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I came on a Tuesday night for the wing deal. Cost is now 60 cents per wing, and you cannot order the Char-broiled varieties. You can, however, order any number of any flavor (not restricted to 5 or 10 etc per flavor) so you do get the bonus of trying lots of flavors.
I tried the garlic-parm, smoky barbecue, cajun ranch, sweet sour, spicy parm, jalapeno cheddar, and killer flavors. The only ones worth eating again were smoky bbq, cajun ranch, and sweet/sour. The cheese-based ones were soggy and cheese was gunky. The killer - yes it was hot - but tasted gross. Like really really gross, I suppose from the vinegar component.
The wings come out fast enough. That's to their credit. However you can tell the wings are frozen and mass-cooked. The size is not particularly large (compared to Quaker or Library) and the meat not tender, though not burned. The flavors though are just squeeze-pumped on it seems as opposed to specifically addressed. A glaze sauce can't be prepped the same as a wet sauce as a dry rub.
So I guess if you're looking for 2-3 wings of lots of flavors, this is good. But I usually like to eat 40-50 wings. Tonight I stopped at 25 because I was already paying $18 and the flavors weren't particularly exciting. I won't be back for the Monday wing "special" with better options out there.
Jason's rank order list of Pittsburgh Wings (updated occasionally):
- (tie) Quaker Steak (Robinson) - buffet tuesdays
- (tie) The Library (Carson) - buffet tuesdays and sundays
- Quaker Steak (Pleasant Hills) - buffet tuesdays
- Fat Head's (Carson) - 60c Mondays
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