Pontillo's Pizzeria

I grew up on Pontillo's Wings and didn't know anything different.  Little did I know that this is as good as it gets as most other places don't make their wings this good.

I live in NYC now and you can find great food all over but never wings as good as these.  Every time I go to upstate NY I have to have Pontillo's Wings.  I've had wings in Buffalo NY and Pontillo's is just as good.  If you want to try good, real chicken wings you have to visit upstate NY and Pontillo's is a must try!

This Pontillo's used to be up near the plaza and I used to visit them there, then they moved down Union St. across from competition and I visited them there.  And now they're in their newest location near main street, and I'll follow them anywhere.

Overall I highly recommend the wings!  Oh they also have pizza and that's ok and their subs are pretty good.  I tend to just get chicken wings from them now.

Previous to my most recent visit, the last time I ate at Pontillo's was in high school! This week though, I came home to visit from San Francisco, where, I will add, it's damn near impossible to get a decent chicken wing, and had the chance to stop by Pontillo's.

The wings were exactly as I remembered! Crispy, spicy, meaty and delicious. Just the way a chicken wing should be. The blue cheese dressing that came with the wings was probably loaded with partially hydrogenated oil, but it tasted great and boy did I slather it on! They were pretty stingy with the celery that came with our order, but the price was right. 24 wings for $13.75 for three people was almost more than we could eat, but I remembered the pizza being great also, so we ordered one.

Unlike the fantastic wings, the pizza just didn't live up to my memory. The hot bubbly cheese and crispy crust were nowhere to be found, replaced with bland, rubbery cheese and a flaccid crust. I can get better pizza in San Francisco, and that is saying a lot.

Four stars for the wings; two stars for the pizza. Three stars overall.