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From Taco Week and Pizza Week to Burger Week, you’re likely no stranger to CityBeat’s range of week-long devotions to America’s favorite foods. But this January, there’s a new dish-centric celebration for you to sink your teeth into.
Cincinnati Wing Week will take place Jan. 25-31, 2021, offering $5 six-piece wing baskets at your favorite eateries across the city. Each participating Cincinnati Wing Week restaurant will fry up their own take on the wing from signature sauces to secret menu specialties and more.
Wing aficionados can pick up their Wing Week Passport and embark on a Cincinnati exploration; map out your week, try new restaurants, challenge your taste buds, and share your experiences on social with other Cincinnati wing lovers.
Participating restaurants include Agave & Rye, Anderson Township Pub, Berds Grill & Bar, Blondies Sports Bar & Grill, Bru Burger Bar, Catch-A-Fire Pizza, Clubhouse Sports Grille, Crzy Monk, Delicio’s Coal Fired Pizza, deSha’s, Dickmann’s Dope! Asian Street Fare, Drakes, Erics Bay View Grill, Game On, Goose & Elder, HighGrain Brewing, Hi-Mark, JTaps Sports Bar & Grill, Joellas Hot Chicken, Keystone Bar + Grill, Kitchen 1883, Knuk-N-Futz, LBurg Drinks & More, Ladder 19, LALO, Lucius Q, Mitas, Moerlein Lager House, Murrays Wings, OBryons Bar & Grill, Overlook Kitchen + Bar, Revolution Rotisserie & Bar, Sammys Craft Burgers & Beers, Skallys, Smoke Justis, The Wing Experience at Smokey Bones, Street City Pub, The Pub, The View at Shires Garden, Trifecta Eatery at Miami Valley Gaming and Wishbone Tavern. More restaurants to be announced.
Crzy Monk
Salt Pepper Classic Wings: Five crispy wings tossed with peppers, jalapenos and onions.
Lemongrass Wings: Five Wings tossed in sweet savory Lemongrass Sauce.
Take-out available. Provided by restaurantsMoerlein Lager House
Buffalo Wings: House buffalo sauce garnished with celery, pickled fresno peppers. Best when pared with our Groove Hazy IPA!
Bourbon BBQ Glaze: House bourbon BBQ glaze garnished with celery, pickled fresno peppers. Best when pared with our Barrel Aged Baltic Porter!
Take-out available; vegetarian option. Provided by restaurantsOverlook Kitchen + Bar
Everything Wings: Whole Grain Mustard Aioli.
Asian BBQ Wings: Gochujang BBQ.
Take-out available. Provided by restaurantsDelicio Coal-Fired Pizza
Jalapeno Cilantro Wings: 6 Award-winning wings marinated in jalapeno-cilantro lime vinaigrette and cooked twice in our coal oven. Choice of buffalo, dry rub, BBQ or our signature sweet red chili.
Super Inferno Wings: 6 Award-winning Super Inferno wings special. These are a limited time only wings these are not for the faint of heart but oh so spicy good!
Take-out available. Provided by restaurantsGoose & Elder
Chicken Wings: Calabrian chili sauce,
parmesan dip.
Take-out available. Provided by restaurantsLALO
Honey Chipotle Wings: Five crispy wings tossed in housemade honey chipotle sauce.
Thai Sticky Wings: Five crispy wings tossed in housemade Thai sweet sauce and topped with peanuts.
Take-out available. Provided by restaurantsThe View at Shires’ Garden
Shires Wings: Gerber farms jumbo chicken wings, dry-rubbed then josper-smoked, and served with our zesty garlic sauce.
Take-out available; vegetarian option. Provided by restaurantsThe Ugly Goat Social Club
Chicken Wings: Seasoned wings, smoked to perfection on the smoker, smothered in your choice of our house-made sauces (Spicy BBQ, Spicy Garlic, Hot, BBQ, or Parmesan Garlic). Provided by restaurantsSammy’s Craft Burgers & Beers
Sammy’s Jumbo Wings: Choose any of Our SAMMYS Signature Sauces tossed or on the side: FIERY | MANGO | JALEPENO | SWEET CHILI | BUFFALO | BBQ | TERIYAKI | BOURBON | GARLIC PARMESAN | HONEY SRIRACHA + Add Celery & Ranch or Bleu Cheese.
