Ladies Night...Oh What A Night!

Sand bar Mexican Grill
10050 North Scottsdale Road
Paradise Valley, AZ 85253-1498

(Jen's experience)
So here I am, Scottsdale Arizona on my bachelorette party with some of my best friends. I am having such an amazing time, and you better believe I have been having some chicken wings. These wings I had on Thursday, the first day I got here and they were yummy! However, I must give you the story leading up to the chicken wings before I start telling about them. Haley and Raimey picked me up from the airport around 6:00 pm (with a beer ready for me) and we went back to their condo which is absolutely amazing! After we got settled in and met up with my friend Lisa we decided to go out and get something to eat. My only request was "nothing Mexican", well....that didnt happen. We drove around and found lots of restaurants but nothing really sounded great. We finally found California Pizza Kitchen and thought about eating there. We parked but right across the parking lot was this bar that looked awesome. It had a mini pool, that people could actually wade in, it was an open air bar, and it had sand on the ground. It was pretty cool, and since we dont have one back at home I decided we should go check it out. Turns out its Mexican food, but oh well.
So we sat down to order some food and drinks, by this time it is 10:00pm, and I am starving! I did not order the wings because I needed something a little more substantial, but Raimey did and I had a few. They were good, and hot which I liked. Raimey didnt like that too much because she thought they were too hot but I thought they were perfect. They also came with carrots and celery, which gets a big plus in my book. They didnt have much meat on them, but the flavor was great. I really enjoyed the. The best part was that it was ladies night and all of our drinks and appetizers were half off! So these wings were 5.oo! It was a sweet deal! I think Raimey would have enjoyed the wings a little more if our server didnt let us run out of drinks every 5 minutes! But speaking of drinks, I had an amazing martini. It was a lemon pepper martini, with actual crushed pepper....SOOOOO GOOD! I want to recreate it, but then again I love pepper!
So would I recommend this place for their wings, sure. would I recommend this place for the huge bar and awesome environment? Absolutely!

Zesty? I Think Not!

Bouds Pinehurst Pub

11753 15th Avenue Northeast

Seattle, WA 98125-5025

(Jen's Experience)

Bouds Pinehurst Bar in Northgate is awesome! One of my favorite bars to visit when we go to see Jasons mom. There is always some good people watching to be had, and the Mac and Cheese is off the charts! A few months ago when Jason I and visited the Pinehurst bar for the first time, we had a blast. We even invented an awesome drinking game that we have to play anytime we go there. Previously, when we visited Pinehurst there was this awesome bartender. She was cute, fun, and loved our drinking game. This time when we went we had a lady named Jyl, we had to go up to the bar to order, and she hardly paid any attention to us. But we will still be back.

On to the wings... As you might know by now, I am a big fan of saucy wings. These wings are dry... They have alright flavor if you like dry wings, its a little peppery. If you ask me I think their menu is a bit misleading. It says their wings are "zesty" to me that means some sort of sauce. I dont think they were even spicy, or "zesty". However, if you like dry wings, and dont like spice, then you might like these. Also, take a look at the picture, the wings do come with celery and carrots, but check out the size of the carrots! Its like they got tired of cutting the carrot in quarters and just decided to give us a half of carrot with the wings.

In conclusion I would highly recommend this bar to anyone! Great people watching, great day time drinking, awesome bartender (day time), and the BEST MAC AND CHEESE!

(Jason's Experience)

I too am a big fan of this bar. Big glass pitchers of Bud Light for 8 dollars. That works for me. Bouds is great because there are no frills or gimmicks. Two pool tables, a juke box, lots of big tvs, and an old cigarette machine. This was our third trip to this watering hole and we finally decided to try the wings. I prefer wings with sauce but I do like dry wings. Bouds wings aren't zesty as the menu states, but they are yummy. It's just small drumettes and wings battered and fried. Simple but good. If you are reading this entry to our blog perhaps you have read others and have seen how much I like carrots to be served with wings. Well, I learned to be careful what I wish for. The carrot they served with these wings reminded me of what I used to feed my grandmother's horses back in the day. It was not a dip-able carrot and I wasn't about to quarter it myself so to that I say Boooooo! I probably won't order these wings again but I will return to this bar for the great atmosphere and the unbelievable mac & cheese. It's got bacon in it! Jen mentioned our game that we play there. I will break down the rules so that you can play at home or at your local hangout.

