Wingstop, a national franchise with 500 restaurants including one each in Kenosha and Madison, opened at 2086 S. Miller Pkwy. in West Milwaukee on Dec. 28.
Wingstop offers chicken wings in nine flavors, including atomic, Cajun, hot, mild, hickory smoked BBQ, lemon pepper, garlic Parmesan, Hawaiian and teriyaki. They also serve chicken strips and "Gliders" (like sliders).
Kurt Hodermann, a Brookfield resident who also owns seven Subway restaurants, plans to open three more Wingstops in the Milwaukee area in the future.
Tonight, I bought a couple of orders of wings my 9-year-old kid (and his brother), who is a connoisseur of wings. We got 10 regular wings without bones and 10 hickory smoked barbeque with bones. (He'll be eating them for breakfast, too).
The wings were really good. They were tender, not too fatty and flavorful. My sons only complaint was I didn't get "hot wings." I am always leery to get him spicy wings, but I should know better by now. He loves them. He puts Sriracha on corn and mac 'n' cheese.
He liked the BBQ wings the best, claiming they had the most flavor and that the chicken was "more real" on the bone rather than the boneless in a "McNugget" shape. I do not know if the boneless chicken is more or less processed than the chicken on the bone, but I thought it was a potentially valid observation.
All in all, for fast-food wings from a chain, Wingstop wings are really good. Next time we might try the sliders, too.
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