Football season and wings… they go together like, well, football season and wings. It’s a natural pairing. Whether you’re craving your standard spicy buffalo, BBQ or specialty flavors, there are tons of choices from full-on wing shacks with a dozen sauce options to spots that just happen to have one killer wing dish on their apps menu. See below for a few of our favorites.
TRADITIONAL CHICKEN WINGS
Mid-City Chicken and Po-Boys
With eight flavors to choose from, you can’t go wrong at Mid-City Chicken and Po-Boys. They also offer party packages up to 100 wings tossed in up to five flavors.
Blue Oak BBQ
The smoked wings come with one of seven sauces, plus a side of ranch.
McKenzie’s Chicken in a Box
In business since 1952, order your party wing platters from McKenzie’s Chicken in a Box.
Bayou Hot Wings
You know this is the place to go for spicy wings based on its menu, which features a heat index. 14 sauces and flavors are offered, including the Bayou Beast, the only sauce with a level five heat rating. Try the Bayou Beast challenge by eating 10 wings in five minutes to win a t-shirt.
McHardy's Chicken & Fixin'
The seasoning on these wings just can’t be beat. Try the hot honey mustard or bayou buffalo wings.
FANCY CHICKEN WINGS
MOPHO
The Original MOPHO Nuoc Mam Carmel Wings are jumbo wings battered in rice flour (gluten-free), crispy fried & tossed in a MOPHO original lemongrass & ginger Nuoc Mam caramel glaze. Yum!
Maypop
These wings, tossed with blueberry hoisin and green onion, are given a coconut ranch sauce for dipping.
Dian Xin
Dian Xin offers two types of wings: the namesake Dian Xin wings, made with blackened pepper, soy sauce, and curry, and the Salt and Pepper wings, a dry wing tossed with jalapeno, green onion, garlic, and…you guessed it, salt and pepper.
Fritai
This Haitian street-food spot has epis-marinated wings fried to perfection with your choice of sauce: passionfruit BBQ, spicy mango, Creole hot, or roasted garlic.
Chi-Chi’s
This Korean-fried chicken spot has a dry soy garlic wing and a wet Gochujang wing. Try ‘em both with the combo wing option.
VEGAN CHICKEN WINGS
Bourrée at Boucherie
While this Cajun smokehouse is big on meat, they also offer vegan cauliflower wings in a variety of sauces. Regular chicken wings are available too! A buffalo cauliflower po-boy also makes the menu, and their fresh fruit frozen daiquiris complete the meal.
I-Tal Garden
At this all-vegan eatery, enjoy chickpea-battered cauliflower fried to a crisp and tossed in your choice of sauce.

Where to Find the Best Wings in NOLA
