Wings Around the World

I LOVE it. Cooked to perfection and the flavors are amazing. Great, great chicken! Also the customer service is great, everyone is nice. Try it once, and you’ll definitely be going back for more.

Like Jonathan K said — they are not closed. They just moved to a location further east. AND the owner has a sign outside offering a free meal to homeless people at a certain time on Sundays, or Mondays (I forget which at the moment. I will make note the next time I visit).
So here is my review: The food is awesome. Some of the best wings you will find in Chicago — just go!

HEY EVERYBODY! I know this listing says CLOSED, but what it fails to mention is that Wings Around the World has REOPENED just a few storefronts away at 600 East 75^th (@S. St. Lawrence). Oh how were the wings? Amazing, the best wings ever in Chicago, etc, etc. BUT SERIOUSLY. Wings Around the World lives, and anyone who says otherwise is trying to get between you and some serious chicken and you don’t need that kind of person in your life.

Dude… seriously.
If this place opens up a location on the north side, near my house, I’m so screwed.

Officially and currently my favorite wing place in Chicago. Why? This is the only place I know that gives you the option, for an inexpensive extra cost of course, for Grilled Wings.
I traveled 2 hours to this place the first time and I never regretted the day. I love these guys and their wings. Granted this place is in the «Hood» but they are so worth it.
I actually have a list of favorites and personally recommend them:
1. Strawberry BBQ (Not in the menu but you can ask them)
2. Spicy Buffalo
3. Jerk BBQ
The owner Beng is genuinely a very nice guy and makes you feel very welcome at his place of business.
I get excited seeing this guys at the Annual Chicago Wingfest. I’m looking forward to going back to this place soon for some yummy, yummy wings. Yep.

The wings are spectacular, good business. And I’ve only tried like four flavors, which there is an actual plethora from which to choose. After five attempts, all from me changing my order, they were quickly served. Cool. Good business.
The only thing that halted that last star was the not enough fries. Even though I ordered 50 wings, the combo only added one soda and one fry, so I let that lay.

This is my favorite carry out restaurant in the south side of Chicago. I usually order the Canadian section (maple wings, maple twist, and Montréal Madness wings) parmasean garlic, and the strawberry bbq wings)
There are many eateries on 75^th street but I always eat here because the food is always cooked to order and the customer service is excellent.
I highly recommend this establishment.

Oh, it’s worth it. As a buffalo wing lover I’m always on the hunt for the mythical «best wings». I still miss my «hot wing» days from Atlanta as there was some good wing eating in the ATL. My hometown could never really compete with the ATL buffalo wings though I have been satisfied by places like Hooters, Buffalo Wild Wings and Wing Stop.
Now enter Wings Around the World. This place makes some really good wings and at .50 a wing (when bought in enough quantity) the price to taste ratio may be unmatched. The Honey Lemon Pepper are a must have and that Cheesy Buffalo is also some tasty goodness (though messy).
If you’re a wing lover, give ‘em a try.

This place is pretty no thrills. Good wings and plenty of flavors to choose from. We tried the Cheesy Buffalo, Montréal Madness, Garlic Parmesan, Kamikaze, and Fire Jerk.
I think the other reviewers were spot-​on with their reviews of the mentioned flavors. Our favorites were the Cheesy Buffalo and Montréal Madness. The Fire Jerk was missing the fire and was very herbaceous. The Garlic Parmesan was pretty tasty. I really enjoyed the cheesy garlic crumbs. The Kamikaze, although it packed a decent amount of heat, really lacked taste.
The Fried Cheese Wedges are pretty good but nothing spectacular. I’ve had better versions elsewhere.
It’s kinds of a haul to get there since we’re Northsiders but it was definitely worth the travel. Wish we wouldn’t have gotten stuck in traffic because I’m sure our wings would have been more crisp. At least the wings stayed nice and hot.

