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The King's Rook Club - 1921 peach. This is a
member's only place so you need to find a friend who is a
member. If you have no friends then I will take you if you
buy the wings. They have specials on Sunday and Monday
and they will make the wings anyway you lice them. The
prices are average and rm pretty sure that I've been charged
several different prices on different occasions, but maybe I
was just drunk. The wings are usually great, but the last
time I was there they were cooked unevenly. I'm not sure
how that happened.
Lefty's - 1248 Brown ave. This is a special case
because Lefty's serve Stack's wings. That is strange
because Stack's in North East no longer serves Stack's
Erie-Style wings. There was some sort of recipe sale or
something, anyway Lefty's along with On Deck and the
Avonia Tavern all bought the sauce, but when Stack's
Tavern was sold, they didn't take the sauce.
Let me tell you that Stack's Original Erie-Style wings
are arguably the best wings in the word. They are also
unique because the wings themselves are huge. I normally
like small wings with lots of sauce primarily because I
like the sauce better then I like chicken. Somehow,
however, Lefty's cooks the wings so well that the wings
themselves would be excellent even without the sauce.
With the sauce, they are stunning.
I will warn you that they are expensive, but don't be
fooled. They are three times as filling as most other wings
and they do run good specials. On Monday 32 wings and a
pitcher for $6.75 and on Tuesday buy 16 get 16 from 5-8
pm.
Lucky Man's Peteseria - 3362 W. Lake Rd. I like their
style. They don't screw around with anything but hots -
they come in mild, medium, hot, extra hot and screamers.
Be warned, screamers were not casually named. They are
the hottest of the hots and they will make you scream or
at least cry. I like honesty in advertising. Their less
extreme hots are just fantastic and they are usually cooked
to near perfection. The sauce is really tasty. The prices are
not cheap (25 for $6 including veggies and dip) and
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frankly the wings are not as filling as some. Still,
Lucky Man's serves fine wingage.
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On Deck - 1137 E. 1 1 th. (see Lefty's for wing style)
The wings here are a bit more expensive ($4.45 for 16)
then the comparable wings at Lefty's but they do run
some good specials: Monday 32 wings + pitcher for $7.75
and Saturday and Sunday for 1-4 pm you can get a bucket
(32 I think) for $5.75.
Plymouth Tavern - 1109 State St. They serve hot,
mild and BBQ and on Sundays and Mondays baskets of 12
wings, veggies and dip are 2 for 1 ($2.95). These wings
are really quite good, although a little sweet for my taste.
The atmosphere is fine and they have a wide variety of
imported beer.
Warsaw Cafe - 602 E. 24th. The lady who answered
the phone when we called was less then cooperative so I
couldn't get a confirmation on the prices, but I can tell
you froM years of experience that these wings are fine and
on most nights (starting at 5 pm I think) you can get all
u-cans of BBQ, hot and B&Gs. The beer is inexpensive
and the atmosphere is working class. It is the classic wing
bar. The veggies and dip will cost you extra, and you have
to walk into the kitchen to buy them, but the wings are
totally unique. The butter and garlics are super salty and
the BBQ are fine, but the hots are the real gems.
A few words of warning. On Friday nights they make
jumbo wings and they really aren't that good. Also it is
always better to go there when there is a crowd because
these really need to be fresh and crowds keep them making
fresh, hot wings. Jim Martin (the editor of this fine
publication) and I once ate a total of one hundred and
twenty wings in one sitting at the Warsaw and that is not
an exaggeration. We had a pile of wing bones that looked
like wood pile just before winter.
So there you have it. The best (and to my knowledge
the only) Erie wing review. Just remember a few things.
First all of the information listed above is subject to
change and to typos so you might want to call first.
Second, I basically used the words "hots," "Erie-Style,"
and "Buffalo-Style" interchangeably.
Enjoy.
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