Hot Wings at Scottish Inn
Chicken wings gained popularity in 1964 when Teressa Bellissimo whipped up a snack for her son and his friends by frying up some wings and sauce thus emerging out of the Anchor Bar in Buffalo New York is the very popular snack buffalo wings (ehow.com). Americans seem to love hot wings and so do I. It is this reviewers opinion that The Scottish Inn on Gratiot in Saginaw makes some of the best hot wings you can get anywhere.
The hot wings at Scottish Inn are not battered and smothered in their own homemade sauce. I have been told by the owner that they will make them as hot as you can stand, you only need to ask. He will not give out the secret sauce ingredients but you can see (visible in the picture above) crushed red pepper is an ingredient that adds heat. The wings are served with a side of celery and blue cheese dressing.
We rounded out our order with a basket of onion rings (already dipped into before the picture was taken) and a few drinks. Our tab for two people was $20.66 not including tip. This makes The Scottish Inn a budget place to eat!
The Scottish Inn is a neighborhood bar and has a tendency to get smokey at times. Seating is your choice of your standard table and padded chairs, stools at the bar or half circle booths. Being a Scottish bar the walls are covered in plaid giving it a unique look and feel. The Inn features a well stocked jukebox and a few large screen TVs.
Pizza at the Schuch
Well, what can I say? We actually went to the Schuch to get pizza because we have had pizza there before when the owners were gracious enough to let us use their building for a photo shoot all day. I must tell you though, this pizza was even better than I expected. I will start at the bottom!
The crust, I think they may just have the best crust around. It is made the way a pizza crust is suppose to be made; just the right thickness and consistency, UMMMWAHH! Then there were the toppings. I think David would agree with me that their sauce rocks! Then they pile on the fresh, real cheese and I am telling you they didn’t scrimp on either ingredient. We ordered our pizza with green pepper, onions and green olives and I was a happy girl when it arrived! I was even happier when I tasted it because the veggies were good but they also used the good, huge green olives stuffed with pimentos and nicely sliced. They were awesome. I am an olive fan!! All of the ingedients were fresh and absolutely tasty so instead of one piece, which by the way is filling enough, I had to eat two!! And how do I know it was a great meal…..yes, I had to undo my button!! My waist was a little tight and I ate more than I should have. Truly, I couldn’t help it!
David topped his meal off with a draft and I of course had a Blue Moon so it was a very refreshing and satisfying meal.
I Love Pizza!
I have to admit, I love pizza! It is such a versatile food. Pizza can be gourmet or junk food.
It was Friday the 13th and we just didn’t want to cook. Pizza is always on the top of the list for things to eat and we wanted pizza! It didn’t take much convincing to get Debra out the door and off to Old Town Saginaw. We decided to stop by Perry’s Schuch Hotel and Bar on Hamilton Street. We ordered a large pizza with onion, green pepper and green olives. My preference would to have mushrooms but sometimes we have to accommodate the wife! Friday night is all-you-can-eat fish night and as the waitress walked by with two big plates of fish for another table I wondered if we ordered the wrong thing.
The server brought us a basket of peanuts in the shell and we each ordered a draft. Debra ordered a Blue Moon and I got the $2 domestic on special. I have forgotten that it is a long tradition at the Shuch to serve peanuts and this was a pleasant appetizer.
The pizza arrived after a while and was hot and tasty. The sauce is mild but has a nice blend of spices that gives it flavor. The veggies were all fresh and the onions and peppers still had a little crunch to them. Judging from the stringiness of the cheese I would guess that it was 100% real cheese none of the processed cheese food (what the heck is cheese food anyway?) that some fast food pizza places use. We each ordered another draft and chatted with the owners a bit.
The decor at Perry’s Schuch Hotel is filled with antiques and gives the feeling of being in an old saloon. Later at night the Schuch does turn into a nightclub but we were out of the resturant by 8pm and the dance crowd had not shown up yet.
We were only able to eat 1/2 of the pizza but that’s ok because we always like left-overs. The pizza is not fast but real pizza with fresh ingredients always takes a little while to cook. I highly recommend the pizza at the Schuch and with two beers (and a basket of peanuts) our total bill was $31.19.