I also got the Groupon, which was the nudge I needed to check out a place that’s really not too far from me. Glad I did.
We got the Indian Cosmic Curry, Greek Lemon Garlic, and Japanese Kamikaze. We really enjoyed the first two — nice and flavorful and a good break from the run-​of-​the-​mill Buffalo/​BBQ style wings.
The Kamikaze wings are more the kind of thing you eat on a dare than a great culinary experience. I have an asbestos palate, but these were pretty over-​the-​top. They start out reasonably hot and then just linger and intensify over time. I still have 6 or 7 left over from our order of 10, and it was a bit rough on the stomach later that night and the next morning, if you catch my drift. You could call it evidence that — in fact — my mouth DOES write checks my ass can’t cash.

My friends and I bought Groupons here, and when we called ahead to place the order she was VERY nice and accommodating. I believe we had to place several orders to be able to use our Groupons and she was very patient. By the time we drove over to pick it up (around a half hour or so) the wings were ready.
We decided to go with side orders of the cheese wedges… DELICIOUS! I can’t remember all the flavors of wings we got, but I remember liking them all. I think my particular favorite was the Garlic Parmesan. I love garlic though… and could eat it by itself so I might be slightly biased. The Masala, Jamaican jerk, and lemon pepper ranch were good as well.

Last Friday, we elected to use our groupon at Wings Around the World. Ordering over the phone was quite an easy process. Twenty minutes later, we arrived to pick up our order: Pineapple Jerk, Garlic Parmesan, Curry, Honey Teriyaki, and standard Buffalo Wings. We also ordered the combo w/​a side of cheese wedges and fries. Even though they told us 20 minutes over the phone, we waited an additional 25 minutes for our order.
The wings themselves were very good. In terms of flavors, our favorites were the Garlic Parmesan, Honey Teriyaki, and Buffalo (although we would get spicy buffalo next time). We would not get the Curry and Pineapple Jerk again. The cheese wedge was good (fried mac and cheese), if not a little strange. My favorite was the fries. I don’t know about anyone else, but I love slightly soggy skinny fries. I hadn’t had any of these since Zambia (yes, I had shoestring fries in Africa), and they were very good.
Look forward to trying other wings at Wings Around the World.

Went here last nite to order 30 wings with intentions of ordering 4 flavors… The woman at the counter only let me order 3. So I ordered Sweet and spicy plum, Honey lemon pepper and mango jerk… and an order of the mac and cheese puffs whatever the heck they’re called.
I sat down and waited about 20 minutes and I noticed everyone was ordering the cheesy buffalo which would of probably been better than mango jerk because that was the only flavor I disliked. I absolutely loved the honey lemon pepper! The sweet and spicy plum was good. the order was huge and is enough for 3 – 4 people, the chicken wing itself was plump and tender… and the best part it only costed $ 18 bucks.
Very curious to try the cheesy buffalo and strawberry BBQ which AGAIN a few people ordered while I waited for my food. Also the deep fried mac and cheese is very rich and cheesy and seems like your heart will stop at any moment after biting into it but they are so yummy.
I’m giving it 4 stars because they messed up my order even though it resulted in 10 free wings but mainly bc the customers that ordered after me got to choose more flavors with a smaller order than mine. WTF? I would of threw in that one extra star had I got my 4 flavors. but hey 2 great flavors out of 3 for a first timer is not so bad. And I will definately be coming back!
Ps. h*ly sh*t I just noticed how many times I wrote «order» in this review?!
I know, horrible writing but its useful info my friends. Lol.

There isn’t a better place the epitomizes hole in the wall, as the restaurant consists of a «hole in the wall» to place orders and pick up food from and chairs lining the sides of the walls for you to wait for your food. With that said, I have no complaints, as the low overhead keeps the prices really low. 30 sizable wings, large fries, and a soda was only $ 21 after tax. More than enough food for two people.
I found the wings to be juicy and well seasoned — I ordered the buffalo, Jamaican jerk, and the garlic parm. All were delicious. I normally don’t like buffalo sauce as much as the other flavors, but the buffalo here was great. Although it might not be the safest place to get wings at night, this is a place worth taking a trip to the South side for.

