Monk's Cafe, Philly

Monk's Cafe is one of our favorite places to grab a beer in Philly. It has a cool vibe and a great selection of beer. We're there at least once every time we go to Philly. Oddly enough, we've never tried the food until now.

After having a few, I needed to pad my stomach with something solid and ordered their super hot wings and an order of their "award-winning" pommes frites. The bartender warned us about the wings and we assured her that the more heat the better.

They weren't kidding, the wings were hot! It was made with some sort of chipotle-based sauce. Good heat, but it was missing something. I couldn't put my finger on it. Although I guess they were trying to be different with their wings, I would much prefer the traditional buffalo wing cranked up with lotsa heat.


Another thing with the wing is that the drumette and the wing were attached. Just try to picture the mess that was made trying to separate the sauce drenched wings with your hands. It wasn't pretty.

And another reason these wings gets a thumbs down is the mushiness of it. Almost as if the wings were steamed and nothing was done to crisp them up a bit.

On a more positive note, we enjoyed pommes frites. The fries like the wings were mushy, but at least the flavor of the fries and dip were really tasty.