Buffalo Wild Wings

Yes, I know, reviewing chain restaurants that everyone has been to is less exciting, and seemingly less valuable, but whenever something changes, it's nice to give a heads up to those that haven't been there in while.  So met the guys on Sunday to watch the Cubs lose at BWW at Elgin, and the theme for the day seemed to be DRY - both good an bad.  First, we had 5 different baskets of wings, and i am not sure if its due to congressional budget cuts or what, but they were all dry - very little sauce on any of them.  The waitress had to bring extra sauce all around to fix it up, so not a terrible issue, but how hard is it to sauce wings?  On the other hand, I finally tried the desert heat dry rub they are now offering, and that was pretty tasty.  Dry on purpose is OK, but a spicy/smoky flavor that was delicious.  So the good news is that BWW has not run out of new ways to serve wings (there's your investment tip for the week).  Everything else was a little off though, so wondering if there is a new chef or just an off day?

Nice, local place to watch all the hot sports going on. I like going here when I don't wanna go anywhere far. Service is always good. Drinks are inexpensive. The bad thing about Buffalo Wild wings is that their price for the wings specials keep going up. It's still good to eat every now and then though!

I come here about twice a month for lunch and have always enjoyed my experience. Great options for sauce and seasoning means you can try something different every time. Attentive staff, good food, clean bathrooms, etc. Jaime is always our waitress and she always takes great care of us when we come in! If you're someone who comes here often, they have a great punch card system which saves you $5 after 5 punches. I've never been here to watch a sports event, but based on the number of TVs in this place (must be at least 35) I'd say it would be a great place to be on game day.