I counted 9 countries and 43 wing flavorings offered here. I picked up 20 fried wings for $ 12.99. 10 were American lemon pepper, and 10 were Jamaican mango jerk. The mango jerk tasted pretty close to the lemon pepper, but with a sweet and not very mango flavored adder. Both servings were nonetheless tasty and satisfying. The wings and drumsticks were also good sized and plump. I’ll probably go with 30 wings for $ 15.99 next time, and there will indeed be a next time!
The store is quite spartan, with just a couple of worn bench seats. Your order your wings, and it takes about 15 minutes if no one is ahead of you. Just a note — the internet menu may say they have grilled wings, but they only do fried I was told.
A good stop, and a lot of choices. There was easy and close street parking out front on 75^th street. They’re also open til 5am (apparently a night club is next door), so any wings craving you may have can be satisfied almost anytime!

1? I know, right? It’s like, whoa. But, listen to my sad sad tale. It all makes sense…
So, I’d been planning on coming here for months! Months! I’d told people about it. I’d written about it. I’d supported it. So, finally, the time had come for me to experience these heavenly wings. I’d stalked the website. I’d talked to friends. I had my order in mind and my plan was sound. I hopped in my car, fought torrential downpours and interstate traffic and, 50 minutes later, I was here. Wings Around The World! Yes! Hold up. What’s this?
As I pulled up, I was greeted by a sullen-​looking malcontent, leaned up against the building and smoking a cigarette. He mean-​mugged me as I parallel parked and mean-​mugged even harder as I got out of the car. No stranger to mean-​mugging (I have the merit badge), I exchanged the neighborhood greeting with him and made my way to the door. As I get closer to the door, he rolls his eyes, throws the butt on the sidewalk… and walks in in front of me! As I go to the counter, he goes BEHIND IT to start preparing food.
Oh​.HELL​.NO! I am under no illusion that nasty isht happens in kitchens all the time. Don’t show me. Done. Done! I drove way too long and under too many annoying conditions to come here for ‘smoked’ wings. It’s a shame. The young lady behind the counter/​front of the house was quite lovely, polite & gracious. I am sorry that I had an unfortunate run-​in with the cook before meeting her and that he stayed in full view of me as I contemplated (even after all that) ordering some food.
75^th Street and I need to take a break.

After reading most of the good reviews about this place I decided to try it out. The atmosphere is lacking but its a pick up and go type place so not a big deal. I tried the Buffalo, cheesy buffalo and teriyaki. All the wings were fried to perfection the sauces were a little ‘meh’. The buffalo sauce was good, which was the main one i craved. The teriyaki was ok but not the best. The cheesy buffalo was HORRIBLE!!! I repeat… do not waste you sauce selections on CHEESY BUFFALO!!! Ok the easiest way to describe it is buffalo flavored wings sprinkled with some type of popcorn cheese. NO DICE!!! Its kinda a hit and miss with the various sauces. So for the most part
the service was quick and the place was clean, i will probably go back again.

