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Wings
Wings, fabulous wings
April 25, 2008
Rookies Restaurant & Sports Pub
1328 Tilghman St.,
Allentown
610-821-8484
Here, wings are served daily, and Tuesday nights you can get all-you-can-eat wings for $8.95 from 4 p.m. until midnight. Varieties include Mild, Medium, Hot, Suicide, Barbecue, Honey Mustard, Sweet and Sour, Cajun, Garlic, Teriyaki and Ranch. . . . Customer Favorite: Medium because their patrons aren’t the gutsy type. . . Why we love them: They come with $1.75 drafts and are extra saucy. They must be good if this place goes through 2000 lbs a week!
P.J. Whelihan's Pub
4595 Broadway,
Allentown
610-395-2532
When: Wings served daily. . . . Specials: Tuesday nights from 6 p.m. to midnight all wings orders are half-price. . . . Regular Prices: 10 pieces for $ 6.99, 20 for $13.49, 50 for $29.99. . . . Varieties: Mild, Hot, Suicide and Hot Honey. . . . Customer Favorite: Hot honey for its mix of sweet and spice. . . . Awards: “Best Wings” in The Morning Call’s 2004 and 2005 Reader's Choice contest
Shoemaker-Haydt American Legion Post
Third and Bridge streets, Lehighton610-377-2737
When: Every Wednesday night. . . . Varieties: Too many to list. They make at least 20 different flavors, including Mild, Hot, Hot Honey, Suicide, Honey Mustard, Creole, Sweet and Sour, Texas Heat and Garlic and Herb. . . . Customer Favorite: Garlic and Herb is a big mover because they’re literally dripping with the zesty homemade butter sauce. . . . Why we love them: These wings are big and meaty, selling over 300 lbs every week. . . .
Platz's Restaurant
101 Harrity Road, Franklin Township610-377-1819
When: Wings served daily. . . . Specials: Tuesdays from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. wings are half-priced for eat-in only. . . . Regular prices: 10 wings for $6.49, 20 wings for $12.49. . . . Varieties: Mild, Medium, Hot, Extra Hot, Phase One, and Hot and Honey. . . . Customer Favorite: Hot and Honey. . . . Why we love them: Their satisfying crunch.
Keystone Pub
3259 Easton Ave., Bethlehem610-814-0400
When: Wings served daily. . . . Specials: Wing night from 4 p. m. to 12 p.m. Monday nights, $3.50 for 10. . . . Regular Prices: 10 for $6.99, 20 for $10.99, 40 for $19.99. . . . Varieties: (in order of hotness) Rookie, Sweet and spicy, Hot, Killer. . . . Customer Favorite: Sweet and spicy for just enough of a kick. . . . Why we love them: They easily soak up all the beer you’ll be drinking at this place.
Blue Monkey Sports Restaurant
1094 Howertown Road,
Catasauqua
610-266-1550
When: Wings served daily. . . . Specials: Tuesday nights all you can eat wings for $10.99 or 45 cent wings. . . . Regular prices: 10 pieces for $5.99, 20 for $10.99. . . . Varieties: Mild, Hot, Hot and Honey, Barbecue, Garlic, Cajun, Hot and Spicy, Sweet and Sour, Monkey Venom (super hot), Honey Barbecue, Barbecue Bill’s Spicy Honey Barbecue. . . . Customer favorite: Hot and honey because people like getting 2 flavors for one price. . . . Why we love them: These “naked” wings are huge and meaty, not to mention super crispy on the outside with just the right amount of sauce. . . .
J.P. O'Malley's
1528 W. Union St., Allentown610-821-5556
When: Wings served daily. . . . Specials: Every day from 5 p.m.-7 p.m. wings are $2.75 an order; Tuesday night from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. wings are $2.50 an order. . . . Varieties: 13 wing sauces altogether, including: rookie, mild, medium, hot, sweet and sweaty, judgment, kryptonite, bbq and garlic. . . . Customer favorite: Sweet and sweaty for a little bit of a punch! . . . Why we love them: They’re meaty, lightly breaded and will burn your lips—in a good way. This place also has tasty bleu cheese and mixes up the normal wing accompaniments with carrots in addition to celery.
Bridgeworks Irish Pub & Grill
4 New Street, Bethlehem610-868-1313
When: Wings served daily. . . . Specials: Wednesday nights half-priced wings are sold by the dozen. . . . Regular Prices: $8.25 per order. . . . Varieties: Traditional Buffalo, Mild, Hot and Nuclear. . . . Customer favorite: Traditional style because they’re fresh—never frozen—with crispy skin smothered in homemade sauce. . . . Why we love them: This place knows how to make a wing! The first in the Valley to carry wings, they got their recipe from the Anchor Bar in Buffalo, NY, the birthplace of the hot Buffalo wings that we love.
