There’s a dedicated day for everything these days – burger day, chocolate day, wine and cheese day and today is International Chicken Wing Day. We’re not complaining, a day to celebrate some our favourite foods is a welcome excuse to treat yourself. Whether you like your wings fried, super spicy, buffalo, honey-glazed or BBQ, you’ll be impressed with Canberra’s strong wing game.
I compiled a chicken wing list 3 years ago and I thought it was time for an updated list. So for the love of wings, I’ve found where you can get some of the best chicken wings in Canberra from the Southside to Northside, including 50 cent wings.
Fricken – 10 Lonsdale St, Braddon
This popular chicken joint on Lonsdale St started as a food truck and quickly became a Canberra favourite. Fricken have a range of fried chicken packs, burgers and sides. They also have gluten free fried chicken available and specials like their $12 crispy lunch box, 50 cents wings on Wednesdays from 5pm and more. Their CMG box is a must try if you love crispy chicken with mashed potato and gravy. They also dish up chicken and waffles and there’s a range of vegan options for the non-chicken eaters among us.
Bootleg – 50 Bunda St, Canberra
Visit Bootleg to get a little taste of a cocktail jazz bar with prohibition-era speakeasy vibes. Visit on a Friday night for live jazz or head in for karaoke and trivia during the week. Visit on Mondays and get 50 cent buffalo wings from 4pm. You can choose from mild, medium or hot buffalo wings, sweet and spicy or house BBQ. If you want something more than wings you can order a plate of their Nashville fried chicken, a burger or a charcuterie platter.
Mookie – 4A/21 Genge St, Canberra OR 13B Anketell Street, South Point Mall, Tuggeranong
If you can handle the heat try Mookie’s LA-style hot wings. Choose your spice level starting from gringo, mamacita and loco. Go for the loco wings if you’re feeling a little crazy and you want to feel the burn. You can get three or six and they’re served with The Bronx hand cut pickles. Try their Mookie Sakura (nori rice bun) burger for something different or go with the classic wagyu if you want to keep it simple. Make sure you get the futaba seasoning on your chips or gems, and if you need more chicken in your life try their Harajuku chicken bites with yum yum sauce. Wash it all down with a sake jelly shot or a shake and leave room for one of their concretes if you have a sweet tooth.
WPB – Wings Pizza Beer – Shop 5, 38 Reed Street North, Greenway
The owners of Ace High Eatery closed their business and had a short break before opening PWB – Pizza Wings Beer. Wing lovers are going crazy for this place, the reviews speak for themselves with many people saying they’re the best they’ve eaten. You can choose from 8 different flavours including Nashville hot rub, garlic parmesan, classic buffalo and spicy BBQ. They have heaps of different sauces to choose form if you want to mix up your flavours and you might want to get a side of frings, a bowl of fries and onion rings.
Young & Frisky – Gungahlin Place West
Young & Frisky have been dishing up their fried chicken creations in Gungahlin since 2016. They offer a slection of fried chicken combos with sides of mac n cheese, pickles and mash and gravy. Their wings are all served with pickles and they come in serves of 6, 12, 24 and 50 with 10 different sauces like honey sesame, satay, bacon and cheese, JD and coke, pluckin’ hot, honey mustard and house bbq. Their house made dipping sauces range from 90 to over 90,000 on the Scoville heat unit and they dish up 50 cent wings on Sundays.
Token – Sydney Building, 34 Northbourne Ave, Canberra
If you’re an avid gamer or enjoy playing pinball, pool and retro arcade games you might want to head to Token and consume a bowl or six of wings. They offer bottomless wings on Thursday nights for $25 per person. The price includes bottomless wings with 5 flavours to choose from and a jug of Reload lager, soft drink or a pint of Canadian Club. The bottomless wing offer is super popular and they went through 140kg of wings on their biggest night with a record of 45 wings eaten by single person. You can also change your flavours as you go with options including house buffalo, garlic and parmesan, killer BBQ, cajun and hot AF. This offer is available at Token, Reload and 1UP. Bookings are highly recommended.
Baby Su – Corner of West Row & Alinga Street, Canberra City
This funky little restaurant dishes up plates of Asian fusion food packed with flavour. From wagyu cheesesteak spring rolls to gyoza, kim chi mac and cheese and a selection of tasty bowls, baogers and burgers (the bulgogi beef burger is my favourite). Baby Su’s fried wings and drummies pack with baby’s seasoning is seriously addictive. The tender wings are packed with flavour and coated in a crunchy batter that’s seasoned to perfection. You can choose form a 3-piece pack or a 6-piece pack and they have sauces like gochujang buffalo, sweet and sour, nori mayo or teriyaki mayo.
Grease Monkey – 19 Lonsdale St, Braddon OR 63/33 Hiberson St, Gungahlin
Burger connoisseurs will be familiar with this popular burger joint that has a few locations across Canberra. Greasy Monkey are known for their burgers (give me a Greasy every day of the week) but they also have some pretty epic sides, including chicken wings. Their super-charged happy hour will get you 49% off snacks and house booze from 4-6pm Monday to Friday. This means you can get a beer or wine with a bowl of delicious snacks like truffle mac n cheese bites, vegan chips, jalapeno poppers or chicken wings for under ten bucks. Their spicy BBQ hot wings are covered in a delicious sticky sauce and are served with a side of blue cheese sauce. Grab a bowl of chicken wings for $8 or visit during their super-charged happy hour and pay $8 for two serves. Try their Detroit pizza if you love big, deep dish cheesy pizzas.
Bleachers – 33 Northbourne Avenue, Canberra
All you can eat wings is a thing at Bleachers sports bar. Visit from 12-9pm on Wednesdays and pay $20 for a finger licking serving of all you can eat wings. They have buffalo, BBQ and bourbon wings to choose from and if you need something to wash down all of those wings you can grab 4 tinnies for $20. This sports bar has 24 screens, including a monster 177” screen, for you to get your daily dose of sport with a side of wings an a jug of beer. If you can’t make it on a Wednesday and don’t want to devour as many chicken wings as you can stomach, you can still order a serve of chicken wings from their standard menu any day of the week.
Old Canberra Inn – 195 Mouat St, Lyenham
Feast on half a kilo of free-range chicken wings with your choice of flavours like jalapeno and smoked maple, smokey BBQ, gochujang glazed, buffalo and extra hot habanero at The Old Canberra Inn. Their wings are also gluten free. Their wings are $16 per serve but if you visit during their happy hour from 4-6pm Monday to Friday and get a bowl of buffalo wings for $8. Pair it with $5 schooner of Capital Trail Pale Ale or Coast Ale and you have yourself a happy hour bowl of wings and a schooner of beer for $13.
FYI – Canberra is also getting its own Chicken Wing Festival on 3 October. Visit the event page to find out more.
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Amelia Bidgood
Amelia is the Founder and Editor of Eat Canberra and the Founder and Managing Director of Eat Canberra Food Tours. She's a qualified journalist, presenter, freelance writer and also runs a boutique communications agency working with small business owners on all things social media, content creation and marketing. She's taught cheesemaking classes, judged hospitality and tourism awards, completed the WSET Level 1 Award In Wines, loves to cook and has travelled to 23 countries. She's also passionate about mental health and has recently started studying to become a Counsellor.