Take-out available. Provided by restaurantsDope! Asian Street Fare
Dope! Wings: Wok fired in dope sauce, topped with fried garlic, cilantro, mint and lime wedges.
Take-out available. Photo: Provided by Dope! Asian Street FareKitchen 1883 Anderson
Thai Lemongrass Wings: Chef Nats Featured Thai Lemongrass wings served with ranch or bleu cheese dressing.
Chicken Wings: Choice of naked, dry rub, or our house-made sauces: buffalo, bourbon BBQ, Nashville Hot-Honey glaze, sweet chili glaze. Served with ranch or bleu cheese dressing.
Cafe 1883- On The Rhine Eatery: Burn on the Rhine Wing Challenge.” This challenge will include 8 hot wings that need to be finished in 5 minutes. Once finished, the participant must wait 5 minutes before drinking anything. If this challenge is completed, the participant will win a gift card to OTR Eatery and OTR Eatery gear.
Take-out available. Provided by restaurantsCatch-a-Fire Pizza
Wood-Fired Black Gold Wings: Robust, mildly spiced with soy, molasses, sriracha & balsamic finished with gold sauce.
Wood-Fired Romanesco Wings (vegetarian): With spicy buffalo sauce & served with ranch.
Take-out available; vegetarian option. Provided by restaurantsdeSha’s American Tavern
The Wham: Wings- 6 traditional wings tossed in house dry rub served with a Pico de Gallo Buffalo sauce on the side.
Take-out available. Provided by restaurantsHighGrain Brewing
8 Jumbo Confit Chicken Wings: With your choice of Blueberry BBQ, Buffalo or House Spicy Buffalo.
Hop Smoked Cauliflower Wings (vegetarian): Served with your choice of Blueberry BBQ, Buffalo or House Spicy Buffalo.
Take-out available; vegetarian option. Provided by restaurantsSkally’s
Greek Wings: Lemon Pepper dry seasoning, served with crumbled feta, chopped parsley and Tzatziki for dipping.
Bourbon Sriracha Wings: Bourbon Sriracha sauce served with chopped cilantro and Ranch for dipping.
Take-out available. Provided by restaurantsKeystone Bar & Grill
Keystone Wings: Choose from Keystones signature BBQ, buffalo, perfect harmony, or dry rub wings. Served with celery and bleu cheese dressing.
Take-out available. Provided by restaurantsSmokey Bones
Black Cherry Boneless Wings: *8 boneless wings.
Smoked Wings: in Memphis Dry Rub with Sweet Glaze.
Traditional Garlic Parmesan Wings
Take-out available. Provided by restaurantsBerd’s Grill & Bar
Berd’s Bone-In Wings: Served with your choice of sauce: Classic Buffalo, Hot Buffalo, Extra Hot Buffalo, Spicy Garlic, 24 Karat Gold, Sweet BBQ, SYMMES TAVERN BBQ, Sweet Heat BBQ, Chipotle BBQ, Kickin Korean BBQ, Caribbean Jerk Rub or Cajun Rub. All Wing orders include Celery and Choice of Ranch or Blue Cheese.
Take-out available. Provided by restaurantsJoella’s Hot Chicken
Joellas Hot Chicken Big Wing Special: “Our full-size Big Wings include both the wing and the drumette and come spiced in one of six unique heat levels including: no heat Southern, Spiked Honey, Ellas Fav, Tweener, Hot, and wavier-worthy Fire-In Da-Hole. Because our wings are so big, you get 3 whole wings for the $5 price and a dippin sauce of your choice. Its a lot of food and a great value!”
Take-out available; vegetarian option. Provided by restaurantsEric’s Bay View Grill
Eric’s Wings: “We use our own technique for delicious, tender, and crisp wings after marinating in our secret recipe. Choice of sauces: Teriyaki, BBQ, Buffalo, Thai Chili, Jerk, and Bay Spicy Rub. Served with ranch or blue cheese.”
Vegetarian option. Provided by restaurantsKitchen 1883 Union
Cherry Bourbon Wings: Chef Seans Featured Cherry Bourbon wings served with ranch or bleu cheese dressing.
