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True rating: 3.5 stars. I come here too often to deny that I'm a fan though, hence the 4 stars.
PROS: excellent AND cheap hot wings; largest quality craft beer collection mine eyes have ever seen (and yes that includes the Tremont Taphouse)
CONS: service that seems to struggle with keeping up, even when customer volume isn't that high; kooky ambiance when the occasional odd characters are allowed to roam.
AMBIANCE: dive-y, spacious sports bar with more dive and less sports. Can get crowded but stays curiously, relatively low-key even during big games. Crowd is mixed--can range from families with toddlers to ladies night out, ages averaging late 20s to 50s.
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BECAUSE YOU LOVE TO HEAR ME TALK:
If you're a fan of hot wings and craft beers, the Winking Lizard Tavern should be at the top of your bucket list.
BEER:
307 different bottled craft brews available, a rotating collection of 20 on tap every month. Your name on the wall if you do their "world tour" and polish off 100 from their selected 200 list in the span of a year. Need I say more?
No, but I can't resist: they carry hard-to-find brews from the the likes of Left Hand, First Amendment, Troegs, Unibroue, Rogue, Victory, Samuel Smith, Ommegang, Dogfish, Jolly Pumpkin, Magic Hat, and Lindemans, just to name a few. And of course brews from the GLBC--they assume (and rightly so) that if you're there, an acronym will suffice. Victory recently came out with a limited-edition Lizardbock in honor of the WLT. My newest crush, Porterhouse's Oyster Stout, isn't even carried at Warehouse Beverage.
WINGS:
The last three times we've gone, the bf and I didn't even go in to drink. Pop and a dozen wings each for dinner--ten bucks apiece including tip. Winning!
They tout 16 different flavors on the menu for their wings, with each flavor descriptor complete with cartoons of whimsical lizards, some dressed in slightly racist outfits. I've tried most of them under the two hottest (Magma and 911) spiciness levels--all fairly tasty--but nothing beats their normal Hot wings.
Important tip: DON'T go for wings on their promo 40 cent wing nights (every Monday and Tuesday) if you want fresh, juicy wings crisped to perfection. We went during one of their promo nights and ordered just over two dozen: the quality plummeted. They must pre-cook larger batches and/or use scrappier meat in anticipation of the higher volume: there were several duds in our batch--some with meat so dried/chewy that there wasn't much left to do with them except suck the sauce off and move to the next.
On non-promo nights, the wings are only 10 cents more--a phenomenal 50 cents apiece. Nearly half the price of Quaker Steak and a quite bit tastier. Totally worth it.
SERVICE:
Rushed, prone to errors/forgetting details, but earnest. There were times though, when the follow-up was minimal, even when the place was more than half-empty.
Once, I accidentally knocked over my iced tea and wanting to keep anyone from slipping on the ice, mopped up the cubes with my napkin and put them back in my cup with the soiled napkin. When she came back around, I gave the cup back to my server, explaining what happened. I received another iced tea a minute later but then realized, halfway through, that the wadded-up napkin was sitting at the bottom of the cup under the ice the whole time. Without a word, the server immediately replaced that with my third glass of iced tea--I just wanted water by that time. It nearly took away the bf's appetite but there wasn't much to do at that point.
WRAP IT UP:
While I can vouch for the craft beer and hot wings, I haven't had too much in the way of food other than salad and burgers, both of which were pretty good. For a low-key, relaxed night out with friends or fam, or even to watch a sports game without sweaty strangers bellowing in your ear, WLT Independence will do the trick.
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