09-27-2012, 01:53 PM
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Calgary...Alberta, Canada
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Wild Wing/Buffalo Wild Wings
So the last few months have seen a couple of large wing chains open up in Calgary.
Wild Wing is on 17th Ave at 11th St. I haven't tried it yet.
Buffalo Wild Wings is in the Brick/Chapters plaza on Macleod Trail south of Heritage.
I stopped in there last week and tried some the Asian Zing wings - amazing! I like the sports bar atmosphere but it's terrible timing to open up in this market right as the NHL goes into lockout. I'd definitely enjoy spending an NFL Sunday there, though.
Anybody been to either of these places and have any thoughts or wing suggestions?
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09-27-2012, 01:57 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Oklahoma - Where they call a puck a ball...
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I love Buffalo Wild Wings. They are a staple here in Oklahoma. I would suggest the Garlic Parm wings, the Sweet BBQ, and if you like the heat Mango Habenero is a must. They also have some BBQ Pulled Pork Nachos that are delicious.
Oh and expert BWW tip. Order Buffalo Chips with cheese and some Desert Heat sprinkled on the top. Dip them in ranch and enjoy. You can thank me later.
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09-27-2012, 02:06 PM
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Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
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http://www.tasteterminal.com/2012/03...ine-community/
I worked at Buffalo Wild Wings as a cook for about 3 years while in college. They were seriously good about everyone having their specific cleaning duties at the end of a shift, but that didn’t fix some of the other issues.
Everything but produce (lettuce, onion, tomato, celery) is frozen. Chicken, burgers, wings, appetizers, mac and cheese, and so on. I like to cook so this was especially demoralizing for me as the most creative thing I could do is make a wrap or grill a burger. Ugh
TV Dinners made on mass in Minneapolis.
Wild Wing delish but price tough to swallow
By Bill Kaufmann ,Calgary Sun
http://www.calgarysun.com/2012/03/01...ugh-to-swallow
Last edited by troutman; 09-27-2012 at 02:31 PM.
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09-27-2012, 02:10 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Oklahoma - Where they call a puck a ball...
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BuzzKill ^^^
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09-27-2012, 02:11 PM
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Calgary...Alberta, Canada
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Quote:
Originally Posted by troutman
http://www.tasteterminal.com/2012/03...ine-community/
I worked at Buffalo Wild Wings as a cook for about 3 years while in college. They were seriously good about everyone having their specific cleaning duties at the end of a shift, but that didn’t fix some of the other issues.
Everything but produce (lettuce, onion, tomato, celery) is frozen. Chicken, burgers, wings, appetizers, mac and cheese, and so on. I like to cook so this was especially demoralizing for me as the most creative thing I could do is make a wrap or grill a burger. Ugh
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Eh - I'm okay with that.
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We may curse our bad luck that it's sounds like its; who's sounds like whose; they're sounds like their (and there); and you're sounds like your. But if we are grown-ups who have been through full-time education, we have no excuse for muddling them up.
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09-27-2012, 02:36 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Sylvan Lake
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Originally Posted by The Goon
Eh - I'm okay with that.
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Oh no, this is not good. I have been in the kitchens of two national chains that take the same approach. This approach leads to lazy, dirty employees.
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Last edited by undercoverbrother; 09-27-2012 at 02:36 PM.
Reason: took out names.
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09-27-2012, 02:39 PM
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by troutman
http://www.tasteterminal.com/2012/03...ine-community/
I worked at Buffalo Wild Wings as a cook for about 3 years while in college. They were seriously good about everyone having their specific cleaning duties at the end of a shift, but that didn’t fix some of the other issues.
Everything but produce (lettuce, onion, tomato, celery) is frozen. Chicken, burgers, wings, appetizers, mac and cheese, and so on. I like to cook so this was especially demoralizing for me as the most creative thing I could do is make a wrap or grill a burger. Ugh
TV Dinners made on mass in Minneapolis.
Wild Wing delish but price tough to swallow
By Bill Kaufmann ,Calgary Sun
http://www.calgarysun.com/2012/03/01...ugh-to-swallow
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Ordering anything but wings at BWW's is pure idiocy, and I'm okay with something like wings coming frozen. That said, there are much better wing options in Calgary.
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09-27-2012, 02:42 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Sylvan Lake
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Just ignore me...I'm in a mood today.
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09-27-2012, 03:07 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Calgary
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I'm not really okay with a chicken wing restaurant using frozen chicken wings. It's different if you're talking about a bar selling wings for a 25 cent wing night, but when the entire premise of their restaurant is the chicken wing, and they can't be assed to use fresh chicken, I don't think I can be bothered to give them my business. It seems like a pretty big slap in the face to the customer considering the prices they charge for a dozen wings.
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09-27-2012, 04:35 PM
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Ate 100 Treadmills
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Most restaurants use frozen wings. I've worked at 5 different restaurants, and they all did. You buy them in big bulk bags. It's what happens after the wings thaw that makes the difference.
Not only did all of these places use frozen wings, they also used frozen steaks, burgers, etc...In fact, all of the meat was delivered frozen and kept in the freezer.
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09-27-2012, 05:18 PM
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Lifetime Suspension
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Wild Wing is kinda crappy.
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09-27-2012, 05:22 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Calgary
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I believe Wild Wing is shut down - some new name is up where it used to be on 17th.
Not surprising - every time we drove by there it was empty - that Goth & ivy place next door seems quite popular however.
Last edited by I_H8_Crawford; 09-27-2012 at 05:35 PM.
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09-27-2012, 05:29 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Olympic Saddledome
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Wild Wing is shut down...went there once, was pretty bad...looked bad esp. compared to 80th and Ive right next to it being a really hot bar.
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09-27-2012, 05:34 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Calgary
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Double post
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09-27-2012, 06:02 PM
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Scoring Winger
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This guy has set a goal of eating 2012 chicken wings in 2012, an average of 39 per week. I think he only mentions two places in Calgary, The Bottlehouse in Kensington and Bootlegers in NE Calgary.
http://www.cbc.ca/homestretch/episod...chicken-wings/
Last edited by homestand; 09-27-2012 at 06:25 PM.
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09-27-2012, 06:52 PM
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Originally Posted by homestand
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Doesnt seem like a huge amount, less then an order a day.
I didnt go out for wings last night and am craving some, haha.
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09-27-2012, 08:05 PM
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Franchise Player
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On a related note, if anyone is a fan of psycho hot wings try the death wings at Jetz in the Port O Call Inn. Hottest wings I've ever tasted and they still have good flavor.
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09-28-2012, 08:00 AM
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Went to Wild Wings on 17th once and it was pretty bad and way too expensive. Not too surprised it's being shut down. You can walk down 17th and find a pub with a wing night pretty much every night of the week, opening up a place that doesn't sell cheap wings seemed like a pretty terrible idea to me.
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09-28-2012, 09:32 AM
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In the Sin Bin
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I have yet to try anything that beat studio 82's Rosanne wings. I also tried their ghost pepper wings but that was just pure fire, obviously.
Horny Toad also has really good hot wings.
Last edited by polak; 09-28-2012 at 10:07 AM.
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09-28-2012, 10:01 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by polak
I have yet to try anything that best studio 82's Rosanne wings. I also tried their ghost pepper wings but that was just pure fire, obviously.
Horny Toad also has really good hot wings.
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I didn't know they had a ghost pepper wing. The Johnny is already in the 'uncomfortably spicy' territory, where after your first 4 or 5 you don't really feel like finishing the other 5. How does the ghost pepper wing compare? Does it have a nice flavor at least?
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