Wild Wing Caf\u00e9<\/p>\n
2085 West Grand River Rd
\nOkemos, MI 48864
\nP: 517-349-2321<\/p>\n
Food <\/strong>[rating:3] – Tasty. But it is kind of hard to mess up chicken wings. I\u2019ll be honest, I was a little anxious when I heard that we would be trading our local Bennigan\u2019s for a new wing joint that I had never heard of. I am a fan of the chicken wing, so I hoped for the best.<\/p>\n Well the place, Wild Wing Caf\u00e9, finally opened, and I waited a week or so to allow them to find their flow. I\u2019m not a fan of rolling up on opening day and watching everyone run around like chickens with their heads cut off. You have to give them a little bit to get used to, ya know, the restaurant business.<\/p>\n Right off the bat I was displeased with the hostess. Apathetic and dumb. But whatever, our encounter with her was just the few seconds it took her to put us at a table that was too small for our party.<\/p>\n The actual waitress was a lot better, and while she got one of the orders wrong, she was friendly about it and had the problem fixed right away. She even brought me a glass of milk!<\/p>\n I ordered a Strong Bow Cider as it was happy hour, and everyone who tried it agreed that it tasted watered down, or Strong Bow Light (which isn\u2019t a real thing, heads up). Who knows. The Shock Top beer I had after that tasted just fine. Mmmmmmm, Shock Top\u2026\u2026<\/p>\n Now, on to the FOOD!<\/p>\n What do you order at a restaurant named \u201cWild Wing Caf\u00e9\u201d The names of the flavors on the menu were slightly racist (which isn\u2019t a bad thing, I snickered). They have a flavor called “The Oriental” with a description of “AH-SO-GOOD”. The biggest problem is WHAT IN THE HECK DOES THAT ACTUALLY TASTE LIKE? They had a few items on the menu that you just have to order to find out what it is, I guess.<\/p>\n They have 33 flavors of wings, and as much as I would like to, I can\u2019t try them all in one sitting as A: I don\u2019t think they will bring me 1 of each flavor, and B: I wasn\u2019t 33 wings hungry. Fortunately, they have sampler platters. 5 wings of 5 different flavors! So we ordered two of those monsters. I can\u2019t remember all of the flavors we got, but I do know this: I got the \u201cBraveheart\u201d which is supposedly the biggest baddest wing they have. I thought \u201cI\u2019ll be the judge of that!\u201d<\/p>\n Well, the jury is in, and the \u201cBraveheart\u201d is a monster. Is it too hot? No. Should you eat that flavor first? Again, no. It was so hot that I couldn\u2019t taste the first few wings after eating it. One member of our party who was going to eat one licked her finger, and said \u201coh god, I don\u2019t want that!\u201d and handed it off. If you order any \u201cBraveheart\u201d flavored wings, eat them last and make sure you are ok on refills. It won\u2019t knock you down right away, it is more of a \u201ccreeper\u201d that will let your lips and tongue know exactly who the new sheriff in town is as soon as you think it is safe. Don’t be a girl, try it.<\/p>\n All in all, I was not displeased with this new wing joint. The wings were big, the flavors creative and tasty, and judging from the quick glance of the non-wing part of the menu, it looks like they have other tasty meals. But seriously, get the wings.<\/p>\n The pricing leaves a little to be desired. The 5×5 sampler was a cool $20 after tax, and the beers will set you back $5-7 for something worth drinking. With alternatives like BWW on Tuesday or Thursday, or Old Chicago on Mondays, you\u2019d be a fool to pay that much for wings considering 3\/7 days of the week you can get them for \u00bc the price. However, if you find yourself craving wings on Wednesday, or the weekend, give them a shot!<\/p>\n -Rockstar<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Wild Wing Caf\u00e9 2085 West Grand River Rd Okemos, MI 48864 P: 517-349-2321 Food [rating:3] […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[129,9,4,199,20,24,174,175,32,164],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-americana","category-chicken","category-dining-out","category-family-joint","category-johnreview","category-mediocre","category-michigan-restaurants","category-okemos-michigan-restaurants-restaurants","category-over-priced","category-restaurants"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/halfton.withbloodandthunder.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/halfton.withbloodandthunder.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/halfton.withbloodandthunder.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halfton.withbloodandthunder.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halfton.withbloodandthunder.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=122"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/halfton.withbloodandthunder.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":131,"href":"https:\/\/halfton.withbloodandthunder.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122\/revisions\/131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/halfton.withbloodandthunder.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halfton.withbloodandthunder.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halfton.withbloodandthunder.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nService <\/strong>[rating:3] – Hostess was a dummy. The actual service was good.
\nAtmosphere <\/strong>[rating:3] – Casual. And they didn’t change a DAMN thing inside from when it was a Bennigan’s
\nPrice <\/strong>[rating:2] – A tad pricey for fried chicken in sauce
\nOverall <\/strong>[rating:2.5] – If it was a little cheaper I would be all over this place<\/p>\n
\nThe answer: salads WINGS<\/p>\n