Buffalo Wings.. Food of the gods.
Beer.. Nectar of the Gods..
Peanuts.. Just darn tasty.
All of this and more can be yours when you walk into teakwoods tavern. As a side project I've slowly been making my way through a list of recommended wing spots in the Valley. This one I was a little nervous about because just as many people told me they had great wings as told me they had bad wings. The only other place I've experience this with is Long Wongs where the day to day quality of the wings can swing drastically.
Entering the building we are instantly and enthusiastically greeted by a nice lady who shows us to our table in this nice dark establishment. Less then a minute goes by and our cute, enthusiastic, seemingly genuine waitress shows up to take our drink over.
My buddy Chris asks whats on tap and she rattles off what must be 20 or so beers. Feeling a little flirty, with a serious face, I ask her what the 3rd one she listed again. She puts me in my place instantly saying "bud light was 3rd." Youch.. owned ;)
All three of us dig into the peanuts enjoying the fact that we get to toss the shells on the floor. They were really good and got you nice and thirsty for some good beer.
Onto the main business which was ordering the wings we had come for. One thing I did not like was the limited quantity options. Half dozen(6.00), dozen(7.99), or bucket(39.95), what kind of craziness is this? I can order 6, 12 or 72? There are three of us.. We aren't making it through 72 wings and $8 a dozen bah. These better be really good. This definitely needs to be addressed :/
We decide on two dozen hot, and one dozen Honey BBQ Hot. I'm not a big fan of anything but classic hot or face melting hot wings. But it cant be about me all the time :p Oh and following everyones advice I order them extra crispy which is supposed to deliver original long wongs style wings.
Less then 10 minutes pass and out come the wings. They are a little less crispy then I would have liked but at least they were not rubbery.
MMMmmmmm these are really good! I think the wings were frozen but they are still tasty. The sauce has the right fat/vinegar combo but its obvious that they add an extract to get extra heat. This is how it should be done. You can only make wings so hot with franks and butter. Eventually they just end up more vinegary. Wow the honey BBQ also had the same heat minus the vinegar aspect. Looks like I was spot on with the pepper extract. Usually these are "hot" because someone put red pepper flakes. These were actually decent.. but still to sweet for my taste. The rest of the table liked them.
I would say so far these are in the top 3 in the valley. I would definitely return here for some wings and peanuts. Rating would be higher except for the horrible quantity ordering options.