Wingers Restaurant & Alehouse
1 / 16#16. Wingers Restaurant & Alehouse
- Rating: 2.8/5 (53 reviews)
- Address: 255 North 500th West Bountiful, Utah
- Categories: American, Chicken Wings, Sports Bars
- Read more on Yelp
Highest-rated chicken wings in Salt Lake City by diners
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 Salt Lake City 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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Trolley Wing Co
2 / 16#15. Trolley Wing Co
- Rating: 3.0/5 (30 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 600 South 700 East Salt Lake City, Utah
- Categories: Chicken Wings, Sports Bars, Beer, Wine & Spirits
- Read more on Yelp
WINGERS Restaurant & Alehouse
3 / 16#14. WINGERS Restaurant & Alehouse
- Rating: 3.0/5 (201 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 4790 South State St. Murray, Utah
- Categories: American, Chicken Wings, Sports Bars
- Read more on Yelp
Bout Time Pub & Grub
4 / 16#13. Bout Time Pub & Grub
- Rating: 3.1/5 (36 reviews)
- Address: 2567 South 5600 West A-100 Ste A-100 West Valley City, Utah
- Categories: Pubs, American, Chicken Wings
- Read more on Yelp
Wild Pepper Pizza
5 / 16#12. Wild Pepper Pizza
- Rating: 3.1/5 (130 reviews)
- Price level: $
- Address: 777 South State St. Salt Lake City, Utah
- Categories: Pizza, Burgers, Chicken Wings
- Read more on Yelp
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WINGERS Restaurant & Alehouse
6 / 16#11. WINGERS Restaurant & Alehouse
- Rating: 3.5/5 (136 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 3671 South 2700 West W Valley, Utah
- Categories: Sports Bars, American, Chicken Wings
- Read more on Yelp
Wing Coop
7 / 16#10. Wing Coop
- Rating: 3.7/5 (264 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 3971 Wasatch Blvd. Salt Lake City, Utah
- Categories: Chicken Wings
- Read more on Yelp
Snowmobile Pizza
8 / 16#9. Snowmobile Pizza
- Rating: 3.8/5 (111 reviews)
- Address: 877 South 200 West C-103 Salt Lake City, Utah
- Categories: Pizza, Chicken Wings
- Read more on Yelp
Spedelli's
9 / 16#8. Spedelli's
- Rating: 3.8/5 (226 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 2991 East 3300th South Salt Lake City, Utah
- Categories: Pizza, American, Chicken Wings
- Read more on Yelp
Scovilles
10 / 16#7. Scovilles
- Rating: 3.8/5 (39 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 2121 McClelland St. Ste 101 Salt Lake City, Utah
- Categories: Chicken Wings, Salad
- Read more on Yelp
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Gallo Loco Chicken Express
11 / 16#6. Gallo Loco Chicken Express
- Rating: 4.1/5 (37 reviews)
- Address: 2196 West 3500 South C1 West Valley City, Utah
- Categories: Chicken Wings, Tacos, Breakfast & Brunch
- Read more on Yelp
Dumplings Company
12 / 16#5. Dumplings Company
- Rating: 4.2/5 (34 reviews)
- Address: 4041 South 700 East Salt Lake City, Utah
- Categories: Soup, Desserts, Chicken Wings
- Read more on Yelp
Stellar Wings Restaurant
13 / 16#4. Stellar Wings Restaurant
- Rating: 4.3/5 (158 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 2704 South State St. Salt Lake City, Utah
- Categories: Chicken Wings
- Read more on Yelp
Mr. Charlie's Chicken
14 / 16#3. Mr. Charlie's Chicken
- Rating: 4.3/5 (382 reviews)
- Price level: $
- Address: 554 West 4500th South Murray, Utah
- Categories: Chicken Shop, Wraps, Chicken Wings
- Read more on Yelp
Chinese Bistro
15 / 16#2. Chinese Bistro
- Rating: 4.4/5 (29 reviews)
- Address: 133 Regent St. Salt Lake City, Utah
- Categories: Noodles, Chinese, Chicken Wings
- Read more on Yelp
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bb.q Chicken South Salt Lake
16 / 16#1. bb.q Chicken South Salt Lake
- Rating: 4.4/5 (53 reviews)
- Address: 3490 South State St. South Salt Lake, Utah
- Categories: Korean, Chicken Shop, Chicken Wings
- Read more on Yelp
This story features data reporting by Wade Zhou and is part of a series utilizing data automation across 223 metros.
