Wobbly Wings & Iowa Football - A Perfect Pair!

The holidays are upon us, and more than this being a time to share with family and friends, it also means that there are a lot of college bowl games coming to the best place to watch sports in Des Moines! There are many delicious menu items at Wobbly Boots Roadhouse in Clive to enjoy with an ice cold Iowa beer from our tap while you watch the games, but by far the most popular football food always seems to be those jumbo Wobbly Wings.

Wobbly Wings
As we mentioned, there are many menu items that seem to pair nicely with watching the game, like our Bar-B-Que Pork Nachos, Sliders, and Bacon Wrapped Shrimp for example. For some reason though, Hot Wings seem to be the favorite. 

Our preparation may have something to do with that because, on a wing scale of 1-10, ours sit at about a 20+! First, we coat jumbo chicken wings in our special house dry rub. Then they get slow-roasted over hickory for the perfect amount of time, ensuring only the most flavorful, juiciest wings possible! They taste amazing served plain, but our wing sauces add even more unbelievable flavor. 

• Bar-B-Que - Our own homemade in-house BBQ sauce. A perfect addition to wings (or any meat, for that matter!) 
• Teriyaki - Our own house-made sweet & sticky glaze... DELICIOUS!!!
• Hot Dijon Sauce - A little hot mustard + buffalo sauce + some sweet = Delish!
• Jalapeno Garlic - Minced jalapenos combined with garlic in a butter sauce. A great flavor mix!
• Chipotle Buffalo - Buffalo sauce infused with chipotle peppers making a buttery, smoky buffalo sauce. 

You can order a plate for yourself of 5 or 10 wings, or go big and get the plates of 20 or 30 wings to share with a few fellow football fans. The more you order, the more sauces you can try! 

The Pinstripe Bowl
The awesome Iowa Hawkeyes will be taking on the Boston College Eagles on Wednesday, December 27 at 4:15 pm in New York City at Yankee Stadium for the Pinstripe Bowl. This is the 5th season in a row that the Hawkeyes have ended their year with a bowl game. Both teams are going into this with a 7-5 record. Be sure to get to the Boot early and get a great seat to cheer on our boys. This game just happens to start during Happy Hour (3-6 pm) so perfect timing! 

The Liberty Bowl 
This year Iowa State's incredible Cyclones will be playing the Memphis Tigers in the Liberty Bowl on Saturday, December 30 at 11:30 am in Memphis, TN at the Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium. This will be ISU's first bowl appearance since the 2012 Liberty Bowl. They are said to have one of the better defenses in the country this year, so we're expecting an exciting game! Come on by and grab a seat when we open at 11 am, order some lunch, and settle in for a great game.  

Catch ALL the Games
With 17 TVs positioned conveniently throughout our Des Moines BBQ restaurant and bar, 18 tasty brews on tap (including many local craft beers,) an extensive menu, and the best wings in town, this is truly the best place to catch all of your favorite sports! Gather the family or call your buddies and tell them to meet you at Wobbly Boots Roadhouse for some delicious BBQ, refreshing drinks, all the awesome sports action, and an all-around great time. 

Award-winning BBQ right here in Des Moines! 

Don't forget you can take home 16 oz. bottles of Wobbly Boots House Recipe BBQ Sauce!!

Open EVERY DAY at 11:00 AM!

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1301 NW 114th St
Clive IA 50325

(515) 223-5700

Where Did The Hot Wing Come From? Find Out Here!

One of the most popular menu items at our BBQ restaurant in Des Moines happens to be the Wobbly Wings. That's not surprising, because wings are a popular item most places you go, but our hickory-smoked goodness puts ours a step above the rest! Did you know that this delicious appetizer has only been around just over 50 years? Wobbly Boots Roadhouse did a little digging and found a few interesting things to share with you about this tasty treat. 

Conflicting Histories of the Hot Wing
As is the case with most legendary tales, the origin of today's hot wing is a bit cloudy. One fact is for sure. They were first introduced in Buffalo, New York in 1964, hence the popular name "buffalo wings." In the 1960's, the chicken wing was considered the least desirable part of the bird, and if it wasn't automatically thrown in the trash, it was generally only used for stock. The rest of the history is up for debate.

• The most popular origin stories revolve around Teressa Bellissimo, a Buffalo, New York restaurant owner. One account chalks the appetizer creation up to a mistake. She and her husband Frank were expecting a delivery of necks, which they used to make spaghetti sauce for their establishment, the Anchor Bar. Frank convinced her to get creative rather than waste the shipment. Teressa chose to deep-fry the naked wings, toss them in some hot sauce, and serve them up with bleu cheese dressing and celery sticks. 
• Their son, Dominic, remembers the story a little differently. He says that his mother created the wings after he asked her to make up something special late on a Friday night. Most of their customers were Catholic and weren't eating meat on Fridays. Since they had been spending lots of money in the bar that evening, Dominic wanted to offer them a special treat at midnight as a thank you for their patronage.
• One last twist on this particular tale was that Teressa came up with her amazing wings one night when Dominic and his friends from college came in hungry. The one thing that all of these stories has in common is Teressa and her creative use of a throw-away meat.  
• There is one story that does not involve Mrs. Bellissimo. John Young says that he grew up eating chicken wings, and he created a special "Mambo Sauce" to go with them. His wings were breaded before they were deep-fried, and the drummies and flats were not separated before cooking. He registered the name of his restaurant, Wings 'n' Things, in the mid-60's before he left Buffalo in 1970.

