Wings at RD's American Grill

RD's Teriyaki wings

Here on Dragons Gotta Eat Too, we talked about RD's place before.  It's a family restaurant down below Buck on 272.  In that piece, we spoke of RD's breakfast, a constant favorite of ours.

To get one thing out of the way right quick..... Herself said RD's bathroom wasn't handicapped accessible  (More credit to her, as I never considered even looking, I always check. I prefer the handicapped stalls because I can get pretty claustrophobic).   To be blunt, we got a bit beat up for that, so we checked again this visit.  YES.... RD's American Grill has an entire separate handicapped bathroom for their guests.  It was right in front of us, and still we missed it.  So.... Ten points for having a nice handicap accommodation.  On the other hand, minus ten for it being out-of-order when we visited.

The last time we were there (well, a few times back), there was a sign on the table advertising 'Wing Day'.  Every Thursday, 50 cent wings... all day.

I won't say we are wing experts... or even aficionados. Yet, WE LIKE WINGS.  50 cent wings?!?   Yeah.... we are up for that.

The first Thursday we had a chance, the chilluns were tossed in the car and off to RD's we traveled.  I had visions of 6 or 8 dozen wings on a big, heaping, platter right in the middle of our table.  Snarling and growling as we ate our way towards the center.

The reality was, little girl child had the soup 'n salad bar (Very Fresh, and the tomato bisque soup was truly a work of love) (She also snagged one of my wings and one of his!).  Boy child wanted 20 wings.... oddly.  I started with a dozen and a basket of hand cut fries to share with the table. Herself had a half dozen wings and the salad bar. (The soup and salad bar is small, but the fixings on it are very fresh. There were two soup varieties and the Tomato Bisque was really good. I would order it again in a heartbeat.)

I thought we'd each do a couple dozen, and try most of the flavors as we went.  That idea went out the window with the size of the wings brought to us that night.  

These were serious wings from damn healthy sized chickens.

Also out the window was trying all the different flavors.  When the smoke cleared, boy had ordered 10 teriyaki and 10 garlic parm.  Herself ordered a half dozen garlic parm.  *I* ordered a dozen.... garlic parm.   Are you sensing a pattern here?  Yup, we all like 
Garlic Parmesan wings.

RD's garlic Parmesan wings

Basic, but perfect, hand cut fries.

The garlic Parmesan wings were almost the best we've had in Lancaster County.   The best we've had?  Brendee's Pub on Lemon street in Lancaster.  On the other hand, Brendee's is a bar, with smoking, and it's a bar.  Did I mention it's a bar?  As much as we like Brendee's, and love their wings, we are not taking the kids there.  It being in town, we ourselves are not going that often either. Our lives just don't work that way.

RD's on the other hand, is a family restaurant, and it's down here on the southern end, not far from home, AND their garlic parm wings are ALMOST as good as Brendee's.   On some days, they might be better I'm sure.

Game to try another flavor, we ordered six more of the BBQ flavored wings.  These were downright tasty, and I'll happily order them again and again.   The boy's teriyaki wings?  He said they were fair... but I'll note he didn't get off a single one for us to taste ourselves. (I tasted the sauce, and it was okay. It was a very dark teriyaki sauce, I prefer mine a little lighter with a hint of pineapple.  Garlic Parm is definitely the way to go. I would also like to try their basic medium wings)

RD's BBQ wings

Boil it down, and the results are simple.  RD's is our new favorite family wing place.  Good service, great price, and GREAT wings.

RD's Revisited (Wing Night)
4.5 out of 5 forks for flavor
4 out of 5 forks for atmosphere 
4out of 5 forks for location
4.5 out of 5 forks for service 
4.5 out of 5 forks for value (I feel this is important to gauge as well!)  
4.3  forks overall