Stahley's Cellarette
1826 Hanover Ave., Allentown610-433-2468
When: Served daily. . . . Specials: Thursday nights, wings are served in increments of five for cheap: 5 for $1.75, 10 for $3.50, 15 for $5.25 and 20 for $7. . . . Varieties: Plain, Hot/Buffalo, Extra Hot, Barbecue. . . . Customer Favorite: Hot/Buffalo for that classic spice that’s not overpowering. . . . Why we love them: They’re smaller in size, a perfect snack with an ice cold beer. . . .
Starters Pub
3731 Route 378,
Bethlehem
610-997-5454
When: Wings served daily. . . . Specials: Starters on 378 has a 75 cent wing night on Mondays. . . . Varieties: Mild, Medium, 911, Sweet and Sweaty, Kryptonite (in order of hotness). . . . Customer Favorite: Sweet and hot for the gooey sauce full of sugary-spice. . . . Why we love them: They have a satisfying crunch and need a pack of wet-naps for clean-up—just like real wings should.
Allentown Brew Works
812-816 W. Hamilton St.,
Allentown
610-433-7777
When: Wings served daily. . . . Specials: Wild Wednesdays have 35 cent wings from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m., with $2.50 drafts and $4 select martinis. . . . Varieties: Mohito, Coffee Barbecue, Hot, Mild, Spicy Blast Furnace, Teriyaki Glaze, Honey Mustard, Apricot Chipotle, Flaming Chesapeake, Jamaican Rub, Thai Chili Garlic. . . . Customer Favorite: Too many flavors to pick just one…order 10 to mix and match varieties. . . . Why we love them: 10 gold stars for creativity
Big Woody's Southside
1843 S. 4th St., Allentown610-289-4444
When: Wings served daily. . . . Specials: Zip. . . . Price: 1 Lb is 10 wings for $5.99, 3 lbs is 35 wings for $16.99, 5 lbs is 55 wings for $26.00. . . . Varieties: Hot, Mild, Old Bay, Barbecue, Honey Mustard, Sweet and Spicy, Spicy Ranch, Suicide. . . . Customer Favorite: Mild for the mild mannered. . . . Why we love them: Big parties can order pounds of plain wings and dip them in every sauce this place serves up…A first-class choice for the fickle fooder!
Stooges Bar & Grille
2105 Liberty St.,
Allentown
610-432-7553
When: Wings served daily. . . . Specials: Every Wednesday night from 7 p.m. to 12 p.m. $4 for 10 wings along with $1.50 pints and $5 pitchers. . . . Varieties: Mild, Medium, Hot, Sweet Heat, Garlic Parmesan Peppercorn, Old Bay and Barbecue. . . . Customer favorite: Sweet Heat for their ooey-gooey, won’t set your mouth on fire quality. . . . Why we love them: The perfect mix of crunch and sauce, they make for a great snack with a round of Trivia, another Wednesday night staple at Stooges.
Lou's 50 Yard Line at Pizza Como
2626 Easton Ave., Bethlehem610-866-1975
When: Wings served every day. . . . Specials: Zip. . . . Prices: $5.95 for a basket of 10. . . . Varieties: Hot, Mild, Sweet and Sweaty, Barbecue, Garlic
Jack Callaghan's Ale House
2027 W. Tilghman St., Allentown610-432-5797
When: Wings served daily. . . . Specials: Monday night from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. 10 wings for $2.50. . . . Varieties: Mild, Hot, Nuclear, Sweet and Spicy, Honey Mustard, Honey Barbecue, Old Bay. . . . Customer Favorite: Sweet and Spicy
Krocks Pub
1160 S. Krocks Road, Wescosville610-391-0648
When: Wings served daily. . . . Specials: Mon-Fri half-price wings for happy hour, $4.00. . . . Varieties: Original Buffalo, Chicken Parmesan, Garlic Parmesan, Extra Hot, Honey Barbecue, Garlic Barbecue, Sweet and Spicy, Hot and Honey, Maryland Crab, Honey Dijon. Spicy Dijon, Cajun Barbecue, Cajun. . . . Customer Favorite: Original never fails to be the favorite of the “Average Joe,” while Hot and Honey is a close second. . . . Why we love them: These are wings served up “naked”—no breading, just cooked in fresh sauces til’ they’re plump and juicy. . . .
Mezza Luna
1193 Airport Road,
Allentown
610-776-2090
When: Wings served daily. . . . Specials: 29 cent wings all day Tuesday. . . . Varieties: Buffalo, Thai Peanut, Chipotle, Barbecue. . . . Customer Favorite: Chipotle, for its jalepeno hot factor. . . . Why we love them: These babies are fresh, never frozen
