I want to tell you something about my life. I live approximately thirty yards from the glorious watering hole known as Binga’s Wingas. This has had both good and bad effects on my life. Good in that I’ve been able to watch most of the sports I like while enjoying a cheap, refreshing, watery pibbers (read: PBR) while stuffing my face with some of the best comfort food known to mankind. Bad in the sense that living next to Binga’s has caused me to gain about 20 lbs.
I would imagine that most of you reading this have been to Binga’s before and require no explanation of what the menu entails. If you haven’t been, stop reading this now and proceed directly there. It’s about five minutes from the USM campus where Deering Avenue meets Congress Street. For those of you who haven’t been, you might be able to guess what Binga’s Winga’s forte is. Not just buffalo or BBQ wings, but a glorious smorgasbord of different sauces to enhance your wing experience. My favorite flavors are Hot Mango, Thai Chili or Peanut sauce. The wings are also prepared a variety of ways; regular or naked (no breading), as wings or tenders. To top it all off is the perfect dipping sauce, a heavenly marriage of bleu cheese and ranch, known as Blanch, which is made from scratch. Personally I prefer regular wings. There’s just something so perfect about the primal aspect of eating meat off a bone while watching modern gladiators perform war games. Yesss. wings, beer and football.
Speaking of football, there is a television on almost every wall in the place so you need not worry about straining your neck in order to see the game. The staff are friendly about changing the channel if politely asked, and on several slower occasions when it’s slow, I’ve been handed the remote. This place is might as well be where I end up when I die.
But what is football and wings without beer? And beer there is. While you won’t find the most exotic assortment, you’ll be able to find something to quench your thirst with many local beers on tap or by the bottle.
If wings arn’t your thing, the menu features an assortment of wraps and the best sliders this side of White Castle. For me there is no better non-wing entree than the Deathwrap – chicken tenders, lettuce, tomato, onions, mayo and cheese with any of the sauces from the wing’s menu. Perfect. There are even salads for the more health conscious.
Now it seems like I haven’t had a single bad thing to say about Binga’s. For the most part I don’t have any criticism; what they do there, they do to perfection. It’s not the most heart-healthy of places to dine, but I wouldn’t trade this place for anything when it comes to comfort food and sports.