Description: When I made our original plans, I planned a night at nearby Harrah’s casino and dinner at Paula Deen’s restaurant. By the time we awoke from our nap, it was dark, cold, and we were tired from the drive. The ride would have taken us on the back roads in the NC Mountains. Instead we decide to skip the casino and eat in Asheville. Nick is a huge wrestling fan. I can take it or leave it, but I don’t exactly mind watching handsome guys in little outfits.
At home Nick and I always head to Buffalo Wild Wings when they have wrestling on Pay per View. Even with a meal, it is generally cheaper for both of us to eat than to order the match at our house and still have to cook. So he had me call the restaurant and make sure they would have the event. I was told yes so off we went. Arriving at the restaurant we notice the parking lot looking sparse. Back home, we have to arrive at least 45 minutes before the event in order to get a seat. When we walk in the place was almost deserted. We were immediately told there would not be a wrestling event. I looked at Nick and knew he would not be a happy camper. We went on in and sit down while Nick pondered if we would be dining here this night. After about 10 minutes, we decide to stay since were hungry and we have no idea who else in town carries the event. And at least Nick can watch football.
You can start you meal your meal off with appetizers such as chips and salsa, buffalitos, slammers, nachos, or we normally start off with spinach dip and chips. But we decide to skip it this evening. Meals include numerous sandwiches, ribs, burgers, wraps, and flatbreads. For vegas/vegeterians or those watching their figures they do offer several salads. And as you might guess by the name, wings are the main thing here. They offer them plain or with sauces in all kinds of flavors and spicy levels. You can get them in batches of 8, 12, 18, 24, and 50. They come with the traditional side of celery, carrots, and blue cheese dressing. Nick and I go with our usual order of wings and we go with 18 and for sauce we go with BBQ, teriyaki, blue cheese, and ranch. We also get an extra order of carrots and celery and I also get a side salad (which is huge by the way) with raspberry vinaigrette dressing. I am still keeping my weight in check and I prefer to have more salad and veggies and leave more of the wings for Nick.
They do offer a scrumptious dessert menu. Snickers pie, Key Lime pie, and ice cream on the menu. But again we go with our favorite of fudge cake which comes with a scoop of vanilla ice cream and drizzled with chocolate and caramel. The cake is sinful and delish and is the perfect way to end the evening.
They do have a kids menu and a bar. Our waiter, David, was great and took care of us and even gave us our cake on the house for all the troubles of the night. They also normally have poker on the TV and when Nick got his box, he wasn’t too thrilled to find out that it wasn’t on the TV against anyone!
I guess the chain has a contract to have the wrestling pay per view events. I know by several other friends Facebook posts that most other restaurants were having the event. We were told they forgot to order it. Now I have ordered PPV in the past and you just call up and it comes on. And even if this time they had to pay for the thing, it would be cheaper to ordered it than to loose the business they did. Apparently several large groups left and people kept coming in while we were there and would leave when they found out there was no wrestling.
The food was great and so was our service. So next time I come to Asheville, I wouldn’t hesitate to eat here again. But if I am coming for a wrestling pay per view event, I might have a back up next time!
Recommendation: Still highly recommended.
Cuisine: American bar food.
Price range: $10-$20 pp.
Website: www.buffalowildwings.com
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