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| - Three flat screen monitors show the menu over the ordering counter (I love this!). They specialize in wings, so the menu is fairly limited. This is by design. The theory is rather than offer a ton of variety that is just 'okay,' they want to focus on one main item and do it really well! Therefore, the menu lists just chicken wings (bone-in or boneless), salads, fries, pancakes, biscuits and drinks. That is IT (apart from the ranch or blue cheese dressings/dipping sauces).
They have three different styles of wing - BBQ, HOT WING and DRY RUB. There are several flavor variations you can select under each style. We ordered 10 wings with the ATL dry rub and 10 wings medium. We also ordered two fountain drinks and an order of the biscuits. (Since this review they've added more flavors and we've tried their cheese fries which are AMAZING!!!)
We paid at the counter, they gave us our self-serve drink cups, wrote my name on the receipt, told us to sit anywhere we like and they would bring the food out to us shortly.
The fountain machine is Pepsi (its Coke at the 40th St location, so that's odd) and they also have tea (sweetened and un-sweetened)and three different flavors of Kool-Aid to choose from.
Just finishing filling our drinks and putting the lids and straws on our cups, when our order was being served! (Apparently, they pre-cook the wings about 3/4's of the way, then remove them. When you order, the wings go back in to cook for 3 more minutes, and then they're done! Don't worry, they don't let partially cooked wings sit out all day until you order them. Just like KFC, Popeye's, Church's Chicken and other fast-food chicken restaurants, pre-prepared menu items are 'under a clock.')
We don't like wet, soggy wings. Places that cook them in ovens or broilers often have this undesirable, gummy-like, chicken texture. I like my wings to be firm and a little dry. Let the sauce and my saliva draw out the texture and flavor of the chicken. I have to ask most places to make my wings crispy. But not here. That's the way come out by default and, I'm told, there are some customers who request they cook them even longer! God bless America! :)
I'm happy to report the wings were served piping hot from the fryer and the ATL dry rub tasted better and better the more I ate it. I can't figure out what's in it other than butter. Its a weird taste, but I kinda like it. The medium wings tasted really hot (spicy) but as I ate more them, I guess I started to become numb to it. I think next time mild will be my choice. Some places (native new yorker) consider mild to mean butter-sauce only. Yech. Mild is meant to refer to the HEAT. A butter-sauce does not define MILD-HEAT. A butter-sauce only defines NO HEAT! Anyway, the point is, the mild at ATL means MILD-HEAT (not just butter-sauce).
The biscuits are not what I would call biscuits. They are more like tiny Beignets or two-bite pastries. Just imagine a cinnamon-flavored donut hole, covered with powdered sugar, sitting in a shallow puddle of honey. Sounds good, right? SPOILER ALERT!!! It is!
I only have one minor complaint about this visit. The wings should have been served with celery to help cut the heat and refresh the palette between bites.
The total was $20, which is about right for a lunch for two and we certainly did not leave hungry!
On Tuesdays, you can get sixty-five cent wings if you sign up for their special offers by texting "ATL" to 60259.
ATL is not meant to refer to Atlanta (sorry, Atlanta airport!) ATL stands for All The Luv.
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