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Best Wings
& Fried Chicken
Buffalo wings, Korean double-fry, Harlem soul food, and the one real $1-wing night.
The one locked wing deal: Down the Hatch’s $1 wings, Mondays from 7pm.
- 11 spots
- wings from $1 (Mon)
- 5 Korean fry picks
- 1 real wing deal
The short version
- Best buffalo wingsDan & John’s – the ‘King of Wings,’ Union Square.
- Best wing dealDown the Hatch – $1 wings Mondays 7pm–4am.
- Best Korean fried chickenCoqodaq (upscale) & Bonchon (everyday).
- Best SouthernCharles Pan-Fried Chicken – smothered, in Harlem.
- Best chicken & wafflesMelba’s – eggnog waffles, Harlem.
The best wings and fried chicken in NYC right now: Dan & John’s near Union Square for classic buffalo, Coqodaq in Flatiron for upscale Korean fried chicken (with Bonchon as the everyday pick), Charles Pan-Fried Chicken in Harlem for gravy-smothered soul food, and Pies ‘n’ Thighs in Williamsburg for the Southern box. On the deal side — and this is the only one we could lock down with a day and time — Down the Hatch in the Village runs $1 wings on Mondays from 7pm (five-wing minimum, dine-in). Below: buffalo and game-day wings, Korean fried chicken, and Southern fried chicken, with real prices where they exist.
At a glance
Buffalo and the deals up top, then Korean and Southern. Tap a number to place it on the map.
| Bar | The deal | Days | Window | $ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan & John’s Wings | Medium buffalo, properly crispy | Daily | 12pm–10/11pm | $$$ |
| Down the Hatch | $1 wings Mon; ½-off wings weekends | Mon | 7pm–4am | $$$ |
| Blondies Sports | AYCE wings Mondays; every game on | Daily | Mon AYCE | $$$ |
| Coqodaq | Upscale KFC; huge Champagne list | Daily | lunch + dinner | $$$ |
| Bonchon | Soy garlic; half-and-half with spicy | Daily | to 1–2am | $$$ |
| Turntable Chicken Jazz | Sweet & spicy combo, beer towers | Daily | to 2am Fri–Sat | $$$ |
| Pelicana Chicken | Yangnyeom, thick-batter crunch | Daily | 11am–10pm | $$$ |
| Mono+Mono | Soy-garlic wings + soju cocktails | Daily | to ~2am | $$$ |
| Charles Pan-Fried Chicken | Get it smothered in gravy | Daily | 11am–10/11pm | $$$ |
| Pies ‘n’ Thighs | Chicken box, biscuit, then pie | Daily | 10am–10/11pm | $$$ |
| Melba’s | Chicken & eggnog-waffle combo | Daily | 12pm–9:30pm | $$$ |
Map: where these 11 spots are
From Union Square and Koreatown up to Harlem, plus Pies ‘n’ Thighs in Williamsburg. Pick your neighborhood.
Pins are numbered to match the table above – tap any pin for the deal and directions.
Buffalo wings & game-day deals
Classic wings and the real specials — including the one locked $1-wing night. More game-day rooms in our best sports bars in NYC guide.
Dan & John’s Wings
The Verdict: Buffalo natives making what a lot of people call the best wings in the city, near Union Square — sauce-forward, properly crispy, no games. Order the medium buffalo and don’t overthink it; it got the Hot Ones bump for a reason. The Honest Caveat: the original First Avenue location closed, so it’s the West 14th spot now. The Why: it’s a wing specialist that actually specializes, which is rarer than it should be.
danandjohns.com · See our best sports bars in NYC
Down the Hatch On now
The Verdict: the only wing deal on this list we could lock to a day and time — $1 wings every Monday from 7pm (five-wing minimum, dine-in), in an underground Village dive that shows every game. Half-off wings on weekend afternoons, too. The kitchen’s Atomic Wings, so they’re legit, not filler. The Local Move: Monday night, ten sauces, a pitcher, the game on. The Why: a real dollar-wing night still exists — it’s here.
downthehatchnyc.com · See our best sports bars in NYC
Blondies Sports
The Verdict: a 35-year Upper West Side basement sports bar with every game on and the sound up, and a Monday all-you-can-eat wing deal that regulars swear by. The Honest Caveat: the AYCE price floats around $22–25 and the start time isn’t posted, so call ahead before you commit — and ‘no sharing, no doggie bags’ is enforced. The Why: for a Monday of wings and whatever’s on ten screens, it delivers. Female-owned, unpretentious, loud in the right way.
blondiessports.com · See our best sports bars in NYC
Korean fried chicken
Double-fried, lacquered, and often open late. More in best Korean restaurants in NYC.
