It’s become one of the most popular foods in our society. You probably have at least a half-dozen places in your hometown that offers hot wings on the menu. Which got me to wondering, who does have the best hot wings?

Hooters Famous Hot Wings

You can’t go wrong with placing your order for hot wings at Hooters Restaurant. This family restaurant and yes, I did say “family” offers up some of the best hot wings you can find. You can order them mild, medium, hot, extra hot (9-1-1 hot), or for the really brave (or stupid) you can get them 3 Mile Island (nuclear hot). Hooters also offers other styles like BBQ, Cajun, Spicy Garlic, or Teriyaki hot wings. I haven’t tried their new flavors, so we will stay with the hot sauce prepared wings for now.

To me, I believe this is the restaurant that serves the best hot wings. I like the fact, Hooters offers bigger wings than most other places. I don’t like the fact, they charge extra for blue cheese and celery. All orders of hot wings should include blue cheese dressing (or ranch) and a few pieces of celery. Paying extra for this, kinda paints Hooters as a cheap company and choosing costs over their customers. The hot wing restaurants that serve celery and carrots with each order; really score some points with their customers. Even with the selfish and expensive prices, I will still give Hooters the nod as the best place to order hotwings.

Who else do you turn to for hot wings? Well the list is very long and depending on where you live, you probably have a few one-of-a-kind bars, taverns, and restaurants that serve hot wings. I will list some of the restaurants in my area; which you may or may not have in your hometown.

*Buffalos Cafe

*Pizza Hut

*Taco Mac

*Dominos Pizza

*Johnny’s NY Style Pizza

*Zaxbys

*Checkers

*Outback Steakhouse

*Sidelines Restaurant

*Sidelines Pool Hall

*Beef O Bradys

*Kaysons Grill

*Longhorns Steakhouse

*Kentucky Fried Chicken

These are a few places in my area to get a order of hot wings. I have tried them all and each one is a little different from the rest of the hot wing restaurants. It really depends on what you’re looking for in a order of hot wings. Do you just order them as an appetizer or snack? Or do your plans include a long-term relationship, where you plan to make this the meal and you want a non-stop supply of hot wings? The size, price, and taste will always be factors. Let’s go ahead and rule out the size and price and just stick to the flavor of the hot wings. From a flavor standpoint; which restaurant would you go to right now for the best-tasting hot wings?

You already know Hooters is first on my list. You may not know which restaurant is a close 2nd and they offer a nice taste and size to their hot wings. The price isn’t cheap, but for another great place to get hot wings, you have to try the hot wings at Taco Mac. It may not be their main gig, but they do a really good job with preparing the bird just right for hot wing lovers. Their flavor choices are Lemon Pepper, Mild, Medium, Hot, Three Mile Island, Habanero BBQ, and Death. You will get blue cheese or ranch dressing, along with your celery. For those that don’t like celery, they will allow french fries as a substitution (Hooters could learn some customer service skills at Taco Mac). The only mystery that remains is which restaurant came up with the name “Three Mile Island” for their hot wings first? Taco Mac or Hooters?

If you ever get a chance to go to Marietta, Georgia; you might want to stop-in at a place on Old Highway 5 in Marietta called Sidelines Pool Hall. They just serve your typical bar-style hot wings. It’s those small wings you will find at most places, much like the ones Buffalo Cafe or Buffalo Wild Wings will serve up. Nothing fancy about their hot wings, but I give them the “Coca Cola” award for their wings. It’s like the standard in hot wings to me. We compare soft drinks by using Coke as the standard, you can do this with hot wings, if you try the ones at Sidelines Pool Hall in Marietta; which is right next door to a big thrift store.

How hot do you want your wings? No one should ever order mild wings. You have to start at medium and go up or your just eating fried chicken. If I order the wings at Pizza Hut Wing Street, I will choose the medium flavor. Their hot is a little too hot and isn’t a good tasting hot, if you ask me. Most restaurants I will go with the normal hot flavor of hot wings. Over at Zaxbys Restaurant, I usually go with their extra hot; which they refer to as “nuclear“. Kinda funny how Zaxbys, Taco Mac, and Hooters refer to their food as nuclear and makes you wonder how healthy these hot wings really are? The nuclear hot wings at Zaxbys is at the top of the charts for me and is the hottest wings I order with it still being a good hot taste. Zaxby’s does offer another level higher for those that get the 3 mile island wings at Hooters; you can go with the “insane” hot wings at Zaxbys.

I will give Beef O Bradys an honorable mention; when it comes to a good order of hot wings. They give huge stalks of celery with their orders and I would like to see them offer slimmer stalks of celery. Just too much chomping into their tree-trunk-size celery they provide with each order of hot wings.

So which place on my list do you like best for hot wings? Is there a place that I didn’t mention and you feel they offer better hot wings than most of the places I named? The Wing Factory has been voted the best restaurant to eat hot wings in Atlanta, Georgia. I do think they offer good wings, but I wouldn’t vote them above Hooters or Taco Mac. Lots of peoole like the Buffalo Cafe wings and especially when you can get all-you-can-eat wings for about 10 bucks. I like their wings at Buffalos, but do think they’re some better places.