salivating just thinking about them.
I haven't had DInosaur's wings but they sound tasty also, from all reports.
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they're not your typical buffalo wings, but go to kasadela, 647 E 11th street, corner of avenue C, link below. get the wings and a bunch of other small plates, some good sake, and munch out. excellent.
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I will put the wings at Grand Saloon on 23rd and 3rd up against any in NYC.
They are huge and they are the traditional Buffalo wing (deep-fried then covered in butter and hot sauce) but with an extra tanginess to them that is hard to place (maybe a touch of honey?)
If you like large, juicy, spicy wings then try them out and see whether they're to your liking. Just be warned that they are sliiiightly different from what you normally get.›1 Reply -
Here's what you should do: Drive to JFK, Jet Blue to Buffalo, go to Duff's corner of Millersport and Sheridan Ave, get 50 hot and a bunch of Labatts Blue. This is wing heaven. You'll never look for wings in NYC again.
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re: vint1955
ericalloyd
Nov 2, 2006 12:31 PM
i miss duffs too. when i was a student at ub in the 80s, this was the place to go for a wing fix. rooties pump room near the amherst campus had great wings, too, and cheap. i heard rooties burned down.
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I haven't had them ALL, but my favorite Manhattan wings are:
Croxley Ales (East Village)
28 Avenue B Btwn 2nd & 3rd St
Good, fun downtown bar with an outdoor garden, LOTS of great beers and great wings, on which there are frequently special deals. In my opinion, a much cooler place than Blondie's, but I live close by.
Blondie's (two branches, I prefer upper west)
Upper East: 1770 2nd Ave Btwn 92nd & 93rd St
Upper West: 12 W 79th St Btwn Bway & Amsterdam
Sports bar. Decent sports-bar food, great wings, average beer, cute waitresses. Blondie's wings are especially beefy (chickeny?) in the size department.›2 Replies -
Don't know if this is what you're looking for, but Dinosaur BBQ has great wings. They're not buffalo-style; they're smoked, they're big, and they come with a choice of sauce heat-levels (I like the medium hot stupidly named "wango-tango" sauce). IMO, they're the best choice on Dinosaur's menu.
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