OT: what on earth happened to bidwell tavern

[uconnphil2016]

Wanted wings last night and didn’t feel like driving out to j Timothy. Went to bidwell for the first time in years and the wings were gross. Didn’t even taste like they fried them. There was no discernible difference between their wings and Tyson ones you’d cook on a baking sheet. It was sad to see a place from my childhood fall so far. How long has it been like this for?

 

[8893]

I started noticing wild inconsistency in the wing quality within the past five to ten years. Stopped going there altogether around four years ago. Willi Brew is far better in every respect imo.

 

[RayIsTheGOAT]

Hm. I've been several times recently and the wings and chili nachos were just as good as 10 years ago.

Having said that, Willibrew nachos still take the cake.

 

[TRest]

I haven't been there since leaving a Memorial Stadium game early (#tradition, #reStorred) like in 2001, but even thought then that they weren't as good as they had been in the past.

 

[Vancat]

Wasn't the same after they added on that new dining area.

 

[Waquoit]

Bidwell has sucked for a good 10 years now.

 

[uconnphil2016]

Willibrew nachos should be much more famous than they are. Unreal.

 

[Dove]

Wanted wings last night and didn’t feel like driving out to j Timothy. Went to bidwell for the first time in years and the wings were gross. Didn’t even taste like they fried them. There was no discernible difference between their wings and Tyson ones you’d cook on a baking sheet. It was sad to see a place from my childhood fall so far. How long has it been like this for?

It ain't 1995 anymore.

 

[August_West]

Place is the suck.

Mansfield needs an Arby's

 

[boba]

Place is the suck.

Mansfield needs an Arby's

Isn't one cholera outbreak in the country enough? You want them to be a regular occurrence?

 

[8893]

Hm. I've been several times recently and the wings and chili nachos were just as good as 10 years ago.

Having said that, Willibrew nachos still take the cake.

Willibrew nachos should be much more famous than they are. Unreal.

I never order nachos because they’re really not my thing, but my kids always do. I seldom indulge in theirs, unless we are at Willibrew, then I always do.

 

[UC1995]

It ain't 1995 anymore.

Wow you hit my time frame... that place had great wings and beer.

 

[8893]

Wow you hit my time frame... that place had great wings and beer.

Post/handle

 

[TheChamps990411]

Place is the suck.

Mansfield needs an Arby's

Lol!

 

[huskymedic]

J Timothy mention: The 21 Best Chicken Wings in America

>>J. TIMOTHY'S TAVERNE - PLAINVILLE, CONNECTICUT
The dirt on J. Timothy's is dirt. That's what this Connecticut institution calls its signature fried-sauced-fried-again preparation, allegedly named after the oldest player on a softball team of bar regulars. The result is delicious: that double-deep-fried shell finishes a few shades darker than hot-sauce orange and delivers super-crisp bites. The dirtying process puts sauce into the fryer, which mucks it up and necessitates frequent oil changes, so you know you're getting the good stuff. Timothy's was founded in 1985, but the building it's in was built in 1789, so it's pretty much as old as dirt, too. (That's it for sentences about dirt. Promise.)<<

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

Those bites of mango on the Willibrew nachos... so so good

 

[husky99]

It ain't 1995 anymore.

1998 they where good....

 

[krinklecut]

They've always been like that.

 

[Rocktheworld]

It ain't 1995 anymore.

Lol was this purposeful so as to be ironic or something? Pretty sure Phil was born in 94 or 95

 

[Fishy]

Bidwell was always very good....

Our daughter’s swim team traveled to a meet out at UConn a few years ago and remembering how good Bidwell was, we took our friends to dinner there.

It was embarrassing to have recommended it.

The place looked shabby, the service was indifferent and the food could have been served at an Applebee’s. There are just much, much better options around now.

 

[Letsgohuskies11]

Used to go for rocks and wings night back 10+ years ago and they were pretty solid but havent been back since and have heard from a few that the wing quality has gone way downhill. I always opt though for willibrew, love their beers.