A staple of backyard parties, family gatherings, and watch parties, chicken wings have brought family and friends together for decades with their hot sauces, sweet coatings, and ever-so-satisfying bites.
These days, if you do a search for chicken wings in restaurants, you're likely to come up with a choice of sports bars, sandwich shops, food trucks, Korean restaurants, and Southern shops. It's clear that the wings have transcended cultural barriers, which is why when we talk about origins, there are many to investigate.
Buffalo wings are the first to come to mind. This popular chicken wing style was born (where else?) in the city of Buffalo, New York. The prevalent story is that Italian-born Frank and Teressa Bellissimo first served these sauce-smothered avian parts to their son in 1964 and eventually in their restaurant, Anchor Bar. But another story says that John Young, a Black Buffalonian, was there serving wings on a busy Jefferson Avenue way before then. Young's wings were served with a mombo sauce that Buffalo councilman James Pitts called the "lip-smacking, liver-quivering sauce (that) titillated our taste buds down to our toes."
Korean fried chicken is another style that's captured the hearts of many with midnight cravings. Crispy, messy, and perfect with a glass of beer, these chicken wings are the stuff of dreams that got their start thanks to the popularity of cheap cooking oil in Korea and a sweet and spicy yangnyeom seasoning. Chain stores like KyoChon and Bonchon serving these delectable wings quickly opened, introducing innovations like soy fried chicken, garlic chicken, and even curried fried chicken. As these shops have made their way overseas and onto our plates, they've also inspired local chefs to elevate the humble bird on a plate.
So, where should you go to find the perfect finger-licking bite? Stacker compiled a list of the highest-rated restaurants for chicken wings in the Hartford area using data from Yelp. The rankings factor in the average rating and number of reviews. Read on to see where you can satisfy your next craving.
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Peppers Jamaican Bakery & Center
1 / 21- Rating: 2.7/5 (39 reviews)
- Price level: $
- Address: 291 Cottage Grove Road Bloomfield, Connecticut
- Categories: Bakeries, Caribbean, Chicken Wings
- Read more on Yelp
Wings Over West Hartford
2 / 21- Rating: 2.8/5 (112 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 285 Park Road West Hartford, Connecticut
- Categories: Chicken Wings, fast food, Sandwiches
- Read more on Yelp
Wings Over Newington
3 / 21- Rating: 3.0/5 (87 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 1480 East St. New Britain, Connecticut
- Categories: Chicken Wings, Sandwiches, Wraps
- Read more on Yelp
Godavari
4 / 21- Rating: 3.0/5 (127 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 1250 Burnside Ave. East Hartford, Connecticut
- Categories: Indian, Chicken Wings, Seafood
- Read more on Yelp
Sliders Grill & Bar
5 / 21- Rating: 3.3/5 (142 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 197 Episcopal Road Berlin, Connecticut
- Categories: Sports Bars, Chicken Wings, American
- Read more on Yelp
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Chicken City
6 / 21- Rating: 3.3/5 (21 reviews)
- Address: 106 Sisson Ave. Hartford, Connecticut
- Categories: Chicken Wings
- Read more on Yelp
The Rockin Chicken - Newington
7 / 21- Rating: 3.4/5 (23 reviews)
- Address: 236 West Hill Road Newington, Connecticut
- Categories: Chicken Wings, Peruvian
- Read more on Yelp
City Pizza
8 / 21- Rating: 3.5/5 (59 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 498 Farmington Ave. Hartford, Connecticut
- Categories: Pizza, Chicken Wings, Halal
- Read more on Yelp
Checkers Pizza
9 / 21- Rating: 3.6/5 (96 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 803 Hartford Road Manchester, Connecticut
- Categories: Pizza, Chicken Wings
- Read more on Yelp
Queen Pizza
10 / 21- Rating: 3.7/5 (50 reviews)
- Price level: $
- Address: 310 Silver Lane East Hartford, Connecticut
- Categories: Pizza, Chicken Wings, Wraps
- Read more on Yelp
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Krispy Krunchy Chicken
11 / 21- Rating: 3.7/5 (24 reviews)
- Price level: $
- Address: 687 Arch St. New Britain, Connecticut
- Categories: Chicken Wings
- Read more on Yelp
Charlie's Pizzeria
12 / 21- Rating: 3.8/5 (51 reviews)
- Price level: $
- Address: 386 Prospect St. East Hartford, Connecticut
- Categories: Pizza, Italian, Chicken Wings
- Read more on Yelp
The Brownstone
13 / 21- Rating: 3.9/5 (20 reviews)
- Address: 114 Asylum St. Hartford, Connecticut
- Categories: Sports Bars, Chicken Wings, Pizza
- Read more on Yelp
Hop Haus Berlin
14 / 21- Rating: 3.9/5 (55 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 9 Steele Blvd. Berlin, Connecticut
- Categories: Chicken Wings, Beer Bar, Cocktail Bars
- Read more on Yelp
Mr Pizza
15 / 21- Rating: 4.0/5 (23 reviews)
- Price level: $
- Address: 671 Blue Hills Ave. Hartford, Connecticut
- Categories: Pizza, Chicken Wings, Italian
- Read more on Yelp
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Fowl Play
16 / 21- Rating: 4.1/5 (69 reviews)
- Address: 1400 Park St. Unit 15 Hartford, Connecticut
- Categories: Southern, New American, Chicken Wings
- Read more on Yelp
Piggy's Cafe
17 / 21- Rating: 4.1/5 (27 reviews)
- Price level: $
- Address: 69 Hawthorn St. Hartford, Connecticut
- Categories: Cocktail Bars, American, Chicken Wings
- Read more on Yelp
NY Chicken & Biscuits
18 / 21- Rating: 4.1/5 (77 reviews)
- Price level: $
- Address: 202 Farmington Ave. Hartford, Connecticut
- Categories: Chicken Wings
- Read more on Yelp
The Rockin Chicken
19 / 21- Rating: 4.3/5 (107 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 476 Franklin Ave. Hartford, Connecticut
- Categories: Peruvian, Chicken Wings, Seafood
- Read more on Yelp
The Pub
20 / 21- Rating: 4.3/5 (29 reviews)
- Address: 59 John Fitch Blvd. South Windsor, Connecticut
- Categories: Bars, American, Chicken Wings
- Read more on Yelp
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NY Chicken and Grill
21 / 21- Rating: 4.5/5 (28 reviews)
- Address: 168 Burnside Ave. East Hartford, Connecticut
- Categories: Burgers, Chicken Wings, American
- Read more on Yelp
This story features data reporting by Wade Zhou and is part of a series utilizing data automation across 223 metros.
