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| - This was my first time at a St. Louis', and I will have to admit that when I review this place I will be doing so as a direct comparison to another wing place, "Duffs" (which I haven't reviewed yet, probably because I've been there so many times I've forgotten that it too is in fact a real restaurant). I'll make them my next review.
This particular restaurant isn't that big given its location. The inside is pretty small and so is the patio. If you are bringing a large crowd here at a busy time I wouldn't expect that you'll find an open table waiting for you.
St. Louis wings are pretty decent. They are a decent size, and when you order them they come in either a batch of 9 or 18. Not too sure why they opted for 9 and 18 instead of 10 and 20. Maybe because each order (regardless of size) comes with fries and they figure those fries make up for the one (or two) fewer chicken wings you received.
The fries are pretty good, and the dill dipping saw is pretty good (even though it comes in a McDonald chicken nugget sauce type container).
One thing I liked about St. Louis wings over Duffs was that they aren't as oily/greasy. They were relatively dry compared to Duffs', which will (often) come in a bowl so full of sauce and oil that you could take it home with you if only you hadn't discarded your empty Starbuck's cup.
However, because they Duffs wings come to generously sauced, you won't have to second guess what flavour you've ordered. At St. Louis I had "hot & honey". After I was done, I don't know what "hot & honey" tasted like. Oh wait, I guess it tasted like chicken...
Also, unlike Duffs you can't mix and match flavours. If you order 18 wings and want to 2 flavours, I do believe you are out of luck. I didn't ask if I could split up the flavours but thats just because the menu made a point of saying you had "one flavour choice". At Duffs you can split up flavours (I think as long as each flavour is in denominations of 10)
Bottom line, St. Louis is pretty good, but compared to Duffs it's highly unlikely you'll encounter lines of people waiting for their wings.
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