Wings in the winner's circle ; From the flat to the fiery, our gallant gourmands put local chicken to the test

• Published in: Dayton daily news (Dayton, Ohio. 1987)
• Main Author: the Leadbelly Boys and Girl (Ron Rollins, Ray Marcano and Laura Dempsey) Staff Writers
• Format: Newspaper Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dayton, Ohio Atlanta Journal Constitution, LLC 19.06.2007
• Subjects: Dillon, Jim
• ISSN: 0897-0920

The best by far. Hands down. Wings up. They've built a whole corporate identity around "World Famous Chicken Wings" and have made waaaaay too many naughty puns from derivations of the Frick portion of their name. But dang -- these suckers were the best we ate. The Frickin' X-Scream sauce is so hot that they charge you an extra 59 cents for it, and trust us -- it's deadly stuff. We liked the "nakedly" nonbreaded, and the mildly hot sauce best. And we wanted more and more and more. The Leadbelly Fave. 10 wings: $6.49. But you won't want just 10. We've never understood what "BW3" means ... like, it's for Buffalo Wild Wings, but wouldn't that be "BW2"? Anyway, they know what they're doing here, and they know that's why you're there. You can even get baskets of 100 wings (25 chickens; think about it) for $49.99. They serve 'em traditional or boneless. They've got a special "sauce-spinning" method for coating 'em. And they're very good. Sweet, hot, shot through with unusual flavor and very good. They sell 14 sauces, btw. 12 wings: $6.99. [Bunkers] was a place we hadn't heard of before, but we're definitely making a trip. The Vandalia eatery (est. 1995) was near the top of our rating for meatiest and hottest wings. Lots of flavors, including terikayi, and "Matt's Homemade Specialty Sauces," of which we enjoyed the "Firecracker" and "Morning After." Well, Brother Ray and Brother Ron did; Sister Laura wasn't convinced. $6 per basket.