I agree 100%. I posted the following in Chowhound Toronto ("Toronto's
Best Wings" is a debate that comes up so often I pretty much repeat
the same post each time). Duff's sucks even at their original
location.,,,
I agree totally. On a recent visit to the Buffalo area I went to both
Duff's and the Anchor Bar to do a proper taste test. Ordered a plate
of "medium" at each. To me, Anchor wins hands down. The wings
themselves (the meat component, and how they were fried) weren't much
different, but Anchor's sauce recipe includes butter to cut down the
vinegar bite. Duff's tasted like the wings were dunked in pure hot
sauce, and the resultant strong vinegar fumes turned me off and made
me sick.
My wife can't handle anything hot so she ordered mild... at Duffs this
meant she got a plate of wings with almost no sauce (it looked like
they took the bottle, shook a couple dashes on the wings, and served
it). She felt totally ripped off. At Anchor, they cut down the spice
and increase the butter ratio so you still got nice saucy wings at the
correct spice level...
I expect to get flamed by all the Duff fanatics very soon...
n Aug 23, 2:14 am, "Bundo" <bundo...@sympatico.ca> wrote:
> After years and years of wanting to go...I finally made it to Duff's famous
> wings tonight.
> After all the hype and all the fanfare...I would have to honestly rate their
> wings as a massive disappointment.
> I challenge anyone who claims these are "great" wings to visit the Tara Inn
> on Eglinton, just west of Brimley in Scarborough.
> These pathetic famous wings don't hold a candle to the Tara's on a Wednesday
> night when the bald chef is on his game. he is magic.
> My friend described the Duff's wings as something he could prepare at home
> with a toaster oven, some No Name frozen wings and some Frank's hot sauce. I
> concurred.
> The place was packed tonight and is truly living on it's name alone. Most of
> the poor saps in Duff's have never had really good wings like the Tara
> offers and enjoyed it's plethora of flavours. The guys next next to me were
> increduously going on about how good the wings were. They even bought a
> T-shirt. I was nauseous.
> Brutal stuff here people. Duff's bags.
