This place is known for it's pizza, which is a New-Haven style of pie, which also happens to be my favorite style. Although I do LOVE their mashed potato pizza (I know, I know, this sounds like something I would HATE. But it's really is superb. And, with a drizzle of Frank's Red Hot Sauce on top, I don't know of a "boutique" pie I like more) I come here for the wings.
The wings here are unique, different from every other wing joint. ANYBODY can make a really good sauce drenched wing. The sauce hides all or any imperfections from poor cooking technique or lack of style. Kinda hard to blow it when you simply dump in a deep fryer and then dunk in sauce. Not much too it. Brainless, mindless. Any idiot can, and does do this just about anywhere you go.
And don't get me started on the a-holes that tout "Spiciest Wings!!!" One of the dumbest things ever. Macho asinine crap. Let's get food so hot that you burn out your taste buds! Don't get me wrong, spicy is great, but have some balance, elevate your cooking prowess, commit to your palate! I have to stop or I'm gonna lose it. I digress.
Back to Urbn
Here, there is no sauce. Your choices are spicy or not. And by spicy I mean reasonable spicy, or not, or even on the side so you can temper to your liking.
These wings are marinated in garlic, rosemary, olive oil, Thai Chili, lemon, and baked in their coal (char) fired oven. A light shaving of parmesan goes atop.
Mmmmm, but let's have a beer first
This is a creation, a joint effort, nay a cooperative, by New Belgium and Cigar City
Bier De Garde
It's an ale brewed with chili and cedar. Very, very tasty. Almost a Saison, but with a vastly different yet subtlety spiced (like a spiced cider almost) flavor. If you see this anywhere, get it!
Rustic, cooked to perfection, big bold flavors, yet you know you are eating chicken, not sucking on a bottle of sauce.
Perfect
Best wings I've ever had, consistently
Let's go to Urbn for Manhattans and Wings!
Cock THAT ya doodle-doo!
DVA
Yum!
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