July 13, 2011
May 29, 2013
Vol 13 No 28
15th Annual BCI Wing Ding Recipes
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Enjoy wings, beer, live music and more for a good cause. Restaurants from both sides of the Missouri River are lining up for one of the region’s largest happy hour food festivals, the 15th Annual BCI Wing Ding. On June 6 from 6 - 10pm in beautiful Frontier Park in historic St. Charles, masses will gather to enjoy wings, beer, live music and more to support the Boone Center. Longtime favorites and a handful of newbies will roll out their very best wings to compete for the title of “Best Wings” and “People’s Choice.” Each winner earns bragging rights, and the restaurant awarded “Best Wings” gets to display the traveling trophy until next year. The title of “Best Wings” will be judged by four celebrity judges: Cat Neville, publisher and editor of Feast magazine; Ian Froeb, restaurant critic at the Riverfront Times; Byron Kerman, food writer at Sauce magazine and St. Louis Magazine; and Matt Borchardt, director of L’Ecole Academy. A “People’s Choice Award” will be selected by the crowd. Returning favorites include: A Better Pizza Chicago Style Amerisports B. Hall’s Family Grill
Big A’s on the Riverfront Bobby’s Place Brewskeez Sports Café, O’Fallon KiTARO Bistro of Japan Max and Erma’s, Mid Rivers Mall Padavan’s NY Quintessential Dining & Night Club RT Weiler’s Syberg’s TGI Fridays, First Capitol Drive South US Foods Windows On Washington
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different and allow anyone to participate, big eaters or small eaters. This is our 14th or 15th year. Prior years, the event has been a one-ticket, all-you-can-eat chicken wing event. This year, we’re doing it at Frontier Park, so anyone can come into the park. We’re selling an advance ticket See WING DING page 2
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New restaurants on the bill include: McGurk’s Public House, O’Fallon River City Catering/Stumpy’s Bar-B-Que 2865 Brewhouse Two Shamrocks Public House This free event features live music by SMASH Band and Concoction, traditional and craft beer, wine, chicken wings and additional food options from area restaurants. Food and beverage tickets are available for purchase, and guests are encouraged to bring lawn chairs and picnic blankets. Chuck Blossom, CEO of BCI, tells us that this year’s event will be “significantly
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