Hot Take: Chicken Wings kind of suck

[kodis556]

Hard to find decent wings anymore and it seems styles of preparation have changed a lot over the past 40 years.
Add to that the trend for restaurants buying smaller clips (Bidenflation) and sometimes they look like they are off of a Bantam chicken or pigeon.

Best I've ever had were the ".25 cents each w/beer or cocktail" during happy hour at O'Charley's in SC in the late 80's. Big, breaded, fried, sauced excellently, hot......just all around good chicken.

Nothing compares today. You can't throw a rock in Macon without hitting a wing shack or Chinese take-a-away but all of their wings suck. I mean suck bad.

Hell, Macon couldn't even keep a Hooter's open. It's been closed for months. Their wings have really gone downhill over the past two decades.
Last halfway good wings we had were smoked then fried by a young man named his restaurant Jamai's Place on 49. Shame he got robbed and shot multiple times. Mother ****ers tried to kill an honest working man. That's Macon.

To put a cherry on top of the Hooter's subject, last time I went in to my local Hooter's just for a drink (thankfully), as I walked out I saw their health score of 62 posted proudly right by the front door... ICK!

 

[HERMET]

Hard to find decent wings anymore and it seems styles of preparation have changed a lot over the past 40 years.
Add to that the trend for restaurants buying smaller clips (Bidenflation) and sometimes they look like they are off of a Bantam chicken or pigeon.

Best I've ever had were the ".25 cents each w/beer or cocktail" during happy hour at O'Charley's in SC in the late 80's. Big, breaded, fried, sauced excellently, hot......just all around good chicken.

Nothing compares today. You can't throw a rock in Macon without hitting a wing shack or Chinese take-a-away but all of their wings suck. I mean suck bad.

Hell, Macon couldn't even keep a Hooter's open. It's been closed for months. Their wings have really gone downhill over the past two decades.
Last halfway good wings we had were smoked then fried by a young man named his restaurant Jamai's Place on 49. Shame he got robbed and shot multiple times. Mother ****ers tried to kill an honest working man. That's Macon.

Hooters is basically kaput. The economy, the "Me Too" movement, changing demographics and just the decline in outside dining in general.
I haven't been inside one in probably 15 years. I did like their buffalo shrimps though but those same changing demographics made for an unpleasant dinning experience.

 

[palmettomoon]

To put a cherry on top of the Hooter's subject, last time I went in to my local Hooter's just for a drink (thankfully), as I walked out I saw their health score of 62 posted proudly right by the front door... ICK!

Was that score for the restaurant's or the servers' cleanliness?

 

[kodis556]

Was that score for the restaurant's or the servers' cleanliness?

Even funnier, Hooter's is closing a bunch of locations because, well, they just suck in general. This store has a huge banner across the front patio that says "We're OPEN!" LOL

 

[palmettomoon]

Even funnier, Hooter's is closing a bunch of locations because, well, they just suck in general. This store has a huge banner across the front patio that says "We're OPEN!" LOL

Shame really. Fond memories of going to one with a classmate from military college in his hometown near JAX in 1985. Location in Charlotte wasn't bad either in 1991-94.

Macon's always sucked.

 

[lostchild]

To put a cherry on top of the Hooter's subject, last time I went in to my local Hooter's just for a drink (thankfully), as I walked out I saw their health score of 62 posted proudly right by the front door... ICK!

Was that rating for the kitchen, or the servers?

 

[palmettomoon]

Was that rating for the kitchen, or the servers?

See post #93. LOL.

 

[lostchild]

Macon's always sucked.

Isn't that the city motto?
Seems like I saw that on brochures in the Georgia welcome centers when coming in from SC and Fla.

 

[kodis556]

Was that rating for the kitchen, or the servers?

That's another great subject. The store here is just a few miles from Kennesaw State University. Back in the '90's when KSU was just a commuter school (no dorms), all the hot girls from the surrounding counties that went to KSU worked at this Hooter's. The talent was unbelievable. Now that KSU has dorms, all the hood rats from ATL go there. I don't need to tell you what happened to the talent at Hooter's...just plain nasty.

 

[HERMET]

That's another great subject. The store here is just a few miles from Kennesaw State University. Back in the '90's when KSU was just a commuter school (no dorms), all the hot girls from the surrounding counties that went to KSU worked at this Hooter's. The talent was unbelievable. Now that KSU has dorms, all the hood rats from ATL go there. I don't need to tell you what happened to the talent at Hooter's...just plain nasty.

It's a mystery...