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Press picks, until locals rank their own Top 5s. Sourced from the local food press. As seen in Madison Magazine. Updated August 2026.
Chicken Licks · Sun Prairie
A Wisconsin tavern on Highway N just outside Sun Prairie whose dry-rubbed wings took the gold medal in the 2025 Best of Madison readers' poll's Chicken Wings category. Isthmus describes it as no longer a secret among wing hunters in the metro, a roadhouse destination people drive out of their way to reach.
Monk's Bar & Grill · Middleton
A Middleton bar and grill that took silver in the 2025 Best of Madison readers' poll for chicken wings, printed among the poll's named winners for the category. It sits in the western part of the metro, part of a small cluster of wing-focused taverns just outside the Madison city limits.
Whippoorwill Hawks Nest · Dane
A country roadhouse north of Madison in the town of Dane, known locally for its midweek wing night and named bronze medalist in the 2025 Best of Madison readers' poll's Chicken Wings category. It draws the same out-of-town-drive crowd as the metro's other tavern-style wing destinations.
Wings Over Madison · West Side
A dedicated wing shop on University Avenue offering wings bone-in or boneless with a long sauce list, per Isthmus's roundup of the metro's wing spots. It lists five buffalo-style sauces, six barbecue-style options and three teriyaki variations, and stays open late into the night.
Alchemy Cafe · Schenk's Corners
A Schenk's Corners cafe that Isthmus singles out for doing one kind of wing very well: locally sourced chicken coated in a housemade spicy bourbon cocoa buffalo sauce. It serves the wings with a Carr Valley gorgonzola dip, a distinct approach from the tavern-style wing houses elsewhere on this list.