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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: freakoretardo on September 14, 2007, 12:32:00 pm
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About once a month or so I get a really strong hankerin' for some kickass wings. I always feel let down though at my local bar and grill type places. I'd like some reccomendations please.
Cheers
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Yeah this would be some good information to have.
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Is there a Hooters in DC yet? I go there for the wings...
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I like Wings To Go in Greenbelt (Beltway Plaza). Seriously unappealing venue but damn tasty wings.
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I stopped eating meat a couple years ago, but before that my foavorite wings were at Hard Times Cafe. They really are great.
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Originally posted by beetsnotbeats:
I like Wings To Go in Greenbelt (Beltway Plaza). Seriously unappealing venue but damn tasty wings.
Is this the same operation as the Wings To Go at Dewey beach? Those were some incredible wings, and they always taste good at 3:30 am.
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I don't want to offend anyone in here, but I think Hooters wings are terrible.
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Originally posted by vansmack:
Is there a Hooters in DC yet? I go there for the wings...
they've had one just north of verizon center for as long as i can remember going to shows there (which admittedly is only since 2004...)
edit: there's even one at fedex field, didn't know that (search for DC hooters (http://hooters.know-where.com/hooters/cgi/selection?mapid=US&lang=en&design=default&place=20001®ion=)). i've only had their wings once, thought there were very good - but that was after a long afternoon of drinking so my opinion should be given even less weight than usual.
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Originally posted by sweetcell:
they've had one just north of verizon center for as long as i can remember going to shows there (which admittedly is only since 2004...)
Makes sense ( I moved away in 2003). And I don't actually eat wings - can't stand Buffalo. My comments were along the lines of "I only subscribe to playboy for the articles..."
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lucky bar usually has pretty solid wings, but they only come in one flavor. so if you're used to 20 different flavors a la western PA/NY you will be underwhelmed. i like their one flavor quite a bit though.
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"Buffalo wings & beer" have decent wings. I'm not sure if I like the wings better or the name.
http://www.buffalowingsandbeer.com (http://www.buffalowingsandbeer.com)
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buffalo wing university has great wings if you want to go out to fairfax
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I became a vegetarian 8 years ago. Wings are the only thing that I miss. I put hooters hot sauce on my fake chick'n but it didn't taste right. :-(
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i live in the countryside where chicken houses dot the mountain beauty with the sufferings of poultry, concentration camp screams. yum, yum, wings.
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Originally posted by 6949:
Wings are the only thing that I miss.
More than bacon?
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Two great things about College Park:
1. Eating wings at Hard Times
2. Getting wings to go from Wing Zone
Both places have excellent wings.
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I was thinking about this very topic ever since yinzer claimed there were no good wings in DC.
I love the wings at Austin Grill, but they are definitely not Buffalo wings.
For Buffalo wings, Ruby Tuesday's does alright if you can put aside the aversion to national chains.
The best wings evah were at Chuck's Spring Street Cafe in Princeton, NJ. Granted, it's been 15+ years since I was last there.
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Buffalo Wing Factory in various locations in Northen Va. will do it for ya!
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Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
The best wings evah were at Chuck's Spring Street Cafe in Princeton, NJ. Granted, it's been 15+ years since I was last there.
cool, thanks for the suggestion... i'll check it out and give you an update.
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Originally posted by manimtired:
buffalo wing university has great wings if you want to go out to fairfax
I have to agree, Buffalo Wing University in the City of Fairfax has great wings. And some of the better looking waitresses around too, if you don't mind college girls!
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I may be slightly biased since I own the place, but I would have to say Duffy's right across from the 9:30 club has the best buffalo wings. Plus on Tuesdays they're just $4/doz!
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Originally posted by d20001:
I may be slightly biased since I own the place, but I would have to say Duffy's right across from the 9:30 club has the best buffalo wings. Plus on Tuesdays they're just $4/doz!
I will be there to test them on either Sunday or Monday Sept 23/24. Any football specials going on?
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Originally posted by d20001:
I may be slightly biased since I own the place, but I would have to say Duffy's right across from the 9:30 club has the best buffalo wings. Plus on Tuesdays they're just $4/doz!
