Archie Moore’s Bar and Restaurant
48 Sanford Street, Fairfield, CT
There are a couple of places to eat in Fairfield that every student will inevitably visit at least once or twice during their college careers. Archie Moore’s Bar and Restaurant is one of those places. If you had to make a list of the places where Fairfield kids go out to eat the most, Archie’s is definitely in the top three.
Everybody who goes to Archie’s will probably tell you how excellent the wings are. Even though the menu has all the typical pub grub, for the most part it is universally accepted that wings are what you order.
This is the reason people go to Archie’s in the first place and the reason that people return. However, the reason why the wings are so popular seems to be a mystery because, in reality, they are actually rather mediocre as far as wings go.
In all honesty, having wings with some substance would be much more preferable. For those of you who vacation on Long Beach Island, the “Chicken and the Egg” have some of the best wings you can eat. Some of the wings you get at Archie’s are just frail.
They are thinner than the Yankees’ chances of making the playoffs this season. They look like they came from descendents of Chicken Little. They’re not breaded and their “famous” sauce isn’t anything to include in that first letter home to mom.
Don’t take this the wrong way though; Archie’s is a great place to go with friends. It’s priced affordably, so it fits into a college student’s budget. For those of us who are 21, the beer list is acceptable.
The good thing about the wings is that they come in many sizes and you can get as many as 49 at once, which is great for splitting up if you and a couple of friends want to go out and grab some eats.
So don’t buy into the hype. The wings at Archie’s aren’t that great, no matter what people might tell you. Sure, Archie’s might have the best wing in town, but who is their competition?
Archie’s is still a great place to grab some grub, but temper your expectations slightly. All things considered, you will definitely be hard pressed to find a better place for you and a couple of buddies to go and watch the Patriots beat the tar out of the Jets this weekend.
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