After taking his widespread Chicken Fire eatery from a meals trailer to a brick-and-mortar restaurant close to downtown Orlando, Kwame Boakye is increasing once more with a brand new wing restaurant opening Friday.
That Wing Spot is opening at 4777 S. Orange Ave. south of downtown Orlando and can provide takeout and supply solely. Hours can be 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday by Sunday.
“This is literally a young boy’s, a young man’s dream come true,” Boakye stated. “This community has provided that.”
Wing flavors embody buffalo, honey buffalo, lemon pepper, smoky candy barbecue, plain and a “secret” recipe.
“Every single sauce, we make from scratch,” Boakye stated.
Boakye acknowledges he’s opening a wing restaurant at a time when wing costs have taken off for each clients and eating places. Before the pandemic and provide points, wings usually would promote for about 80 cents every, however by this 12 months’s Super Bowl they price about $1.50 to $1.75 every, in accordance with Geoff Luebkemann, senior vp of the Florida Restaurant & Lodging Association.
“We’re definitely not looking to get rich off this in the first year,” Boakye stated, laughing.
For takeout, 10 wings are $13.99, and the worth per wing scales down with bigger orders. Fifteen wings price $19.99 whereas a 100 wings are $120. Prices are greater for supply by Uber Eats.
That Wing Spot has 4 staff.
Boakye’s Nashville-style scorching rooster restaurant Chicken Fire opened on Colonial Drive in 2020 after working out of a meals trailer at locations like Redlight Redlight bar and meals truck venue À La Cart.
While Chicken Fire is thought for its spicy choices, that received’t be the main focus at That Wing Spot. Boakye stated he has at all times wished to open totally different genres of eating places.
“There’s more in my passion that I want to put out there, and I want to grow these seeds simultaneously,” he stated.
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Source: www.bostonherald.com