Chicken Wings: Choice of naked, dry rub, or our house-made sauces: buffalo, bourbon BBQ, Nashville Hot-Honey glaze, sweet chili glaze. Served with ranch or bleu cheese dressing.
Cafe 1883- On The Rhine Eatery: Burn on the Rhine Wing Challenge.” This challenge will include 8 hot wings that need to be finished in 5 minutes. Once finished, the participant must wait 5 minutes before drinking anything. If this challenge is completed, the participant will win a gift card to OTR Eatery and OTR Eatery gear.
Take-out available Provided by restaurantsRevolution Rotisserie & Bar
Classic Wings (6): Choice of: Honey BBQ, Lightning, Buffalo Garlic or Grizzly.
Boneless Wings (10): Choice of: Honey BBQ, Lightning, Buffalo Garlic or Grizzly.
Take-out available. Provided by restaurantsKnuck-N-Futz
Kellz Hell: Dry Rub for all you PepperHeadz! Consists of the hottest peppers around, including, but not limited to Scorpion, Ghost and Carolina Reaper! Packed full of flavor as well.
Kajun Garlik Parmesan: Salty, Garliky, and Cheezy all in one. Available in all heat levels, Medium, Hot, X-Hot, Triple X, and Solar Flare.
Take-out available Provided by restaurantsLadder 19 Wings
Ladder 19 Wings: 6 wings with your house of house-made Sweet BBQ or Spicy Garlic sauce. Served with ranch or bleu cheese and celery. *Boneless option for $7 Provided by restaurantsDrake’s
Drakes Sriracha Wings: Crisp & zesty Sriracha dry rub wings, juicy on the inside & packed with flavor; served with your choice of ranch or blue cheese; six in an order. Provided by restaurantsOakley Pub & Grill
OPG Wings: Straight Up Original Style! Hot, Medium, or Mild with your choice of our Signature Blue Cheese or Ranch.
Take-out available. Provided by restaurantsTrifecta Eatery at Miami Valley Gaming
Makers Magic: House-smoked wings covered in a Makers Apple Glaze.
Take-out available. Provided by restaurantsStreet City Pub
Casablanca Wings: A dry rub mix of spices that are warm and exotic. Add dipping sauce or dressing for some extra fun.
Vegetarian option. Provided by restaurantsThe Establishment
In House Smoked Wings: Deep fried with the choice of any or our homemade sauces, Mild or Hot Buffalo, Garlic Buffalo, Honey Sriracha, Orange Teriyaki, BBQ. With a side of Celery.
Take-out available. Provided by restaurantsBlondie’s Sports Bar & Grill
Blondie’s Wings: Choose your flavor. Sauces: Mild, Medium, Hot, Blazing, Spicy Garlic, BBQ, Spicy BBQ, Teriyaki, Blondies, and Sweet Chili. Dry Rub: Lemon Pepper, Cajun, and Ole Bay seasoning
Take-out available. Provided by restaurantsBru Burger
Buffalo Wings: With housemade Cavern Club hot sauce served with your choice of Buttermilk Ranch or Bleu Cheese dressing.
BBQ Wings: With our chipotle BBQ sauce served with your choice of Buttermilk Ranch or Bleu Cheese dressing.
Take-out available. Provided by restaurantsThe Hi-Mark Road House
Classic Buffalo-Style Wings: 6 Jumbo Wings with Classic Buffalo-Style Sauce.
Lemon Pepper Dry Rub Wings: 6 Jumbo Wings with lemon pepper dry rub. Provided by restaurantsDickmann’s Sports Cafe
Stingin Honey Garlic: This is the newest sauce to make its mark at Dickmanns. A little sweet and a little hot with a hint of garlic. Provided by restaurantsO’Bryon’s Bar & Grill
OBryons Cincinnati: Choose your sauce: Mild Buffalo, Dry rub Cajun, Hot BBQ, Habanero Ranch plus one side of house made Ranch or house made Bleu Cheese.
OBryons Newport: Choose your sauce: Mild Buffalo, Dry rub Cajun, Hot BBQ, Spicy Garlic plus one side of house made Ranch or house made Bleu Cheese.
