Chicken Restaurants

Buffalo Wild Wings

Grand Promenade Suite 230
Charlotte, NC 28262
(704) 510-1545

Walked past it 5 times and never got around to going in, now I have. Buffalo
Wild Wings at the Grande Promenade II Upper level.

Having been a lifetime Buffalo Sports fan and local to western NY, I take particular
notice of anyplace trying to sprinkle the word New York or Buffalo Style on
their menu. All in all, I left with no offense taken.

When you walk in your get the strong wood-grain and projection TV atmosphere
of a sports bar, with alot of games and color around. Its like a sports bar
and a ChuckECheese had a baby and its name was Buffalo Wild Wings. This is to
say a very fun looking place and nice relaxing atmosphere, with an incredible
amount of sports on a ton of TV’s.

If you want to watch the game, this layout and atmosphere seems absoluetly
perfect to do so.

The menu at Buffalo Wild Wings, is pretty much what you might expect, if anything
a bit less to choose from than I would have though when opening the huge multi-color
menu. You will find the expected affair of wings, burgers with fancy combinations
and chicken sandwich type platters.

What did catch my attention quickly was the fact that it was actually pretty
pricey for this type of place.

Both me and the Ms. had a burger from the selection, her a Shroom and Swiss,
and me a Black and Blue Burger which is spicy blue cheese. Both burger were
about $4 or $4.50 and that isnt with anything but a pickle next to it. Not that
this is a pile of cash, but its just for the burger, this burger better sing
and dance for most of $5.

We went with the standard side served at Buffalo Wild Wings which is potato
wedges, or short little steak fries.

Firstly, the waitress was very nice, very friendly and attentive, so for that
we say thanks upfront.

The burgers came out and looked awfully dissapointing, about 8 tiny from a
can mushrooms on the wife’s and mine basically looked like I made it at home
with a thin-thin patty, or to say, not impressive to see.

The fact that I just paid $4.50 for just this pretty sad burger was a bummer
for such a cool place. But there is some slight salvation, the burger tasted
good. While it looked like a homemade burger for over $4, it also tasted like
one, but from the grill. There is a distinct grill taste and the burgr despite
looking like not much for alot of money did really taste good. Also nice bonus
points for a place that finally uses a real "roll" and not a puny
bun. The taste difference of the good hearty "real roll" is measurable
and appreciated (since I just overpaid anyhow).

Should you goto Buffalo Wild Wings?

If you dont think $4.25 for a burger, then $2.50 more for fries, then paying
for a drink is too much to pay for a decent burger? then yes. This is a fun
place to watch the game, and Im going to guess they have some great monday night
football scenes in this huge place with 20+ TV’s.

Not overly impressive food presentation, pretty sad actually, but the ingedients
and real grill taste saved some face. This coupled with a great huge and casual
sporty place makes for a fun but not all too great dining experience.

If you want better food, or you are with a date, goto Red Robin. If you are
with the boys and wings sound like a possability, then give this place one try.

Chick-fil-A Davis Lake

3 Stars 

Charlotte Critic
8433 Davis Lake Parkway
Charlotte 28269
704-596-2229
Menu Features: chicken, chicken sandwiches,waffle fries

Restaurant Review For Chick-fil-A Davis Lake
So Chick-fil-a just opened in the Shoppes at Davis Lake on Dec 8th I believe it was. being a northernern and extreme southerner, I can honestly say I went through 30+ years of life never having tried this franchise much less this location. I am going t address any readers as if they havnt tried it either, though the entire state of North Carolina likely has. My first impression was that this franchise has a slightly higher standard, much like Boston Market does. While it is fast food they do keep it clean and well decorated at all times. I am certain the Davis Lake Homeowners had something to say about that at some point as well. The location is nicely laid out and has a huge play area for the kids easily watched through the windows by the parents, so thats a nice touch they all seem to have. Here you will find your normal numbered meals, around 5-7$ each, they only do chicken so as you imagine they do it fairly well. The few nice touches here are you get waffle fries which pack a bit more weight on them, and that they have hot sauce as a ready to go condiment which is nice for college kids to get their late night drive through on with. If you havnt eaten there before you probally wil find the all chicken “all the time” menu to be pretty slim on choices, I guess as thousands of mothers realize everyday, “there is only so many ways to serve chicken” before it gets old. If you dont want to try to find a Wendy;s to grab their tasty chicken sandwich, or you are sure just chicken is what you want, this is a nice southern franchise that keeps a very clean friendly location in the Shoppes at Davis Lake.