We had a nice lunch here recently. As a rule we don’t do chains but this place is a bit different..
203 Boone Heights Drive
Boone, NC 28607
828-268-2362
Hours:
Sun -> Thu 11:00 am -> 10:00 pm
Fri -> Sat 11:00 am -> 11 :00 pm
Web site: www.wingstogo.com
Ray: I had the Golden Chicken Tender Sandwich with crispy fries and the Homicide sauce. The sandwich comes with lettuce and tomato, both of which were fresh, as was the bun. However, the best part of the sandwich was the sauce! Finally, a sauce that makes your lips tingle for hours and gives you that hot pepper endorphin rush! However, if you don’t like really hot sauce, the Homicide is not for you. If not, there are a number of other heats and flavors which should suit almost any taste. .
Tom: I chose the 10-piece lunch wings basket and substituted the onion rings for the fries. Yes! My “Hot” sauce was, for me, exactly right–not too hot to enjoy the meal! And, dear readers, this was the first time I have ever seen a sauce too hot for Ray! So they had some fire?
Ray: Yes, but I put the fire out with a tasty glass of iced tea, which was not weak like some in town.
Tom: And they served a few chilled celery pieces, wrapped in a moist paper towel, with your choice of bleu cheese or Ranch dressing, to help quench the fire.
How were your fries?
Ray: The fries were just as ordered, crispy and lightly salted.
Tom: I noticed that you ordered them “crispy”–that can make a difference?.
Ray: Yes, if you don’t specify that you will likely get some soggy fries. How were your onion rings?
Tom: They were great! Large, lots of them, a sweet batter on nice onions. These are tied with those at Troy’s and Build Your Own Burger, and an order of magnitude better than those at the fast-food places.
Ray: The food here is served in baskets and styrofoam cups, just what you would expect at a wings place.
Tom: Yeah, and I liked the big roll of paper towels on the table–just right for some slobs like us!
Ray: Our server was friendly and efficient, but the service seemed a bit slow. However, you pointed out a comment on their menu that stated that Wings to Go is not a “fast food” restaurant. Our orders did seem freshly cooked. Given that, the time from order to food seemed aboutright.
Tom: How did you find the atmosphere?
Ray: I inhaled and there it was! Actually, the atmosphere here is laid back, with ASU and beer memorabilia on the walls, a few TVs, a bar in the back, and light music in the background. What first impressed me about this place, however, is that it is huge (at least for Boone). Despite the moniker Wings To Go, there is plenty of room to sit down and enjoy a meal. A nice touch is that the whole front of the restaurant has floor-to-ceiling windows which gives you a “porch” feeling without being outside. This would be especially nice in winter.
Tom: I couldn’t help but notice the black suspended ceiling tiles. I think after I started commenting years ago about ugly stained tiles everyone has been painting them dark, a concession to apparently impossible to solve leak problems. Can you say Snuffy Smith?
Ray: The food here was good, and the Homicide sauce was fantastic! We don’t usually review chains, but the heat of the sauce here warrants an exception. I would heartily recommend Wings To Go to anyone looking for a true HOT sauce in an informal environment.
Tom: I agree–this is a good place for families as well as small group events. I do think that they would benefit from a smaller, say 5-serving, wings lunch. I could not finish 10 wings and had to take several home. I did finish those onion rings, though! Rings and fries don’t reheat very well. (Anyone who could invent a reheater for rings and fries that really worked should get a Nobel for it!)
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