Buffalo Wild Wings is a sports bar and restaurant chain that recently opened a new location in Stamford (they’re also in Port Chester and New Rochelle). My friends Matt, Jose and I paid a visit tonight after going to a showing of Bruno. Bruno + wings… that’s quality male bonding.
It’s interesting that Buffalo Wild Wings lists nutritional information on its menu. I’ll go out on a limb and say that diners indulging on fried wings, blue cheese dressing, plus a beer or two, aren’t putting fat and calories high on the evening’s priority list. I avoided looking at the info altogether; didn’t want to know.
There are 14 sauce choices for the wings, ranging from mild on the heat scale (“Smilin’”) to four-alarm fire (“Screamin’”). Inspired by Man v. Food, I briefly considered ordering a plate of wings with the Blazin’ sauce, the hottest of the hot — you know, just to see if I could do it. Buuut, in the end, I decided against it.
Jose, not much for the heat, chose Sweet BBQ sauce. Matt went with Hot BBQ, getting up there on the scale. I went one degree hotter, opting for a dozen wings with Hot, still three degrees down from the Blazin’ sauce.
Ah, I liked this — a steadily building pleasant burn, never overwhelming and painful (Jose may beg to differ after sampling one). The wings themselves were very respectable: smallish but crispy and juicy.
It was the right choice. The Blazin’ sauce can wait. Monday night is not the time for a bleeding ulcer.
Buffalo Wild Wings Grill & Bar
208 Summer St.
Stamford, CT
203-324-9453