Alliger's House of Wings.........25 different flavors of wings. what could be better?

Some of the best comforting meals have been in dives.  You know its true.  Sitting at the bar in a Honky Tonk town eating a juicy burger that was served with melted cheese, bacon and onions that was all cooked on the same griddle.  Not there for the ambiance but usually the company and the brew.  But there are times that the food shines better than the rest.

For years I have been traveling to Sayre Pennsylvania which is where Anita grew up.  For almost 20 years since I made that first trip there, we make a right turn past a small bar by the name of Alliger's House of Wings.  Every time we pass it I make the comment, we have to go there one day.  Anita says she had never been there and she enjoys wings.   There was one time that I had purchased their sauce that I had seen in the local market there.  I don't remember the flavors but I remember they were good.

Well the time had finally come that my job of a salesman had crossed over and allowed me to sell the idea of having lunch there this past weekend.  And it was worth the wait.  I couldn't decided which wings I wanted to try.  They sold them by the dozen or the 1/2 dozen.  From Fruity sauce to Nuclear.  sauce 1 was Hawaiian with sweet with pineapple and 25 was Nuclear.  As I rarely utter the words "that's too spicy for me" and I usually stay near the top of the Scoville scale when it comes to heat.  For those of you who don't know what the "Scoville" scale is, the Scoville scale is an index of the level of capsaisan that is found in each pepper.   Capsaicin is a chemical compound that stimulates chemoreceptor nerve endings in the skin, especially the mucous membranes. The number of Scoville heat units  indicates the amount of capsaicin present.  (The previous italicized comment is from Wikipedia)   For example, a bell pepper has 0 on the scale, a jalapeño is rated between 2,500 and 8,000, a cayenne pepper is rated at between 30,000 and 50,000 and closer to the top is the Habanero which is rated between 100,000 and 350,000.   


So we went to the bar and ordered our food.  I got the kids their dishes.  They both like wings but there were other kids there so their attention was taken away from the food and was preoccupied by playing around.  


So for Anita I got her the hot and spicy garlic.  It had a really nice heavy garlic flavor.  At times that could be taken as spicy but it was really rich in flavor.  


I ordered 1 1/2 dozen.  I wanted to try two different ones.  The 1/2 dozen was the Singapore flavor. It was an asian flavor but not like a teriyaki.  it was less sweet than that and did have some heat as it was probably number 19 on the list.  The dozen that I got was the Kamikaze flavor.  It was 23 on the list.   So I was expecting heat.  the flavor was nice but the heat was not as high as I thought it would be.  Yes I got the burn on the lips after you eat 6 of them.  The heat came at the end and lingered which was nice.  But I didn't get the sweat.  I love the sweat you get from a real dose of spice.  

All in all it's a great place to go for some wings and a beer.  I know Sayre PA, isn't the place that many would find themselves but if you find yourself on route 17 in New York and see Sayre, consider stopping by there for lunch. 


Alligers can be found at 201 Spring St., Sayre PA 18440.  phone 517-888-9805.