Sanderson Street Tavern is appropriately located along Sanderson St. in Throop. The place features plenty of floor space with a nice, long bar and some sit-down tables in a back area for a more cozy dining experience. Opened just under two years ago, Sanderson Street has a very clean and modern look to it. We sat at the bar and had great service. In fact, we sat down, ordered our food, ate, and left all within about 45 minutes. It was not super busy during our visit, so that probably helped speed things along. Out bartender was friendly and was constantly checking on us. Overall, we had a great experience at Sanderson Street Tavern.
Sanderson Street Tavern has their wing night on Wednesdays, offering wings at 40 cents each. It’s becoming harder and harder to find places that offer wing night prices that low. The wings themselves were nice and crispy, but a bit on the smaller side. You may want to order more than you normally would to ensure you don’t leave feeling hungry.
The first time we went to Sanderson Street Tavern, around the time they first opened, they were lacking in the flavors department. Boy, have they grown. On top of you classic flavors, they offer some truly unique and varied options such as Vinegar & Old Bay, Dr. Pepper Barbeque, and Taco. It seems they are trying new things too because there were some flavors not on the menu like Bloody Mary and Porketta. Sanderson Street also features new flavors on wing nights. On our visit, they were serving Cajun BBQ.
A lot of the flavors at Sanderson Street Tavern stood out to me, so it made it difficult to choose just four. The Steakhouse is a dry rub seasoning of something similar to Montreal Steak Seasoning. It’s such a simple idea that tastes great on a wing. The Hot Garlic Parmesan is a tasty wing that consists of garlic, parmesan cheese, and Sanderson’s Hot, which is a Sriracha-based sauce. The Vinegar & Old Bay is a dry rub wing with Old Bay seasoning and malt vinegar added. I really enjoyed the addition of the vinegar to add a bit more flavor to that Old Bay spice. Finally, the Sweet & Spicy Mango Habanero was a sweeter sauce with a hint of heat in the back. I personally could have used a bit more of that habanero spiciness in the sauce, but I think it gets the job done for the general masses.
The Sanderson St. Tavern has only been in business for about a year or more, and they have continued to up their wing game. When we first went here a while back when they first opened, they only had a few wing flavors. Now they have around 20 flavors. That shows me they care about what they’re doing and that’s awesome to see. Equipped with a large bare area, with ample room, they also have an area for just tables. The place is super clean, and the whether you sit at the bar or not, you will get fine service. Our server was attentive to us and pleasant.
They aren’t the largest wings that you will ever encounter, so I suggest you order 1 more order of 5 from your usual order, just to be safe. But, they get and 8 because their wing night price is 40 cents, which is under the average. That may not mean a lot to the old timers who remember the days when wings used to be 10 cents on wing nights. Well wake up, those days are over, Sega Dreamcast didn’t make it, Clinton is out of office (for now)and everything has risen in price including wings. Deal with it.
Like I said, Sanderson St. has really upped their wing game. Not only do they have upwards to 20 flavors, they also have a very unique flavor list. Flavors like Dr. Pepper bbq, lemon pepper, porketta, sweet habanero and taco really makes this flavor list pop out at me. Also, their regular hot sauce is made with sriracha sauce, something I really appreciate not only as a flavor but also as taking a slight risk on the traditional hot sauce taste. They also have a feature sauce of the week that is not on the menu and changes every week. This week it was Cajun bbq. One thing I wish they did however was to inform me about which flavors on their menu were dry rubs and which ones weren’t. Flavors such as taco, lemon pepper, which I ordered, I thought would have been wet sauces. Not the biggest deal that they weren’t, I just would like to know what I’m getting myself into.
The lemon pepper was a solid combo of exactly what you’d expect; lemon and pepper. And what was nice about this dry rub was that they didn’t overdue it with either the lemon or pepper. Just the right amount of each. Next was the porketta. This is one I’ve had at many places and the only way to really screw it up is to under season it. Fortunately, Sanderson St. Tavern know how to season a wing and didn’t happen. It was seasoned just fine. The last of the dry rubs I got was the taco. It was coated with a sufficient amount of taco seasoning that tasted fine, I just wish they would perhaps add some cheese to or maybe sour cream and salsa. Something to make it stand out. Lastly, I got the feature flavor; the Cajun bbq and it was excellent. I’m not even a big bbq sauce on wing kind of guy but when I saw the word Cajun attached to it I was very intrigued. It had the sweetness of the bbq sauce for sure. But then it had the zestyness and slight heat of the Cajun added to it that made a solid combination, one that I hope they add to their permanent menu.
