Swings

Buffalo's culinary history is a cautionary tale littered with failed attempts to reinvent the chicken wing. Swings is one of the rare success stories in that department. Short for "specialty wings", the iterations sold at Kobie Lewis' Fillmore Avenue walk-up window have won five National Buffalo Wing Festival trophies, so clearly the strategy of working within the limitations of the source material has paid off. The variety of flavors is ample, if not quite as much so as at Wing Kings, Buffalo's reigning champion of creative wings: choose from standards like barbecue, lemon pepper, garlic parm, and of course classic Buffalo style with varying levels of heat, plus a well-curated selection of oddballs such as taco-seasoned wings.

• outdoors
• history

Address

2280 Fillmore Ave.

Getting there

Metro Bus 8 or 23; Metro Rail: Amherst Street

Hours

Daily noon-3PM & 5PM-midnight

Price

$15-25

Website

swingswings.com (opens in a new tab)