Kool Bloo

117 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY 10013

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I've worked across the street from the takeout/delivery joint Kool Bloo for about a year now.  I went there once when we first moved into the building... and hated it.  I take full responsibility though.  I ordered a shawarma sandwich from a place with nary a spit.  I should know better.  Still though, I've avoided this place since then.  Until today.  They advertise wings in huge letters on the outside of the building (which Steve noticed when he picked me up for our trip to Buffalo), so I guess it's about time I gave them a try.

The wings come in a combo deal that set me back $9.75.  It includes 5 wings and fries.  Not exactly a huge portion, but, as you may know from my last post, I'm not a fan of huge portions anyway.

Right from the first bite I could taste the recognizable combination of Frank's Red Hot Sauce and butter.  If I had to guess, I'd say the normal 1:1 ratio was slightly skewed in favor of the sauce, giving it a little extra heat.  There were also some added seasonings which kicked them up a bit.  The wings were relatively plump with a decent amount of meat, but very little (if any) crisp in the skin.  These were pretty average across the board.  I wasn't disappointed because I didn't have high hopes, but I wouldn't go out of my way for them either.  Put simply:  they'll do.

The fries on the other hand, those were good.  I'm getting those again.

Wing Zone

Get in the Zone ....Wing Zone... Who's lazy? Who hates leaving the house in this aweful weather? Me and if you like traveling in the snow there is something wrong with you unless you are the wingzone delivery guy. The wingzone delivery guy, in my book, is cool and better have a postal person attitude. Make those deliveries in rain, storm and snow. Anyway.....what's better than eating wings at a pub.......having them brought right to your home. And the best part is, they are actually very good.

I hit up the nuclear hot, buffalo blue, honey mustard, spicy bbq and the garlic parmesan. I wanted to try and grab as many flavors as I could that were similar to O'Neils in Maspeth and see who rated better. O'Neils is still better but for delivery and not having to travel to Queens...worth it. First let me get into the nuclear. Damn hot, crazy hot. I wasn't able to eat four in a row. They weren't kidding with their slogan its like having a firecracker in your mouth. Not that I would know what a firecracker in my mouth would feel like. Imagine the guy that did that. Yep, I just lit a M-80 in my mouth, gotta go to the hospital and that would be a great name for a hot wing. Keep in mind he probably wrote that because if he actually did do that it would probably sound like hffhfmmfhyfufjmfhfyffyfyujmyh (mumbles, if you didn't get it).

The other flavors were very good as well. The honey mustard was covered with suace as well as the garlic parmesan, the spicy BB and the buffalo blue. The garlic parmesan were good but only for about 4. Any more than that it got old. The buffalo blue were good but it defeated the point in getting a hot wing and dipping it into the blue cheese. The spicy bbq were awesome. You could eat 20 and they wouldn't get old. Just the right amount of spice and bbq. The wings were medium sized and very tasty. Wingzone offered a variety of ways to order. It ranged from 7, 10, 15, 20 30 50, 100 or more. In addition, you can order them online, pay online and not have to phone it in. Awesome.
I give them a B plus.