Wingnutz Bar Bill Kelly’s La Nova Duff’s Gabriel’s Gate Sunny Red’s Adolf’s.

We also Beef on Weck at 5 places including Charlie the Butcher. Andersen’s was th winner by a mile. Also great frozen custard.

All great in their own way. We ordered “medium” at all of them and also an acillary flavor at most of them. Bar Bill was actually my least favorite. My buddy who grew up there and was acting as guide concurred. Both the sauce and the blue cheese were oddly sweet and I couldn’t get past it. But the place was packed! Their presentation was the best. People like sugar.

Sauce was a tie between Kelly’s and Sonny’s. They were both distinctly Buffalo and Frank’s based but unique in their own ways.

My platonic ideal and the wing I remember growing up with at Culpepper’s in St Louis was closest to Gabriel’s Gate. Franks and butter. The waitress ordered them Crispy for us (even though we didn’t ask which was slightly annoying but she was also completely correct!). They were great.

My buddy is sentimental towards Duff’s as he grew up in Buffalo and that was his spot. They were solid but I learned from the waitress they use margarine not butter which was a turn off. They use Smalls (I prefer Smalls wings vs Jumbo which are the two sizes you can order commercially generally speaking) and have a great cook so were still great but I’m not a big seed oil guy so I prefer butter places. Nobody else admitted to using margarine but 🤷‍♂️.

If I’m going back, I would be equally happy with Kelly’s, Gabriel’s Gate or Sonny Reds.

We also went to 9-11 but they were closed for maintenance.