Take-out available. Provided by restaurantsQuaker Steak & Lube
Traditional or Boneless Wings: Spun in one of 24 sauces and dry-rubs including the Award Winning Arizona Ranch, Golden Garlic, Louisiana Lickers and Dusted Chipotle BBQ. Provided by restaurantsSmoke Justis
Smoked Wings: Smoked wings tossed in chili garlic sauce made with local honey and minced garlic with a hint of spice and topped with crushed peanuts and green onion.
Vegetarian option. Provided by restaurantsThe Pub Rookwood
Buffalo Makers Mark BBQ Wings: Traditional & boneless.
Take-out available. Provided by restaurantsAnderson Pub & Grill
APG Dry-Rub Wings. Provided by restaurantsAnderson Township Pub
Moonshine BBQ: Our crispy, golden fried wings tossed in a smooth bbq sauce infused with moonshine for a one of a kind flavor.
Jalapeno Mango: Our crispy, golden fried wings tossed in a sweet and spicy sauce with subtle hints of fruit
Take-out available. Provided by restaurantsArnolds Bar and Grill
Naked Wings: Wings so good that you dont need the sauce. Brined, seasoned with our own secret dry rub and fried until crispy Provided by restaurantsBanh Lao & Thai Cuisine
Ginger Chicken Wings: Deep-fried chicken wings with thinly sliced onion, scallion and mixed with ginger dry rub. Other wings include Dynamite Chicken Wings, Jalapeno Chicken Wings, Sweet & Sour Chicken Wings.
Take-out available. Provided by restaurantsCin-Ci-Que
Blueberry Buffalo: Fresh blueberries muddle together with brown sugar and other spices, blended with a classic buffalo sauce to finish that sweet flavor off with just the right amount of heat.
Golden Buffalo:Our signature sweet Carolina Golden barbecue sauce blended with our classic buffalo creating tangy heat that will leave you craving more.
Take-out available. Provided by restaurantsCopper Blue Wings
Copper Blue Wings: Six of our jumbo wings prepared with a hint of smoke, tossed in Sweet Thai Chili or Parmesan Garlic and served with our signature Danish blue cheese or house-made ranch dressing Provided by restaurantsCork and Cap
C&C Marinated & Smoked Wings: Fried then tossed in a fiery international flavor packed hot sauce. Dusted with Ranch powder.
Vegetarian Option.
Take-out available. Provided by restaurantsJefferson Social
Your choice of dry rub or sauce: DRY RUB:
OTR BUTT RUB BBQ
TACO
CINCY CHILI
INFERNO
SAUCE:
CHIPOTLE BUFFALO
SPICY GARLIC
JAMESON HONEY
EL DIABLO
Take-out available. Provided by restaurantsJ Taps Sports Bar & Grill
J taps Wings: Petes homemade wing sauce mix Provided by restaurantsLBurg Drinks and More
Lburg Wings: Traditional or Boneless wings with any sauce or dry rub, celery & ranch or blue cheese dressing (over 20 sauces to choose from)
Take-out available. Provided by restaurantsLucius-Q
Original Sweet and Spicy: Dry-rubbed, slow-smoked wings for $5. At Lucius Q, we believe all of our meats shine without the sauce, but if youre gonna dunk em, we recommend our Bama White BBQ Sauce
Korean BBQ: Were BBQ purists, so we dont have any mango-pickle coconut habanero sauce. Chef Tom did, however, whip up some kick-ass Korean BBQ sauce for Wing Week that were excited about.
Take-out available. Provided by restaurantsMidwest Best BBQ and Creamery
MBs Smoked Fried Wings: G-Funk: G-Funk is our signature wing! Theyre smoked, fried to perfect crispiness, then tossed in our house teriyaki sauce and sprinkled to savory perfection with our homemade cajun ranch rub
MBs Smoked Fried Wings: Grippo: We pay homage to the OG of chips in the city. Our house Grippo inspired rub goes perfect with our smoked crispy fried wings!
Vegetarian Option.
Take-out available. Provided by restaurantsStone Lanes
Bone In or Bone Out: Available in Plain, Buffalo, Garlic Parm or Mango Habanero Provided by restaurants