You would be biased, but fortunately it's nevertheless true.... <img src="http://waddlespot.com/files/images/red%20bull%20gives%20you%20wings.preview.gif" alt=" - " />
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Football Special: $3 16oz Aluminum Bottles of Bud, Bud Light and Bud Select all day both days. and all Bottles (including Stella & Corona) are $3 until 7pm.
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Originally posted by Relaxer:
Originally posted by beetsnotbeats:
I like Wings To Go in Greenbelt (Beltway Plaza). Seriously unappealing venue but damn tasty wings.
Is this the same operation as the Wings To Go at Dewey beach? Those were some incredible wings, and they always taste good at 3:30 am. [/b]
Yes and no. They're franchised and, afaik, they all get the same sauces from corporate while everything else is from local suppliers. So "Suicide" in Dewey should be the same as in Greenbelt; the chicken itself could vary.
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Originally posted by Brandon Brendall, the thief:
Two great things about College Park:
1. Eating wings at Hard Times
2. Getting wings to go from Wing Zone
Both places have excellent wings.
Have yet to try either. And Cluck-U sucks.
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I hear the Birchmere has great wings
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you go to the birchmere for the food?
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I go to The Birchmere for The Hooters. They rocked.
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buffalo wing factory are the best around here. i wouldnt call them great though. i dont really like hard times wings that much, i'll have to try the university one though
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Originally posted by beetsnotbeats:
Originally posted by Brandon Brendall, the thief:
Two great things about College Park:
1. Eating wings at Hard Times
2. Getting wings to go from Wing Zone
Both places have excellent wings.
Have yet to try either. And Cluck-U sucks. [/b]
Yeah, Cluck-U is awful. Even their fried generally chicken sucks.
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is chuck's still around? i kinda thought that it would fold after the whole, you know, Menendez brother thing.
wow, it's been a long time since i've been to Princeton.
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I was thinking about this very topic ever since yinzer claimed there were no good wings in DC.
i said there were no good wings in DC???
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i think it was me, during our quaker steak and lube discussion
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Sorry. All you Pittsburgh people look alike to me.
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quit jaggin round
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yinz guys are jerkin' my chain dahn 'ere 'n 'at.
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jeet jet
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Do you guys mix up your tenses?
"The car needs repaired."
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Austin Grill for the grilled version, Greveys in Falls Church, Va for buffalo style
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hooters.. ruby tuesdays?? are you people kidding me??
Stetsons has amazing wings. That fake irish bar at the bottom of Jury's hotel has great wings too.
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baileys in germantown has some decent wings. wings generally taste the same anywhere you go, the only difference being the sauce they're coated in. and then there's the whole battered vs non-battered wings controversy. i prefer the more crunchy battered wings myself.
i think the best hot wings i ever had was at some asian place many years ago. they were dredged in cornstarch, fried super crispy, then coasted in a sweet and spicy red sauce. best. wings. ever.
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Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
Do you guys mix up your tenses?
"The car needs repaired."
its like a different language. would be more like "fix na car an at"
i have only sort of an accent, but when i bust out the pixburghese, people look at me like i'm insane
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Ahh, a favorite topic of discussion for all us removed Buffalonians. If you're talking about true "Buffalo wings", or chicken wings as we call them back home, the two best places are Rhino Bar and the Clydes on M St.). Asylum has decent wings but they're not consistent. I also like the offering at Pour House. Wingos (also in Georgetown) has good wings too. While I enjoy grilled wings that some places serve, for the sake of argument true wings have to 1) be deep fried, 2) crispy, and 3) have some type of hot sauce and/or bbq sauce. And a side of blue cheese and celery.
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Some good tips in here. Thanks people.
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Originally posted by thegazelle:
And a side of blue cheese and celery.
Some places will try to sneak ranch on you, a sure sign of fakers.
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Originally posted by Yada:
That fake irish bar at the bottom of Jury's hotel has great wings too.
Considering that Jurys is an Irish hotel chain and every inch of the bar was built and imported from Ireland, I'd say Biddy's is a bit more authentic than some other "Irish" pubs in DC...
Not in DC, but Wing Stop in Shady Grove is pretty good. And yeah, I also go to Hooters for the wings.
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the wings at the wing stop are tiny. Glory days has decent ones, as well.
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The only place to get wings is Clancy's.
Unfortunetly, it's in Keyser, WV. BUT, there's a super cheap and nice inn there and it's only about 2.5 hours from DC.