Rejoice, Unilocaldom!
After numerous aborted missions, roads fraught with peril, I finally reached the apex of the wing kingdom: the quest for the Holy Grail of chicken wings has concluded. Reality matched the myth, legend, and hyperbole and I give my fellow Unilocalers Andre W. and Tina B the maddest props for their highest recommendations that rang true across the land all the way to my Albany Park residence summoning me down to 75^th and King Drive!
Having been a fried chicken fan all of my life, I’ve had the privilege to go to college in a fried chicken hotbed: Baltimore. There, names like Tyrone’s, Lake Trout, and Kennedy Fried Chicken dot the landscape and MEAN something. Having heard and read and obsessed about the Wings Around the World menu, I felt like a professional archaeologist Googling up the menu, pictures, and reviews rendering myself ready to dig into these godly wings.
What is Wings Around the World about? In a nutshell: 9 countries, 34 flavors, this place has more flavors of wings than Baskin Robbins has of ice cream. Today I had the honor to march into Wings Around the World and it didn’t seem appropriate to order a pedestrian number of wings to consume, so I didn’t just double down on my normal order of wings, I tripled down and ordered 30 wings!
Thirty wings?! That’s right, $ 15.99 later and I got myself a helping of Sweet Ginger BBQ, Honey Teriyaki, and Cheesy Buffalo. Reuben H and Aurore L got themselves Sweet Plum, Jamaican Jerk, and Cheesy Buffalo. We waited in the foyer and spent time reading the various news articles heightening the anticipation for these wings! The wings came out and off we went to Hyde Park to chow down on our incredible find.
It was at the University of Chicago in the Reynolds Club at Hutchinson Commons that the Holy Grail of chicken wings was unveiled! After waiting so long and having gone so far with many aborted attempts to make this trip, the moment was finally here. The first item off the bucket list could finally be crossed off and I would indeed be tasting the best chicken wings Chicago had to offer. Andre didn’t lie, the Sweet Ginger BBQ wings were otherworldly and I went sent shaking my head and was held speechless from the deliciousness of it all. Blindness could have struck and I wouldn’t have known the difference so powerful was the taste and sensation of these thoroughbred chicken wings.
The Sweet Ginger BBQ threw combinations of flavor on my tongue faster than Manny Pacquiao’s fists can blast through punching bags! I found the Honey Teriyaki to be a bit dry and underwhelming, but the buttery richness of the Cheesy Buffalo restored my faith. Just looking at the Cheesy Buffalo, it was clear that this would be completely unhealthy, but you have to live once in awhile and today was a day to live.
This food was so delicious and the chicken was still crisp, and I didn’t feel one bit ashamed that I had a giant foil tin of thirty chicken wings in front of me while other people in the Commons were studying or playing chess in near silence! I couldn’t tell you what ingredients they put in the wings and I frankly don’t care — Wings Around the World wings are a miracle of the food world and justified the long arduous journey as it was love at first bite. Once you have a taste of the Holy Grail of chicken from Wings Around the World, you’ll never see chicken wings the same way again. You might even turn into me, chowing down on cartilage because these wings are good to the last chomp!!!
Thanks be to Wings Around the World.
Amen.

Being a wing eating MF, it was only natural that I check this place out and this Saturday I finally got the opportunity.
I walked in thinking I would sit down and eat, but I noticed there were no tables around and there was just some waiting couches. On the wall you can see they have 9 different countries represented here and they have almost 50 different flavors. It took awhile to realize what I wanted (a shortage of workers and one person being in front of me helped buy some time). I decided to go with 5 Sweet Ginger BBQ repped by China and 5 of the the Honey Jerk represented by Jamaica. I also went with the fries which was thin cut and delicious. After I ordered my food I was told it would be a 20 – 25 minute wait by the cutie working the register
I sat there watching people come in picking up huge pans for various parties they were having causing my mouth to water more and more. They have different combo packages to choose from such as 1000 wings for $ 450 or 100 wings for $ 50 (Well worth it by the way). My order was ready in about 10 – 15 minutes and I grabbed my bag and ran to my car. I drove home like a madman and luckily ran into no traffic on ⁹⁰⁄₉₄ (strange for a saturday evening). The more I drove the more the smell started to penetrate my nose. Living in Wicker Park, parking can be ridiculous in the evening and luckily I ran into someone moving their car just a few doors down from my apt. I ran inside with the quickness!
I sat down and busted open the bag which had wing juice all over the place. One bite into the Sweet Ginger BBQ changed my life! The sauce was very rich and packed with flavor. The Honey Jerk was out of this world as well. I think it is safe to say I had the best wings of my life. I definitely have to get back over here to try more flavors. I recommend this place to wing lovers everywhere.
I came back and tried the Strawberry BBQ, which is not on the menu and it blew me away! The Canadian Maple twist is great… you can taste the maple syrup. The Honey Mustard is out of sight as well. Everyone get over there! Seriously!!!

