Friday, March 2, 2012

Ladies and Gentlemen, I have been surprised!

Tonight our trio was minus one, Dad and I went on a wing recon by ourselves to Buffalo Wild Wings on Mckinley Pkwy in Blasdell. As I am sure alot of you know this is a pretty large chain of restaurants across the country, boasting lots of tv's, gametime specials, and a very friendly atmosphere. As with other similiar restaurant chains who offer gimmicks to distract one's attention from the horrible service and nasty food, Buffalo Wild delivers!!!
We were greeted by a friendly hostess, and were shown to our table straight away. The restaurant had a great sports bar atmosphere with more tv's than you'd think to find in such a place! The music was great, they had hockey games showing, and all kinds of games to hold one's attention. A fully stocked bar adorned the back wall, with every type of liquor you could want, and plenty of beautiful waitresses to take your order. The seating was open and airy, with a nice patio off the side, which we couldn't use because of the wind and rain(the patio ALSO had tv's!)
Arriving at our seats out waitress took our drink and appetizer orders, which were brought out to us very quickly. Dad had ordered the wings just as he always has, mild, crispy and with little sauce, I had the Big Jack Daddy Burger(yes i know, not wings but i had to try something new).
When the food arrived I was very impressed, the wings were almost perfect, they could have been a bit crisper and possibly served in a bowl with a rack to keep them from soaking in the sauce at the bottom. My burger was mouth watering, in a word..colossal. Aside from the 1/2 pound patty, it had barbeque pulled pork, lettuce, tomato, cheese, and all the trimmings on it, with a side of crisp onion rings and a juicy pickle! Overall the wings were great, cooked almost to order and they were nice and meaty with great flavor and just the right amount of heat to them. My burger was everything a burger should be, juicy, flavorful, with nice crisp veggies. Now i know pulled bbq pork is a little odd on a burger, but whoever came up with that is a GENIUS!!!! It was the mose unique and delicious burger I have ever tasted, and I will definitely be going back for more!
But there is a little rain on this parade, our server, she started out great but the quality of her service had deteriorated over our time there. It became increasingly hard to locate her when we needed another beverage or to even get our check at the end of the meal. We ended up waiting fifteen minutes just to get our check, but I think with a few little server training tweaks Buffalo Wild Wings will be at the top of anyone's list for a fun night out!

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