Chicken Bone Saloon
July 24th, 2006
One of my favorite places to eat (or get take out) in Framingham is the Chicken Bone Saloon on Waverly St.
Even though it can have a tough looking crowd, the employees have always been amazingly pleasant, even when I call in an order and I can hear how insane it is in there, they’re still so nice. As a former waitress who sometimes took take-out orders, I feel if you’re going to place an order over the phone you should know what you want, order it clearly, hear the total/pick up time and hang up.One time when I ordered, I didn’t have some sort of info like knowing what heat Ethan wanted his wings or something like that which took me a few seconds to find out and apologized because I felt like such a hypocrite. The woman taking my order said no problem even though I could hear the other phone ringing and from the background noise it was packed in there. She told me someone earlier had called and asked “what do you have there?” and then insisted they be read the whole menu over the phone, of course she didn’t have time for that and said she hung up after two volleys of “yes you will- no I won’t”. That was nice of her to tell me the little story so I didn’t feel bad. It is a little dark in there but I think it wouldn’t be the same if it were well lit. They have a stage for free live music, a pinball machine and darts.The wings (I get boneless) are some of the best I’ve ever had. I’m always torn between ordering buffalo or the honey mustard dip. They’re both excellent. Great fries too.
Another “yay” in Framingham.
Yes, the Bone is really good.
As for the crowd… well, I moved to the ‘ham in ‘99, and I even though I had heard about the great wings, I avoided the Chicken Bone for a couple of years because of the general look of the place. Finally, I got over it (after hearing that some PTO ladies would go there after meetings!), and I checked it out. I’ve since gotten takeout there quite a number of times, and I’ve found that the crowd is usually made up of mostly middle-aged folks (granted, I usually go between 7pm and 9:30pm).
Comment by John — July 27, 2006 @ 8:09 pm
Can anybody shed any light on the meaning of the sign outside the CBS that says “Featuring the cuisine of Wingszu”?
Is Wingszu a person? If so, does he (she) dress up in a costume of some kind? I see in my mind a sort of a human-sized martial-arts chicken–is that close? Does Wingszu actually hang out there and talk to people, or is he behind the scenes?
Or (another guess) is Wingszu a sort of franchised cooking process? I guess Kentucky Fried Chicken used to be that, before they opened their own restaurants.
Anyway I really don’t want to go there until I find out who or what Wingszu is.
Thanks for the great blog. My wife and I read it every day.
Comment by foppy — August 10, 2006 @ 1:57 am
Hi Foppy,
It looks like wingszu but it’s really Wings 2 U. They deliver and 1-800-WINGS2U is also their phone number.
So no need to fear some weird cooking process or strange mascot, it’s really great food. Bring the wife some night and check it out.
Thanks for reading!
Comment by michelle — August 10, 2006 @ 12:18 pm
Ordered a few times but have never been there. Really should go in, one of this days. Yes, the wings are amazing and they can make them real spicy like “atomic” spicy. Btw, cool blog you got there. Started a metrowest forum some time ago but it does not seem to take off. I see there’s a Framingham forum, wow, didn’t even know. Cheers.
Comment by h. capet — September 20, 2006 @ 8:36 pm
I went to the Chicken Bone for the first time last night and I thought it was excellent. Like others, I have been avoiding it for the 4 years I’ve lived here because to me it just seemed kind of skeevy. But the food was great and the service was really friendly. Two thumbs up
Michelle — Boneless??
One more thing.. someone commented on how the old sign said “featuring the food of wings2u” I always thought that was odd as well… but speaking of odd things on signs in Framingham — does anybody know why the sign for Hartford St. Pizza says “Mozie” underneath the name? Even when they changed their sign and put a new one on, it still said that. Who is Mozie? This has been perplexing me for years lol…
Comment by Tim — April 4, 2008 @ 8:02 am
Sure it doesnt say Moxie like the soda?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Moxie.jpg
Comment by Alec — May 27, 2008 @ 8:46 pm