The Boot's Very Own Wobbly Wings

Regardless of the true origin, the appetizer gained popularity throughout the 1970's, first in Buffalo, then across the entire state of New York. Today, it's rare to find a restaurant in the country that doesn't serve some version of this incredible food. 

Our family restaurant in Des Moines takes pride in our of version of this classic. First, we coat jumbo chicken wings in a very special house dry rub, and then we slow roast them over hickory. This ensures that you end up with the most flavorful, juiciest wings possible. 

Now, if we only served them up plain, we don't believe there would be a complaint in the house. They are incredible on their own! We couldn't stop there, though. In addition to our "naked" smoked wings, you can also order them covered in one of five unbelievable wing sauces. 

• Teriyaki
• Our own house made sweet & sticky glaze... DELICIOUS!!!
• Hot Dijon Sauce
• A little hot mustard + buffalo sauce + some sweet = Delish!
• Jalapeno Garlic
• Minced jalapenos combined with garlic in a butter sauce... Great Flavor Mix!
• Chipotle Buffalo
• Buffalo sauce infused with chipotle peppers making a buttery, smoky buffalo sauce.
• Bar-B-Que
• Our own homemade in-house BBQ sauce, a perfect addition to any wing!

What are you waiting for? Get on over to Wobbly Boots Roadhouse and order up a plate full of our savory wings. They come in orders of 5, 10, 20, or even 30 if you're sharing, or really really hungry! You can also order them along with 4 baby back ribs from our appetizer menu. After you try our Wobbly Wings, we're confident that you're going to agree we have the best hot wings in Des Moines! 

Don't forget you can take home 16 oz. bottles of Wobbly Boots House Recipe BBQ Sauce!!

New Second Location - Same Incredible BBQ!

Open EVERY DAY at 11:00 AM!

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1301 NW 114th St
Clive IA 50325

(515) 223-5700

7 Football Food Fun Facts About Chicken Wings

Every current list that we came across listed the #1 football food to eat during Superbowl 50 as chicken wings.  Wobbly Boots Roadhouse's award-winning wings will be at the top of your "favorite wings" list once you try them.  The best restaurant in Des Moines knows exactly how to prepare them so they are tender, juicy, and mouth-watering.  While we're on the subject of wings, let's start out by telling you a few fun facts about this football-watching food favorite. 
  

1. The Superbowl turns 50 this year, but the wing has been around longer.  This March marks 52 years since they were first served in Buffalo, New York.

2. Chicken wings gained popularity as a football food after the Buffalo Bills played in four Superbowls in a row. 

3. On Superbowl Sunday, Americans generally eat about 1.25 billion chicken wings across the country.  

4. The average person can eat a dozen wings in one sitting.

5. The world record for most wings eaten was set in January 2015 at Philadelphia's Wing Bowl 23.  Patrick Bertoletti ate 444 chicken wings in 26 minutes, followed very closely by Molly Schuyler who ate 440 chicken wings.  

6. In the long-time debate over ranch vs. bleu cheese dressing for chicken wing dipping, ranch usually wins with the most votes.  

7. Frank's Red Hot sauce is said to have been used on the first chicken wings. We have our own secret recipe Chipotle Buffalo sauce at Wobbly Boots Roadhouse, plus three other delicious choices.  

Wobbly Wings

Here at the Boot, we take extra-special care preparing chicken wings.  Our juicy jumbo wings are coated in our house dry rub, then slow-roasted in the hickory pit.  We we serve them up with your choice of ranch or bleu cheese (because we love both!)  Order them in batches of 5, 10, 20, or 30, either dry or with one of our four delicious sauce choices. 

• House Recipe Sauce - A great addition to anything!
• Original - A sauce like no other. 
• Chipotle Buffalo - Our version of traditional buffalo.
• Teriyaki - Sweet meets heat. Delicious!

The best place to watch the game in Des Moines is at Wobbly Boots Roadhouse. Seventeen TVs and the best wings in town!  While you are here cheering along with all the other football fans, place an order for a few of our delicious Wobbly Wings.  We know they will be your favorite new food to have every time you watch any game.  

Don't forget you can take home 16 oz. bottles of 

Wobbly Boots House Recipe BBQ Sauce!!

Second Location - Same Incredible BBQ!

Open EVERY DAY at 11:00 AM!

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Wobbly Boots Roadhouse

1301 NW 114th St
Clive IA 50325

(515) 223-5700