Slow Ride Roadhouse: Wingless Wednesdays

This week's wing adventure had us on the North side of Larry Town near the intersection of 59 and 24/40 highways at the Slow Ride Roadhouse, a "biker friendly" bar and grill.  I and my Wing Nutz compadres were really looking forward to going because we found on their web site that Wednesday nights is their 30 cent "naked" wing night.  Two great things about this: one, that is a really good price for wings; and two, we prefer our wings "naked" meaning without any breading.  So, double bonus for us! 

Now all the joy and excitement bubbling up and building with a week's worth of anticipation came crashing down no sooner than sitting down.  First, we were informed that they had changed the specials "months ago" sometime last year and wings were no longer it. We informed the waitress that their menu on their web site was outdated.  It happens I guess; maybe, but what shouldn't happen is to still have the wings listed as the special on their menu!  Yep, there it was in black and white: 30 cent "naked" wings on Wednesdays.  And we are not talking about some professionally designed and laminated menus either, so just print new ones. That is just lazy.  Now I know what you are thinking: "They honored the menu price, right?"  Uh, no; no they did not.   Rather than haggle, we decided to do what we were there to do and move on, quickly.  Besides the wing special fiasco our waitress seemed to be a heavy smoker and had an issue with phlegm as she continually turned her head away to clear her throat and cough.  The whole thing was both comical and disturbing at the same time. 

Finally our wings came. We ordered a variety of mild and hot wings, however the cook failed to mark which was which and our waitress could not distiguish them apart either.  Once we figured it out though we judged their "highway to hell" wings.   Overall we liked the flavor okay - they are not hot at all when you first taste them but the heat builds as you go - similar to how habanero gets you in the back of the throat.  Still, they could've been a little hotter to go along with their namesake.  As far as texture and tenderness, it was hit and miss depending on the wing.  Some skins were soft and slightly rubbery and others more crispy and tasty.  Here are the official Wing Nutz scores:

Appearance: 7, 7, 7, 6, 7
Texture/Tenderness: 6, 6, 7, 5, 6
Flavor:  6, 5, 7, 6, 6

When we calculate it all up it gives Slowride a total score of:  6.08

Slow Ride does carry a wide variety of food on their menu (if you can believe it).  Here it is for your viewing pleasure. 

http://slowrideroadhouse.net/pdfs/slow_ride_roadhouse_menu.pdf

My only suggestion is that if you are going to Slowride for anything specific that you see on the menu or listed on their web site that you call first just to be sure and avoid any disappointment.  We had heard that they have a killer breakfast buffet on Sundays and asked our waitress about that and she said, "Yes, we still do that."  Guess what?  No; no they don't.  

Still, they have live music most every week I think of different types of bands and music genres.  I enjoy sitting outside in the summertime where I can still hear the music and have the ability to converse with old friends, all while I do a little sippin' and puff away on a fine cigar.

Time to get on our "hogs" and move on down the road to Johnny's!