DUFFY'S WINGS GOOD WITH, WITHOUT SAUCE

DATE: July 13, 2005
PUBLICATION: Palm Beach Post, The (FL)
EDITION: FINAL
SECTION: NEIGHBORHOOD POST
PAGE: 11

MEMO: Boynton Beach

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Friends had once told me there were wings, then there were Duffy's wings. Once I finally tasted them on a catered football game bus trip, I had to agree.

But with no Duffy's near our house, that one catered event was my only Duffy's experience. When the former Glory Days at Hypoluxo and Congress went out of business, we were thrilled to see Duffy's go in some time later. We were planning a family birthday party for 16, so it seemed like the perfect occasion for Duffy's wings. We stopped by the day before the party and ordered 50 wings with original, hot and honey garlic sauce on the side ($29.95 for 50). We passed on the "death sauce," since most of our family wouldn't want them that hot. The wings came with celery and carrots and a generous portion of bleu cheese dressing.

We also ordered a 6-foot club sub - loaded with ham, turkey, bacon, Swiss cheese, lettuce and tomato ($49.99). The soft sub roll was a hit with our family.

Breading and frying before adding sauce seems to be the key to the Duffy's difference with wings. Several members of our family liked them so much that they didn't use any sauce on them.

Judging by the sauce containers when everyone was done, the honey garlic was the favorite, followed by the original and then the hot sauce. The garlic sauce might have been the most intense garlic flavor I have ever tasted on any food.

No matter how you eat them, Duffy's wings are tops. We're just glad they are in the neighborhood now.

- TOM PEELING

Duffy's Sports Grill

Address: 4746 N. Congress Ave., Boynton Beach Phone: (561)963-3234

Hours: Sun.-Th., 11 a.m.-midnight; F-Sat., 11 a.m.-1 a.m. Our favorite food: Duffy's wings

Price: 10 for $7.50; 25 for $17.25; 50 for $29.95

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