Photo courtesy of Smoking Gunz Wingz / Facebook.
Getting stumped on which chicken wing flavor to get can be a universal experience, but this coming weekend, you have a chance to try at least 20 different flavors.
Jersey City Happy Hours is hosting its first-ever Jersey City Wing Fest this Saturday, July 19 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. at different locations throughout the downtown area of the city. Hitting it up bar crawl style, one ticket gives attendees access to mild, spicy, smoky and/or saucy wing flavors.
Participating locations include:
- The Ashford (Hot Nashville and Hickory Smoked BBQ)
- Ani Ramen House (Crispy Miso Sake)
- Carmine’s (Buffalo Chicken Pizza 1/2 Slice)
- Boots & Bones (Nashville Hot and BBQ)
- Franklin Social (Soy Garlic & Blueberry BBQ (Duck Wings)
- Helen’s Pizza (Hot & Mild)
- Jam Cakery Events (Pineapple Habanero, Buffalo Blue Cheese (Vegan)
- Kimchi Guys (Spicy & Sweet Chili)
- Left Bank (Buffalo & Cajun Dry Rub)
- Skinner’s Loft (Lemongrass Ginger & Garlic Chili de Arbol)
- Smokin Gunz Wings (Killa (Spicy Honey Mustard) and Snipa (Lemon Pepper Dry Rub)
- South House (Grilled BBQ Rub & Crispy Buffalo)
- Stella’s 24-Hour Eatery (Classic Buffalo and Zesty Greek)
- Tony Boloney’s (Shitfaced (Honey stout BBQ, crushed fritos) & Stingerz (Hot Honey)
- And more pending!
Attendees can try two wings per participating restaurant and get a free sweet treat at the end of the event at Downtown Yogurt, located on the Newark Pedestrian Plaza.
A portion of each ticket will also benefit the Community FoodBank of New Jersey, which distributes food “to more than 800 community partners including food pantries, soup kitchens, and child and senior feeding programs.”
An adult ticket costs $38.10, including a $3.10 fee, and a child ticket costs $22.20, including a $2.20 fee. Participants will receive a punchcard at their designated check-in location. You can buy tickets here: https://www.jcwingfest.com/.
How it works:
- Check in at one of the designated check-in locations
- Receive your punchcard
- Once you receive your punchcard, you are free to go to all locations however you would like
- At each restaurant your punchcard will be marked for that restaurant
- Enjoy your wings while walking around Jersey City
- This event will be held rain or shine
Jersey City Happy Hours, a local service, aims to “help people have more fun” through happy hours, food and events throughout Jersey City.
Earlier this year, they held JC Pizza Fest that ran through downtown’s pizza offerings.
You can stay up to date by following their Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jerseycityhappyhours/.