Well worth the drive and the cheap bar tab.
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Cheogajip Chicken
13814-C Braddock Rd., Centreville, VA 20121
703-815-8744
Overview
Korea's premier fast food chicken chain serves fresh chickens cooked to order.
â?¢ Hours: Daily 11 am-11 pm
â?¢ Price: $ (Average entree $10 and under)
â?¢ Cuisine: Korean, Chicken
â?¢ Neighborhood: Chantilly/Centreville
Editorial Review
Into a land rich with deep-fried possibilities, where KFC and Popeye's have long reigned, comes a Korean competitor with a succulent bird that is sure to gain fans.
Cheogajip Chicken, a franchise chain with more than 1,200 restaurants in Korea, has opened 12 carryouts in the United States in the past three years, including the first Washington area location in Annandale's Korea Town in 2005. Two more opened last year: one in a predominantly Korean American strip mall in Centreville and the other inside Lotte Plaza, an Asian supermarket in Fairfax. The company has ambitious expansion plans and soon will add pizza to the menu.
Lightly battered with a thin, crisp skin, a Cheogajip fried chicken ($13.99 each) is chopped, Chinese-style, into 18 to 20 pieces and pressure-cooked to order. There is a fleeting hint of five-spice powder. Greasiness is not an issue. The meat is moist and flavorful, and better still, each order comes with an eight-ounce serving of refreshing pickled radish.
The word cheogajip (pronounced CHO-ga-jeep) translates as "mother-in-law's home."
"So Cheogajip Chicken means mother-in-law's chicken," company spokesman Sang Moon wrote in an e-mail. "Traditionally in Korea, when the son-in-law visits the wife's family, the mother-in-law would kill and cook the brood hen, which was a symbol of absolute hospitality."
The best of the side orders ($1.89 each) is the mashed potato, made with fresh red-skin spuds and topped with a spoonful of American-style brown gravy. Unfortunately, the french fries and the coleslaw are mediocre, at best.
For those who like their fried chicken dipped in a sweet, sticky sauce and sprinkled with sesame seeds, Cheogajip has a tame Sweet and Mild chicken ($14.99 each) with just a touch of chili-pepper heat. A Hot and Spicy version ($15.99 each) has a much sharper intensity, best left to the brave.
--Walter Nicholls (July 18, 2007)
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Originally posted by freakoretardo:
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I actually prefer today's Shirt.Woot (http://shirt.woot.com/) :)
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Asylum has some damn tasty wings and M-F they're $0.25/each until 8pm. Good sized wings, fried, not baked (BLAH!) and some heat to the sauce ;)
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Originally posted by d20001:
I may be slightly biased since I own the place, but I would have to say Duffy's right across from the 9:30 club has the best buffalo wings. Plus on Tuesdays they're just $4/doz!
After finally visiting Duffy's for the first time last night, I retract my statement for Asylum and my vote now belongs to Duffy's! These wings were huge and crispy. Probably because they don't fully coat the wings but give you a nice plate of sauce to roll them around yourself. I really liked that so the wingskin doesn't get all soft and soggy. Very nice sauce too with some sweet taste to it!
Normal Happy Hour price is $6 for a dozen, but it looks like Tuesday is the day to go at $4
MindCage
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to join seth's Cheogajip Chicken recommendation, i'll chip in Bon Chon in Annandale: http://bonchon.com/eng/index.php (http://bonchon.com/eng/index.php)
i think the two restaurants must serve the different styles of korean fried chicken. the kind at bon chon reminds me of general tso's chicken but much more subtle and balanced. i'd like to try cheogajip soon for comparison.
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I haven't found a so called good wings place, actually no I take that back,
In my neighborhood of Brightwood there use to be a 24 hr place called Wings N Things, whose wings were AWESOME. They were located at Georgia Ave and Kennedy ST NW.
However now they are gone and replaced by another crappy Chinese takeout...
Suggestion I recomend highly though on good fried chicken is "The Hitchin Post" in Petworth. Great fried Chicken.
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I am not a wings person, but I agree with Shadrach, the best wings are at Hard Times. Bethesda location.
They grill 'em. Those charred bits make the difference!
Originally posted by Shadrach:
I stopped eating meat a couple years ago, but before that my foavorite wings were at Hard Times Cafe. They really are great.