Everyone needs a coaster that their beer is not sitting on. One person goes at a time. You place your coaster with the edge hanging over the side of the table. Then, you flip the coaster by raising you hand quickly and hitting the overhanging edge, thus knocking the coaster into the air. You must then catch the coaster in mid-air. Every failed attempt to do so counts as a drink for you. You continue flipping the coaster until it is caught. Once you catch it you then take your drinks that were accrued in your failed attempts. While you are drinking the person to your left starts their turn. If they catch their coaster on the first try and you are still drinking you must then drink double. I was about to type that there is no winner at the end of the game but that would be false. It is more appropriate to say that there are no losers and the game ends when you either run out of beer or are sufficiently primed. If you ever need a lesson on how to play Jen and I will gladly join you at Boud's or any other beer serving establishment.

There you have it.

Hooterific

Hooters
6812 Tacoma Mall BoulevardTacoma
WA 98409-9088



(Jen's experience)
Oh Hooters...I love you!

Let me first start off by saying we almost didn't make it to Hooters because Jason said he likes Wingers better. I know what you are thinking, but yes, he is straight. It was my brilliant idea to go to both, so that's exactly what we did.


When we arrived at Hooters we were kindly greeted by our server named "Ashely" she was pretty and very nice. We learned a lot about her (it was slow in her section), and found out we knew some mutual people.


We finally decided on ordering a pitcher of bud light ($8.00 for happy hour, $12.50 for not happy hour) and 20 wings. We got 10 hot, and 10 spicy garlic. Both very good! We ordered the wings with extra sauce cause we LOVE lots of sauce. The spicy ones came out with plenty of sauce but the spicy garlic, not so much. We had to order additional sauce for those. Once we got the extra sauce, the wings were probably the best I had all day. They would probably rate in my top 6 for sure.


Unfortunately we do not have pictures of the wings. We took pictures of the waitress, and myself, but no wings. As you can imagine we got a bit distracted. Oops.

(Jason's Experience)
By the time we got to Hooters I was sufficiently primed. I dig Hooters because you know what you are going to get. Decent wings, decent looking waitresses that are required to be very friendly, lots of televisions with sports on them and cold pitchers of beer. I know that technically it's a family restaurant, I just couldn't get over how many parents bring in their small children to Hooters. I can't define why I thought this was not a great idea but I remember being shocked at how many children were there.

The wings were good. I do like that at Hooters they serve the whole wing. I love eating the little crunchy tips along with the meaty parts. The Spicy Garlic sauce was not only yummy on the wings but makes a great french fry dipping sauce.

One of my favorite things to do is to make my single friends uncomfortable by attempting to set them up with a waitress or bartender. This day was no exception. I was doing my best to try and get the waitress to tell us where the Hooters Girls go after their shift to unwind. She, of course, was not having it but was very kind anyway.

Going forward I am sure we will visit other Hooters Restaurants. I promise we will try a larger variety of what they have to offer.

Love, Peace and Chicken Grease!

Oops...

Wingers

5221 Tacoma Mall Boulevard
Tacoma, WA 98409

(Jen's experience)

Today we were off to finally answer the age old question "which has better chicken wings, wingers or hooters?" The answer is still out for debate and actually might have a different answer if we had ordered the correct chicken wings at wingers. Heres how it all went down...

We went to wingers this afternoon and remembered that they have happy hour every day! This made our decision on what to order very easy. Wingers has an amazing happy hour. We all ordered a bud light with the intent to have one and some chicken wings. We placed our order with our lovely server Chris. We said we would like the " classic spicy chicken wings" This was a "classic" mistake. What we meant to order was the "original spicy chicken wings" rookie mistake I guess. When the chicken wings arrived they were so FREAKING hot (spicy) they I could only finish 2 out of the 4 chicken wings! On a side note, I love spicy food. Nothing is ever too spicy for me, so i was surprised when I couldnt even finish them all. Please take a look at what Marc looked like after finishing all four.

They were so HOT, Marc ate his wet nap....Thats right, he ate his wet nap to cool his mouth down. I cannot say I have ever seen anyone do this before! Some of us (Jason and I) ordered another beer, and Marc ate a wet nap. Different strokes for different folks, I guess. We decided we couldnt come all that way to not have the chicken wings we came for, and being as how the happy hour is amazing, we figured we would order another order of the correct wings. They came and were faboulous as usual. AMAZING!!

The only down side to these wings (as you can see in the picture at the top of the page), they did not come with any celery or carrots! What the heck?

