Review: Wing Wagon, Brooklyn

The other night, I decided that I didn't feel like cooking. Evan's cooking knowledge begins and ends with eggs, so the only option for food was to go out. With no particular place in mind, we jumped in the car and headed up Flatbush Avenue. That's when we saw it.....THE WING WAGON.

I have been craving Buffalo wings for a while now, and beyond a failed trip to the massively overcrowded Croxley's in NYC, hadn't gotten to fulfill this craving. The Wing Wagon looks like your ordinary storefront to-go establishment. A variety of fried items are on the menu for you to choose from. We ordered a batch of 20 Buffalo wings (hot variety), a side of grilled veggies, some sweet potato fries, and a drink, all for about $20. We paid, and then went to sit down and wait. And wait. And wait. Maybe I'm just snotty, but I feel like if you're making people pay at a counter, you're a fast food establishment. And this food was definitely not fast. Also, this really obnoxious music was playing. It was like reggae music on speed. Seriously, it had beats and everything. If you were to dance to it, you'd basically have to quickly hop up and down super quickly while flailing your arms about.

When we finally got our food, we dug in for what was undoubtedly the messiest meal ever....but it was GOOD. The wings weren't super spicy, but just right. They were big enough that we weren't able to polish off the 20 between us. The sweet potato fries....perfection. Lightly salted. Great with ketchup. Best I've had in a while. The grilled veggies were also quite tasty...a nice quasi-healthy option for the place. And as a nice bonus, they give you some of those little wet napkin thingies and trust me, you need them. What a messy delicious meal.

A downside: I'm not sure the place is a fabulous eat-in establishment. There's a few sad looking little tables, but 95% of the other customers who came in took their grease and carbs and ran. They deliver, and we might just do that next time. There's really no dignified way to eat wings, so you might as well do it in the comfort of your own home.

Wing Wagon gets 3 out of 4 stars. It serves it's cheap comfort food purpose quite well, including the belly ache a couple of hours later.

Wing Wagon
351 Flatbush Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11238
718.398.0501