Las Vegas, NVChicken Wings

A family-run Thai neighborhood spot open since 2002, doing wings two ways, fried and tossed in sweet chili, or deboned and stuffed with minced pork, glass noodles, and vegetables. A quieter, more technical order, and regulars come as much for the Thai plates.

A Fremont Street mainstay known for Waterfall Beef and short rib fried rice, but the marinated Thai-style wings and honey-garlic wings hold their own here too. Downtown's late-night crowd treats it as a regular stop for a plate of wings between rounds.

A westside craft-beer pub on Rainbow where the jumbo wings get a beer brine before landing in Buffalo, honey-garlic barbecue, hoisin sambal, or gochujang honey. The beer list is deep enough to match whichever sauce you pick, leaning neighborhood pub over sports bar.

Run by a Buffalo, NY native serving Henderson for four decades, buying fresh jumbo wings daily and frying them in rice oil the hometown way. A locals' sports bar first, but the wings are why regulars keep coming back, fried fresh to order in the Buffalo style.