As soon as you walk into Sanderson Street Tavern, which is located in the lovely city of Throop, you can tell they are a very modern joint. The place is a new restaurant in Throop, and you can tell by the interior. The place is well-lit, very clean, and decorated to appeal to a hipper, younger crowd. The main area is dedicated to a long bar with an open floor separating some bar tables on the opposite side. There is also a back room sort of area that contains a couple more sit down tables. While we were there, a lot of country music was being played. I attribute this mostly to my one friend who was there when I arrived, who loves country music. This is the extent of my ability to deduce from the obvious. The service was good and the wings came out very fast. The waitress was friendly as well. Overall, it’s a great place to hang out if you’re looking for a classier establishment.
The wings were a real mixed bag here. You did get some big ones, but then other ones were smaller. It was hit or miss, and at $0.45 each, it’s not the greatest deal around.
The flavors can essentially be boiled down to Regular, Barbecue, and garlic flavors. There is nothing outrageous here, but the addition of Dr. Pepper to Barbeque sauce is a nice little touch. Also, the Hot sauces are made with Sriracha.
I was very excited to try this place out. It’s new and a lot of my friends suggested as a place to try. I was let down in the end, though. The menu states all Hot sauces are made with Sriracha, but I didn’t really get that from the wings. It may be because a lot of the wings were lacking sauce. The Hot seemed like the sauce was almost baked on the wing. There just wasn’t enough there. There was hardly any flavor either. It was like eating a plain wing with no sauce. The Hot Honey Garlic were a bit more tasty than the Hot. It added a slight sweetness to the bland hot flavor. The Hot Garlic Parmesan appeared to have freshly grated parmesan flakes on it. I liked the touch, and it did enhance the flavor of the wing. The garlic flavor was a bit lacking, though, in my opinion and with a bland Hot sauce as a base, it didn’t really help. The only shining beacon in the dark here was the Dr. Pepper Barbeque. I’m not even a huge fan of Barbeque, but maybe in comparison to the hot, it made them that much better. Even though I didn’t get much of a Dr. Pepper flavor from this wing, it still had a nice, tasty zing to it. It had a certain sweetness, like Brown sugar and a bit of a tanginess to boot. If you get a wing here, get this one.
I first heard of the Sanderson St. Tavern while reading the newspaper a few weeks ago. They were featured. The picture was a good one that showed a new, interesting place to spend an evening. The Sanderson St. Tavern caters to all walks of life and to any age. When we walked in I made the comment that there people who were about 23 to people that appeared to be in their 60s. It was cool to see that. Inside the Tavern, you will notice that it has a lot of space. I would imagine that on a weekend night that it can get pretty crowded due to the fact that it is very clean inside and it also has a very large bar area. The actual bar was like 15 yards or so with tables on the outskirts of it. They also have an area where live music can be played. The atmosphere was a welcoming one. Our server was kind and gave us liberty to order and which way.
For today’s average wing prices, the wing size to price was right around average. 45 cents a wing for a wing night is sadly becoming the norm. The size of the wing at Sanderson St, Tavern was average as well. Not the smallest we had but nowhere near large. You might want to order a few more if you have a big appetite.
They have 9 flavors at the Sanderson St. Tavern, which in past reviews of other places with similar number of flavors has resulted in better scores. The reason they have better scores is that their variety of wings was better. You can get mild, hot, bbq, Dr. Pepper BBq, hot Dr. Pepper BBQ, mild honey garlic, hot honey garlic, mild honey parmesan and hot garlic parmesan. I really wish that they had more flavors and more different types of flavors. It’s like they have 3-4 flavors and then you can switch hot or mild with them, thus giving them more flavors.
I ordered the hot, hot honey garlic, hot garlic parmesan and Dr. Pepper BBQ. The plain hot were strange. To me, they just didn’t really have much taste to them. It was bizarre. The hot honey garlic had a solid sweet taste from the honey and you could taste the garlic but I wish they had more garlic. The hot garlic parmesan was interesting. They actually were topped with real shredded parmesan cheese, something I have never seen before. It was a really good touch. Finally, the Dr. Pepper BBQ was the best I had there. They had the tang you would get from the BBQ sauce but also the added sweetness form the Dr. Pepper. Don’t go thinking that you are going to taste the 23 flavors of a can of Dr. Pepper, that’s not going to happen. But you will taste a well-balanced flavor that delivers.
