Wings of Glory: Nuttin' But Wings Opens New Location
A couple of years ago, when I was relatively new at the Scene and still discovering the perks of employment, I was invited along on a mission to decide who had the best wings in town. I'll never forget the trip out to Clarksville Highway and Nuttin' But Wings. Their famous "Honey Hot" sauce had a stong impact on my young and impressionable mind—it was sweet, then hot, then sweet again. Magic.
So, imagine my delight when I spotted a "Coming Soon" sign for the wing joint on Charlotte Pike, just a few short blocks from the Scene's offices. I'm pretty sure the cross street was 15th; I do know that it was before the Jiffy Lube.
Check out Jim's 2006 Best of Nashville write-up after the jump.
Best Hot Wings: Nuttin’ But Wings Wing joints have sprung up faster than kudzu in every strip mall from Bellevue to Antioch, but so far there’s only one Nuttin' But Wings, worth the haul out Clarksville Highway to its hard-to-see home in a small shopping center at 3538 W. Hamilton Ave. At Walter Box’s chicken coop, you’ll find uncommonly toothsome wings, neither undercooked and rubbery (a sign of hurry you get in some high-volume wing-eterias) nor overcooked until they’re hard to tell from the bone. And even the maximum heat setting, the aptly named “Nuttin’ But Hot,” doesn’t scald your tastebuds so thoroughly you can’t enjoy the tangy subtlety of the sauce—although the “Honey Hot” has even more flavor and cumulative heat. Pain was never so pleasurable. —JIM RIDLEY
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What is it with your obsession to chains? You couldn't be happier if there were a Nuttin' But Wings on every corner. Let's go on vacation to Seattle and eat at Nuttin' But Wings!! How creative. You thrive on the total homogeneous banality that the chain restaurants offer. You see a dumbed down world of cookie cutter culture with little or no deviation in creative expression that humanity is supposed to be all about. You are thumbing your nose at the whole effort of Nashville Originals by giving credibility to the whole concept. All chain businesses operate on the basis of cost controls, low pay, and no creativity. With that sort of mindset we will no longer need but one chef, architect, artist, and musician. The rest of us will be relegated to the wage slave division.
Posted 07/24/2008 at 03:03:44 PM
Posted 07/24/2008 at 04:16:04 PMThere's something really hilarious about someone flying off on an insanely pissed-off rant when their basic point is completely wrong.
i cant read their name any other way than Nut 'N Butt Wings.
Posted 07/24/2008 at 09:02:06 PMhahah mr clone clone:
At least this location can be visited after 10pm.
And lets look at their sleek operation and vast menu selection: meat, meat, and fried potatoes.
Lets look at their vast variety of wings and the careful preparation, made with staggering skill.
Fry the fucking wings and dump some liquid on them.
Lets locate all of the franchises in areas already suffering from lack of food choices and watch them line up! Every fat greasy one of those type 2 diabetics all. Including Jim.
Posted 07/25/2008 at 07:54:44 AMLets look at their vast variety of wings and the careful preparation, made with staggering skill.
Fry the fucking wings and dump some liquid on them.
Right, Douchebag. That's all it takes. That's why every wing on the planet comes out exactly the same in taste and texture. Any idiot can do it! But you knew that.
Lets locate all of the franchises in areas already suffering from lack of food choices and watch them line up! Every fat greasy one of those type 2 diabetics all. Including Jim.
You're a mean drunk, Grandma.
Posted 07/25/2008 at 09:39:06 AMThis is not a national chain. There are no Nuttin' But Wings in Seattle.
What a douche.
Posted 07/25/2008 at 09:52:28 AMWhat makes it hilarious is that "CloneMachine" cloned his own comments from his Wild Ginger post. In other words, he is a chain commenter, rather than an independent one.
Posted 07/25/2008 at 10:57:03 AMIt sounded like a joke to me.
Posted 07/25/2008 at 11:37:10 AMre: douchebag, not only mean - but mean and miserable...
geeshk
Posted 07/25/2008 at 12:14:33 PMWhere will it be exactly on Charlotte? (I cannot keep up with the Scene moving every year :).
Posted 07/25/2008 at 12:46:32 PMI believe Lee said 15th & Charlotte, which would be fairly close to the downtown Y.
Posted 07/25/2008 at 06:00:18 PMDouchebag, you're a douchebag.
But I guess you knew that.
Posted 07/28/2008 at 01:55:36 PM