Men and their Wings
I took my teenaged son to Fire on the Mountain for chicken wings the other day for lunch.
I’d never been before & wanted to try it out - but couldn’t find anyone to go with me. Finally, my kid with the cast-iron stomach and bottomless pit agreed to be seen in public with his Moooo-ther - but only if we went for a quick lunch.
We got there just at the beginning of the lunch rush. As we waited for our wings and watched the tables fill up around us, I noticed an interesting phenomenon: the restaurant was almost entirely populated by men.
Men in ties. Men in t-shirts. Men wearing dress shoes. Men wearing sneakers, or work boots. Men in hats. Bald men. Men with really really really long hair. Lots and lots and lots of men in pullover polo shirts. Gay men. Straight men. Men drinking beer. Men sticking to soda.
Yeah, there were a lot of men there. I even counted: 27 guys in the joint (including the picnic tables outside), and only 3 women (save for the ones who worked there.)
So if you’re looking for men? Drop by Fire on the Mountain for lunch sometime…!
(Oh, and - yeah, the wings were really good.)
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Isn’t that place awesome. Some thoughts on why you only saw men:
1) close to Swan Island and one of only 3 restaurants within a quick drive.
B) Interstate blvd isn’t exactly built up with businesses yet.
III) men don’t mind messes.
We have been mostly during the evening and it is 50/50 men and women and children. I consider myself somewhat of a regular and never felt it was dominated by men.
Oh yes - I love FOTM - but nearly as much as my husband and the other boys in our group. But like Dieselboi I’ve only been there in the evening and it’s been pretty evenly mixed…but…I have never seen women there without men.
so did you try the “el jefe” sauce?
as a consequence of that sauce its the only public place where at any given moment you can watch a handful of men in tears.
…and watch out for the Sunday “after church” crowd. Oh sweet bbq baby jesus that place is crowded with kids Sundays. still…no amount of crowd can keep me away from those tasty tasty wings
What do they do with the rest of the chicken?
McAngryPants: BAHAAHAAAHAAA!!! What a great comment. That cracked me up!
Himself: They teach them to ride unicycles. I’m not sure why.
Betsy: If Fire on the Mountain is filled with men, where do the women eat? I loves me some BBQ, but I love women even more!