Coqodaq
The Verdict: fried chicken as a special occasion — a Champagne-and-KFC temple in Flatiron from the Cote team, and the Bucket List tasting (~$46) is the order. A gorgeous Rockwell room, the largest Champagne list in the country, chicken that earns the setting. The Honest Caveat: book on Resy two weeks out; this is a reservation, not a walk-in. The Why: nobody’s doing Korean fried chicken at this level of polish, and it’s worth the splurge once.
coqodaq.com · See our best Korean restaurants in NYC
Bonchon
The Verdict: the everyday Korean fried chicken benchmark, double-fried and lacquered — the soy garlic is the classic, but the half-and-half with spicy is the move. The 32nd Street flagship runs late (1–2am), so it doubles as a late-night option. Comes with pickled radish to cut the richness. The Why: it’s a chain, but it’s the chain that taught New York what Korean fried chicken could be, and it’s still reliably great.
bonchon.com · See our best Korean restaurants in NYC
Turntable Chicken Jazz
The Verdict: Korean fried chicken, beer towers and DJ vinyl in Koreatown — built for groups near MSG and Penn. Get the sweet-and-spicy combo and a tower to share. The Local Move: it runs late on weekends (2am), so it’s a solid post-event move. The Why: the wings are genuinely good, but the room — records spinning, beer flowing — is why you actually come.
turntablenyc.com · See our Koreatown happy hours
Pelicana Chicken
The Verdict: the Korean-chain OG, frying since 1982, with a thick-batter crunch and a gochujang sweet-and-sour that’s the signature. Tucked inside Food Gallery 32 in Koreatown. Get the yangnyeom. The Honest Caveat: it’s a food-court-style setup, not a sit-down scene — come for the chicken, not the ambiance. The Why: decades of practice show up in the crunch.
Mono+Mono
The Verdict: East Village Korean fried chicken in an art-deco jazz room walled with vinyl records — bone-in soy garlic and spicy, soju cocktails, open late. The Why: it’s the downtown KFC pick when you don’t want to trek to Koreatown, and the room has more character than most. The Local Move: soy-garlic wings and a soju cocktail, late. Casual, a little offbeat, consistently good.
monomonony.com · See our East Village happy hours
Southern & American fried chicken
Harlem soul food and the Brooklyn chicken box. See also our Harlem happy hour guide.
Charles Pan-Fried Chicken
The Verdict: a Harlem soul-food icon, chef Charles Gabriel’s pan-fried chicken smothered in gravy — get it smothered, that’s the whole point. James Beard-caliber cooking at a neighborhood price. The 145th Street flagship is the one. The Why: this is fried chicken as tradition and technique, not trend, and it’s some of the best in the city. The Local Move: smothered, with the sides, no notes.
charlespanfriedchicken.com · See our Harlem happy hours
Pies ‘n’ Thighs
The Verdict: a Williamsburg Southern-comfort institution since 2006 — the chicken box with a biscuit, then a slice of pie, is the correct order. Crisp, juicy, honest. The Honest Caveat: the Canal Street location closed, so South 4th Street is the one (there’s a Park Slope spot too). The Why: it’s been doing Southern fried chicken right in Brooklyn longer than most, and the pie is not an afterthought.
piesnthighs.com · See our Williamsburg happy hours
Melba’s
The Verdict: Harlem warmth on a plate — Southern fried chicken with eggnog waffles, a Bobby Flay Throwdown winner, Black-woman-owned and genuinely cozy. Order the chicken-and-eggnog-waffle combo. The Why: it’s chicken-and-waffles with a signature twist that actually works, in a room that feels like a neighborhood living room. The Local Move: the eggnog waffle is the reason to come; don’t sub it out.
melbasrestaurant.com · See our Harlem happy hours
Wings happy hour: FAQ
What’s the best place for wings in NYC?
Dan & John’s near Union Square for classic buffalo; Down the Hatch in the Village if you want the $1-wing Monday deal.
Where’s the best Korean fried chicken in NYC?
Coqodaq in Flatiron is the upscale pick (the Bucket List tasting); Bonchon, Pelicana and Turntable in Koreatown are the everyday standbys.
Are there any real wing deals or specials in NYC?
Down the Hatch runs $1 wings on Mondays from 7pm (five-wing minimum, dine-in) plus half-off wings on weekend afternoons. Blondies on the UWS does an all-you-can-eat wing Monday — confirm the price and time by phone.
Where’s the best Southern fried chicken and chicken & waffles in NYC?
Charles Pan-Fried Chicken and Melba’s (eggnog waffles) in Harlem, and Pies ‘n’ Thighs in Williamsburg.
Where can I watch the game with good wings?
Down the Hatch and Blondies are wings-and-every-game sports bars; see our best sports bars guide for more.
Last updated: July 2026. Deals and hours change – confirm with the venue before you go. Spot something out of date? Let us know.
