Uptown Westerville's latest dining option is built on a recipe, one that's homemade and familiar: wings, sports, cold beer and a jukebox.
Since the restaurant's opening on St. Patrick's Day, Clucker's House of Wings has provided an alternative for local wing-lovers hoping to steer clear of Polaris Parkway for a night.
Co-owner John Lambillotte said he is pleased with the feedback in the first month of business.
"We've really been getting people out, and we've been getting more and more Otterbein students in here lately, which is great," he said.
Located on 8 E. Main St. in Uptown Westerville next to Pizza Primo, this local business provides a decor as lively as can be expected of any self-respecting sports bar, with Otterbein golf bags, Buckeye regalia and B.C. Rich guitars decorating every wall and crevice.
The menu features 10 specialty sauces, including classic buffalo, spicy buffalo garlic, the house specialty Clucker's cayenne and a death-defying tearjerker, Clucker's habanero, which is advertised with a warning in bold font: "This is the boldest of the bold. Not for the faint of heart."
"And we can do hotter," Lambillotte said. Scary-high numbers on the Scoville scale (the measurement of the spicy heat, or piquance, of a chili pepper) proves to be no boundary for Lambillotte, his local business or the quality of his wings.
Buffalo Wild Wings' now iconic Blazin' sauce is among the hottest sauces in the chain eatery market, allegedly recorded at 200,000 to 350,000 Scoville units. In comparison, Lambillotte claims that his wings can easily surpass this number upon request, priding himself on tweaking ingredients to the customer's preference, whether this means heating them up, cooling them down or fine tuning flavors.
Clucker's also offers a chicken tender wrap, Philly cheesesteak and one-half and one-fourth pound Angus burgers, plus sides, desserts and a Little Clucker's menu for kids. Carry out is also available if you can't dine in.
