A mid-2005 Update:  We visited Wings To Go in New Albany, IN and spoke to the owner about getting the wings real crisp.  On previous visits we had been unhappy about the crispness, but we noticed that the wings always came out in less than ten minutes.  We finally asked to have the wings cooked for 15 minutes.  The owner said she couldn't guarantee that they wouldn't be burned up, but we said go ahead.  We got them with Homicide sauce and an extra cup of Homicide sauce to dip them in.  It was a real challenge getting through the order and another challenge the next day, but they were quite good.  Not good enough to make the same level of the Great Wing Pyramid, but certainly third tier material.

Sue Turner informed us that a new wing joint had just opened in New Albany, Indiana (somewhere around Indianapolis).  We sent investigative reporters Fin Burton, Hal Turner and our own "Wing General" Phil Randall to check out the excitement.

When you enter Wings To Go, you can't help but be impressed by the stadium seating.  With a total of 30 seats, WTG barely stays under the guidelines of minimum seating for a good wing joint.  These are literally stadium seats, the same kind of seats you sit in at a baseball park.  With four levels of seats, it's always easy to see the big screen TV projected on the wall (they need to control the daylight coming through the windows in the daytime) and the other four TV screens throughout the restaurant. 

We went to the counter and perused the menu.  WTG has 18 wing sauces to choose from, and you have to make the decision on whether you want standard wings or "boneless" wings.  We chose standard and placed our order.  One thing we liked about the concept is the sign that says "Give us one minute to drop it, eleven minutes to cook it, two minutes to sauce it and you'll have your wings.  We like cooked to order wings any day over par-fried wings like Buffalo Wild Wings.

Here are the 18 Famous Sauces:  Mild, Medium, Hot, X-Hot, Suicide, Homocide, Bar-B-Cide, Bar-B-Que, Honey Bar-B-Que, Honey Mustard, Sweet & Sour, Buffalo Garlic, Golden Garlic, Lemon Pepper, Cajun, Curry, Teriyaki and Chesapeake Bay.  We ordered Suicide with a cup of Homicide on the side.

Other menu choices include Buffalo Shrimp, Jumbo Wraps, Sandwiches, Fresh Salads (thankfully, no pasta salad), Sides to include Chili, Fried Pickles, Jalapeno Poppers, Corn Dogs and Mozzarella Sticks.  Appetizers include Garbage Fries and Nachos, Onion Rings, Celery and Blue Cheese or Ranch, Baked Beans, Potato Salad and Cole Slaw.  For dessert, you can have Fried Cheesecake.  Beer and soft drinks are available.

Wings are available in multiples of 10, and they do have an order of 100 wings on the menu (we always like to see that) for $46.99.  A ten piece order will set you back $5.49.  The ten piece comes with either two pieces of celery on a Tuesday or six pieces of celery on a Thursday.  We can't quite figure that one out.  The celery is wrapped in a logo wrapper which we found annoying.  We also were unhappy with the knuckle joints in almost every piece of celery.

On Tuesday, our wings were a nice small size, but by Thursday they had grown to enormous proportions.  It's a good thing that we asked for extra crisp, because if we had not, the Thursday wings would not have been done in the middle.

We dipped the wings into the Homicide sauce generously and took a bite.  It only took a split-second to realize that we had fallen into wing heaven as the lightning bolt went straight from our taste buds to our brain.  Churning out powerful endorphins, our brains comforted our singed taste buds.  We worked our way through the rest of the order and settled back with a true natural high.  The Homicide sauce is the real thing.  Because of this wonderful sauce, Wings To Go will land in the upper echelon of the Great Wing Pyramid.  The sauce is not thick enough to be on the same level with Wing Stop and Quaker Steak & Lube, but the flavor and heat are pretty wonderful.

We weren't too impressed with the battered, seasoned fries.  We prefer a natural potato to a seasoned one, but they weren't terrible.  We haven't tried anything else on the menu yet...check back later for more information.

After the meal, it took a full 20 minutes for our tongues to stop throbbing - the true sign of a great wing joint.  Wings To Go will be a regular destination for us!  We visited their web site (be sure to bookmark us before you go) and found a directory of stores spread across the country.  Franchise opportunities are available.  This is a great concept with truly flavorful sauces.  Check them out.

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