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Every September thousands of wing eaters descend on the city of Buffalo, NY for the National Bufalo Wing Festival. The event is held in a stadium, and over the course of two days over 700,000 wings -- that's 40 tons of chicken parts -- are sold and consumed. There's a contest, demonstrations, recipes, and even sexy t-shirts. It's a can't-miss event for anyone serious about Buffalo wings. And wingipedia missed it. I was distraught, but then I heard about Buffalo Nite.

It's been a few days and I still feel vaguely guilty. A doctor's appointment earlier this week brought me to the Georgetown campus at lunch time. Seems innocent enough, but I came across The Tombs on my way back to the office, one thing led to another, and before I knew it I was at the perennial Georgetown hangout for a little afternoon delight. The reference to Clydes (below) is not incidental; I didn't know it at the time, but both locations are owned by the same folks. How would the wings compare?

Fun Fact: The song Afternoon Delight, a 1976 number 1 single on the Billboard Hot 100, was named after the late afternoon appetizer menu at Clyde's of Georgetown. I didn't know this, or really anything at about Clyde's, when I went for a coworker's sendoff happy hour one Wednesday after work. What I did know was that the delight of that particular afternoon would be chicken wings and beer.

It's good to have a place like Axis in your neighborhood. Quality food in a casual but classy atmosphere and bartenders that at least pretend to be knowledgeable about beer. Their wings were some of the first I'd eaten after starting wingipedia. I liked them but didn't manage (read: "was too drunk") to write a review the first time around. So I went back for round two hoping that they'd be as good as I remembered.

Just found an old article from Express on "D.C.'s Best Buffalo Wings". It's a nice story but only mentions five wing joints. To give the benefit of the doubt, maybe he tried more and only wrote about the best.

Update:
Have you tried any of the places they list? What do you think -- are there any that wingipeida should investigate?