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The best wings in Dayton?
Feb. 5th, 2012 02:18 pmI've already talked about subs and pizza here. Now I need to cover the third item in the "holy trinity" of great tavern food: chicken wings.
Having come from Buffalo, I know chicken wings. I know all about their history -- how they were first invented at the Anchor Bar in 1964, and spread through the town like wildfire. I can't remember when I first had them, though -- probably high school. But I've grown to love them. And you'll notice that I don't call them "Buffalo wings".
When I return home to visit family and friends, I try to go to a wing place and have some real wings while I'm in town. My first choice is usually Duff's in Amherst, but I often can't find a parking space there.
In college, a good friend and I used to frequent Rootie's Pump Room, in Getzville, for a meal of wings, fries, and a pitcher of Pepsi. Even if we used a coupon, we'd get another coupon to use for our next visit. But Rootie's is no longer there.
When I first moved to Dayton in 1989, I found a little hole-in-the-wall place called the L.C. Wing Company, in Kettering. The owner was an expatriated Buffalonian (same as myself), so he knew how to cook wings "the right way" -- drop them in the deep fryer for about 12 minutes, take them out to drain, put them in a bowl of melted butter and Frank's RedHot sauce, close the bowl, shake it up, and serve. Unfortunately, the business went under a few years later.
( So where do I usually go to get my wing fix? )
Having come from Buffalo, I know chicken wings. I know all about their history -- how they were first invented at the Anchor Bar in 1964, and spread through the town like wildfire. I can't remember when I first had them, though -- probably high school. But I've grown to love them. And you'll notice that I don't call them "Buffalo wings".
When I return home to visit family and friends, I try to go to a wing place and have some real wings while I'm in town. My first choice is usually Duff's in Amherst, but I often can't find a parking space there.
In college, a good friend and I used to frequent Rootie's Pump Room, in Getzville, for a meal of wings, fries, and a pitcher of Pepsi. Even if we used a coupon, we'd get another coupon to use for our next visit. But Rootie's is no longer there.
When I first moved to Dayton in 1989, I found a little hole-in-the-wall place called the L.C. Wing Company, in Kettering. The owner was an expatriated Buffalonian (same as myself), so he knew how to cook wings "the right way" -- drop them in the deep fryer for about 12 minutes, take them out to drain, put them in a bowl of melted butter and Frank's RedHot sauce, close the bowl, shake it up, and serve. Unfortunately, the business went under a few years later.
( So where do I usually go to get my wing fix? )
