I've decided to start blogging about my new community! With that in mind, I have been told about two different places nearby that supposedly have great wings. Aaron and I decided to check out one of the places on Friday night. The restaurant is called Three Pines Tavern and is located in Mount Holly Springs. The drive ended up being almost 15 minutes which is a bit long considering how many other restaurants we passed on the drive, but if the wings are good enough, I'll drive for them!
The place is pretty close to being a dive with the booths being a little shabby and the decor very kitchy. The place looks fine from the outside though and it was pretty clean on the inside... With that said, it doesn't quite qualify for "dive" status. There was also a bar attached (with a separate entrance but interior free passage between dining room and bar).I failed to take pictures of the menu, but I remember some the prices (or at least, I think I do)... I really only looked at the wings because that was what I was there for! Anyway, the regular wings and the boneless wings are the same price - $4.95 for half-dozen or $7.95 for a dozen. If you wanted them crispy breaded (essentially the regular wings with breading on them, so a hybrid between boneless and regular wings), they are $10.95 for a dozen. If you wanted your wings "Chicago-style" (i.e. over fries), that was $2.50 extra while a basket of fries of $2.75. Other than wings, I caught that a crock of french onion soup was $4.50 and I think the chicken corn soup was like $3.50...
Anyway, on to our meals! I order a half-dozen mild wings (regular not boneless), Chicago-style. As you can see, the wings were a pretty good size! I got three flats and three drums... The mild was not super-hot but rather exactly was I expect from something called "mild". It had a great pepper and heat flavor without being overbearing. It was a very good wing sauce, but I can't say it was the best I ever had. My biggest complaint was that the sauce was a bit thing so it didn't stay on the wings all that well but it did soak the french fries underneath...
Aaron order a half-dozen wings in wing dust (which is essentially powdered spices rather than a sauce) and a basket of fries. An initial observation: his basket of fries was $0.25 more than making my wings "Chicago-style" and he got a ton more fries than I did... The wing dust was amazing - it really made the wings a lot crispier! I couldn't tell you what all was in the seasoning except I could taste Old Bay... I enjoyed my one (traded-for) wing-dusted wing better than the mild wings.
Overall, we had a fairly cheap dinner ($20 including Aaron's beer) that was pretty delicious! Especially when you take the price into consideration, I can't complain much. Three Pines also has a bunch of wing sauces and a few other wing dusts. Some of them sound delicious and I'd really like to try a few more: a ranch dust, a taco wing sauce, and a parmesan ranch peppercorn wing sauce.
When we left, I tried to get a good picture of the Three Pines Tavern sign or building on our way out. It was an utter fail, so I stole the above pictures from the Tavern's Facebook page. I did snap the photo on the right of the sign that was in the parking lot, advertising the specials .
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