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Temperance Hall in Petworth has a great fish fry battered in Wolaver's Organic Ale--they offer it as a platter (with fries and salad) or a sandwich (fries or salad).

I also had the wings at Temperance Hall last night, and I give them my rating of "Best Wings Outside of Buffalo", tied with some wings I had from a random bowling alley outside of Camden, NJ. The wings are very hot and tasty, and my only complaint is that they aren't quite as crisp as I prefer. The manager told me that their wings are so good because they are brined. I'll also put in a plug for the other offerings at Temperance Hall--I live around the corner from there and hadn't gotten around to trying the wings because their burgers, grilled cheese, and other offerings are also excellent.

Happy to see more Buffalonians posting. Haven't made it to McFadden's this season because I've had a cold and didn't want to sit in a smokey bar (plus I was at the Ralph for last week's game. ) I agree that McFadden's wings are pretty okay by non-Buffalo standards. Off topic, but I attended last year's Buffalo Night--the Bocce club pizza didn't hold up that well, but Charlie the Butcher made up for it. Jimmy's Old Town Tavern in Herndon is owned by a Buffalonian and he serves up some good wings, along with Beef on Weck and a tasty Friday Fish Fry.

They had Blenheim's on the menu, but I overheard one of the servers telling someone that the shipment hadn't come in yet. Though that's no excuse for making a Dark and Stormy with water!

I also stopped by for lunch on Saturday for their grand opening. The owner profusely apologized for the delays--apparently three of their servers never showed up. The restaurant provided complimentary samples of their collards, macaroni, yams, poundcake and sweet potato pie--all tasty. My friends and I all ordered various fish plates--two trout sandwiches, one whiting sandwich, and one whiting platter. Fish sanwiches were served with lightly seasoned fries, and the platter came with the choice of cornbread or hush puppies, and two sides. The hush puppies were delicious! The "Carolina Style" cornbread was different than most southern cornbread I've had because it was very sweet--but very good nonetheless. I didn't try the trout, but the whiting was quite good, dipped in a light cornmeal batter. As expected, portions were enormous. I'm looking forward to returning once things have settled down and I've had the chance to fast for a few hours beforehand.