Schafer's in Sumner

Jason's Wing Experience

What did I tell you? What did I tell you?

We are taking this wing blog to a whole new level!

The wife and I were not in the mood to cook so we decided to try a new place. To be completely honest we were looking for a bar with a Taco Wednesday. Turns out you can only sell tasty tacos at a crazy low price on Tuesdays or Thursdays. (It's in the Geneva Convention) Short story short, we ended up at Schafer's in Sumner.

I'm usually not one for bars in old strip malls, however Schafer's was better than expected. The clientele is exactly what you would expect for Sumner on a Wednesday evening. That's not a bad thing. It's a dark, but clean, bar with plenty of TV's and a couple pool tables. The liquor selection appeared to be ample. I did spot some Root Beer Schnapps that peaked my interest, but that is for another time. They have a sufficient amount of beers on tap. I was a little saddened that their only IPA was tapped. Oh well. I asked the fella behind the bar what was good as he handed me a menu and he did not hesitate to say "Everything dude, for real" and nudged me toward the steak special. Though I usually defer to the experts on such matters, my wife had spotted a peanut butter-bacon-cheeseburger. Then I knew my choice had been made for me. I strongly recommend you open your mind and give this a whirl if you head down to Schafer's. Also i ordered the wings, of course.

We ordered the chicken wings extra saucy. So, I was surprised when a plate of dry wings came out. I immediately asked about getting some hot sauce to dip with my ranch. The cook, who was really a nice guy, urged us to try them without the sauce first. He insisted that they already had a little "zip". In order to give you our millions of readers the perspective you expect from this blog, I obliged the gentlemen. As you all probably know I am a saucy wing man. Dry wings, to me, are just tiny fried chicken. Schafer's chicken wings fit this bill and then some, in the best possible way. The wings were larger than your normal bar wings, there were some drummies mixed in as well. They appeared to be coated with hot sauce and THEN breaded. As far as dry wings go they were excellent. Some of the best I have ever had. Very crispy but great flavor and they were fresh from the fryer so they were quite hot.

Jen and I were impressed with the service and the food. We will definitely be back to Schafer's to sample more of their wares. We were not impressed with the "cool" guy who sat next to us at the bar who sucked down three shots of Fireball Whiskey and two Bud Lights in less than a quarter of playoff basketball. He was a self proclaimed big tipper but since the bar tender wasn't super friendly (which he actually was) he was missing out. He wasn't the only loud mouth in there, but it's a bar that's the risk you take. Having my appetite and thirst for craft beer thoroughly sated we headed on down the road.

Jen's wing experience

For dry chicken wings, they were bomb.com!