I’ve been to this location twice so far, and both times the wings have been excellent. (Update: Three times now!) I’m tempted to give this place a five-​star rating, but I’m dropping one for a couple of reasons.
First, it takes ages to get your wings. I strongly suggest doing what I did today, and entering that phone number up there into my phone so that I could call in and place my order for pickup, do some light shopping, and in 15 – 20 minutes, they’ll call and let me know my wings are ready for pickup. It made the whole process go much more smoothly and I didn’t have to sit in their bland waiting area all that time.
Second, while the flavors of the wings are EXCELLENT and numerous — its transference to the wings is not a constant delight. I’m basing this on the fact that both times I went, I got the General Tso’s wings (not on the regular menu because it’s a new flavor) and the first time, they were lovely and glazed with sauce that was a textural delight to compliment the delicious flavor. This time, the flavor was still there, but to a lesser extent because the sauce must have been thinner and didn’t cling to the wings enough, leaving them almost dry on the outside by the time they hit my mouth.
That in mind, aside from the luck-​of-​the-​draw regarding the flavor making its way to the wings and staying there, the flavors ARE excellent. Here’s a rundown of the wings I’ve had so far (and my own personal out-​of-​5 star rating):
General Tso’s (not on the regular menu): 5 of 5, but I love General Tso’s chicken so if you love it as well, you’ll love these wings.
Kamikaze (Japan): 3 of 5, because the chicken was great, but these wings pack a METRIC TON of heat. Not necessarily flavor or taste, but HEAT. I’d rather my mouth burn for a reason than just for the heck of it due to heat alone.
Teriyaki (Japan): 5 of 5, these wings had a lovely teriyaki glaze that tasted much better than any bottled teriyaki flavoring I’ve ever had, and they had a nice glazed coating of it.
Cheesy Buffalo (not on the regular menu): 5 of 5, these new recipe wings will probably fit on the American menu with the other buffaloes. There was indeed a hint of cheesiness, which worked well with the buffalo flavor.
Jerk Honey BBQ (Jamaica): 4 of 5, since the sauce technically delivered all of the flavors it promised, but it was just so busy with all three of these things that they just didn’t harmonize well. Still rather tasty, but left me feeling similar to watching a movie that had been highly anticipated and hyped and then you leave afterwards wishing they’d spent more film on action and explosions and less time on the guy-​gets-​the-​girl romantic-​comedy nonsense subplot.
Maple Twist (Canada): 4 of 5, when I asked the attendant what the different between Maple and Maple Twist, she told me that the Maple Twist was sweeter. I think they add honey to it or something, so I went with that one — wanting a different experience than my Kamikaze trip. To be fair, the sauce tasted GREAT. The only problem was that the only way to find that out was to dip my finger in the watery puddle underneath my wings. I don’t know if this is how the sauce typically is, or if I got a bad luck-​of-​the-​draw batch after the sauce got watered down or something because they were running low. I won’t knock it to a 3, which is what they technically were, because I believe in these wings, and maybe if they learn to live up to their viscous potential, they might make it to 5 someday.
Parma Garlic (Greece): 3 of 5, there was definitely parmesan cheese on my wings, but it overpowered any chance of tasting much of the garlic. Also, I’ve learned that the wings based on a rub (like this one, rather than a sauce or glaze) tend to come out looking and tasting a little burnt and dry. I liked the parmesan taste, though.
Bourbon (USA): 4 of 5, the sauce was great and the wings were still moist and not sitting in a little puddle of tasty sauce, meaning it was thick and held on. The bourbon taste wasn’t all that strong, making them taste a little generic compared to some of the other wings with stronger flavors. Interesting glaze, though, and delicious wings nonetheless!
I hope to add to this list of flavors (by eating lots more wings), and I hope my insane review-​ish rantings will assist you in choosing this eatery and what to eat when you get there. Just seriously, go in and take a look, then leave and go shopping and call to place your order 15 – 20 minutes before you want to eat, unless you have an iPod or enjoy staring at walls for extended periods of time. (Oh, and if you want to use your credit card, it’s a minimum order of $ 10.)