(Hotel restaurants are not eligible in this category)
Chicken Wings
Country Star American Music Grill
COUNTRY STAR AMERICAN MUSIC GRILL
3724 Las Vegas Blvd. South
A man's or woman's chicken wing can be a mighty personal choice, if you figure that votes came in for 26 different places that slap on the hot sauce. From Pizza Hut to the Lakes Lounge, from Hooter's to Pete's Place, the contest was hot and greasy. The pile of bones came up the highest at the otherwise dapper Country Star, the Strip's glitzy paean to Nashville. Buster's Bar-B-Que, though shorter on video screens, can claim braggin' rights for second.
Our Pick:
O' ACES BAR & GRILL
3003 N. Rainbow Blvd.
We spanked these characters last year for what seemed like a bit of ballot stuffing -- all those votes for "Best Place to Impress Your Mother-in-Law" gave us extra incentive to dump that category this year. But dang it if our snooping around didn't lead us inside to roll up our sleeves and get our faces all messy on some mighty good chicken wings. As a result, we'll give them an honest, if greasy, thumbs up this year.