Two things are for sure. The chicken wings are wonderful, and the happy hour is awesome! You get 4 large chicken wings for $4.00, and microws for $2.00. They have some other stuff on the menu but I cannot imagine going there and eating anything else. If you havent been there you must check it out. Look out for Chris and say hello from the chicken wing bloggers!

(Jason's Experience)

I love Wingers. I first fell in love with Wingers' wings about 8 years ago in a little town called Moscow, ID. I was with my fellow WSU throwers, we each ate 3 lbs of wings.

Do not hesitate to stop in at the Wingers in Tacoma. Free popcorn, reasonable drink prices and the Original wings are THE BOMB. If you want a buffalo wing get the Classic at Wingers, but try the Original., It's sweet and a little spicy. A sweet glaze suggests that the wing wouldn't work dipping in blue cheese or ranch dip, but Wingers' Original wings do work with either of traditional wing dressings.

Sports Page 2-20-2010

Sports Page

2802 Auburn Way North

Auburn, WA 98002

Bienvenidos!

I welcome everyone to Jen and Jason's wing experience blog. We decided that we have so much fun going out and eating chicken wings that we needed to document and share with the world.

I promised Kathy at the SportsPage in Auburn, WA that we would review her chicken wings/bar first.

(Jason's Experience)

Let me first say that I love this bar. I love this bar and not because it's close to my house, or close to my work, or cause I sometimes get free drinks when I play my cards right. The Sports Page was all those things to me before Kathy and Joe took ownership. Now it's a bar that is close to my home and work and has occasional drinks gratis, with a great atmosphere.

I had always heard that the wings here were not good so I never purchased them. This is no big deal as "The Page" has a plethora of deep fried snacks that are very tasty. Recently, however, I did purchase their wings not expecting much. To my surprise the Buffalo wings are above average. I would say that they are the second best wings that you can purchase in the city of Au burn. (There is a certain bbq restaurant with pianos that has amazing wings. Perhaps we will review them one day in the future but not soon)

To the good stuff. The wings here are good not great, better than most. I would call them above average Buffalo Wings. We always order with extra sauce. They are definitely worth the price and you get carrots and celery with them which I like.

Come to the Sports Page if you want to see a very accurate cross section of Auburn's drinking population. These people are professional drinkers, and are not to be trifled with.

Food, drinks, and "experts" on all of society's issues are abundant.

I would also like to to note that this initial blog was written under duress as my retarded roommate sang the white blues to me incorporating ideas from my fiance's Cosmopolitan Magazine. Not an ideal writing environment...but I can't complain.

(Jen's experience)

I too love chicken wings. They might be my favorite food, which is why there will be plenty of them at our wedding. I love my chicken wings like I love my men...yummy! Okay that probably made no sense, but you will get used to my sense of humor.

I went to the sports page on this particular day with the intent to eat chicken wings. We were meeting some friends to watch UFC, which I hate, but decided I would be in good company with great friends and the adventure of trying some new chicken wings which is always fun for me. I have been to the sports page probably 6,000 times and like Jason had never tied the wings. They were surprisingly good. My favorite part of the chicken wings were that they came with carrots. I don't really care about this, but I get tired of listening to Jason bitch that no one serves carrots with their chicken wings anymore. So thank you sports page for being the only ones that serve carrots and celery!

The rest of the night went well. While the 300 people in the bar watched UFC I was watching the UW basketball. I don't remember who they were playing or what the score was, I only remember that UW kicked some butt, and there was a guy on the UW team wearing a t-shirt under his basketball jersey that I didn't like. The next thing I knew the night was over and I was full.

I would also like to add that Joe and Kathy have done a great job turning the bar completely around. It is really a great place to hang out now, and their awesome customer service does not go unnoticed.

(Special Guest....Marc)
Generally speaking, going to the page is a matter of simple convenience. It's the least common denominator of the Auburn bar scene. Plus it's right by my friend Joe's house and he's a pain to try and brace while he stumbles home but we all agree that it's easy enough to roll him back and forth now that he has taken on a curiously perfectly spherical shape. I would be remiss if I did not mention the speedy and freindly service of the staff at the page. Most bars in Auburn leave much to be desired here, but not the page. Even on a very busy night where they were offering a free viewing of the human dogfighting, the service was still outstanding. I can't say that I would ever go to the page if I were specifically craving hot wings, but they do not disappoint. I do however patronize the page when I crave Irish Nachos and Hog wings which are the best items on the menu.