Wingstop opened last fall in the spot previously occupied by the poorly managed Palis Mediterranean Cafe on Regent Street. The other Wingstop in Madison, located where Harold’s Chicken Shack is now, closed too quickly for me to ever visit it.
The menu is exactly what you’d expect: wings, boneless wings and chicken tenders. From the nine flavors of sauces, I tried the original hot, hickory smoked BBQ and garlic parmesan with my order of 35 wings ($21.99).
Overall, the wings are meatier than their counterparts at BW3s. The original hot sauce was tasty, even though it wasn’t the least bit spicy, and it went well with the bleu cheese sauce ($0.69). I also enjoyed the garlic parmesan sauce, which was very buttery in flavor.
Most places can’t do a good BBQ sauce, and Wingstop is no exception. This version was just average and
definitely didn’t have a “hickory smoked” flavor. Well, for my meal, two out of three ain’t bad.
I was surprised to see Wingstop sell beer, since the ALRC is pretty thrifty about giving permits to restaurants on campus. Here, domestic bottles and 16-oz taps are reasonably priced at $1.50, while imports are $2.
Wingstop is open every day for lunch, dinner and carryout. It’s also open until 2:30 a.m. on Friday and 3 a.m. on Saturday.
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