Well, I'm going back to the Land of Cleve (Cleveland) for a week as of August 17th and will finally be visiting Quaker Steak and Lube. I know they have a wing sauce that you have to sign a waiver to eat. Has any one tried it? Also, they sell their hot suaces? Has anyone had them? What should I avoid, what ones should I look for?
Quaker Steak and Lube
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I used to make the run to the original location back in the "can I borrow the car" days. I liked them then. please let us know how they are.
Last time I was in cleveland I found a restaraunt called Juniper Grille that I liked alot. It's on the trend/mod side but I was on a roast beef sandwich kick that week and the flashfried onion wild mushroom roastbeef was a welcome suprise.
Last time I was in cleveland I found a restaraunt called Juniper Grille that I liked alot. It's on the trend/mod side but I was on a roast beef sandwich kick that week and the flashfried onion wild mushroom roastbeef was a welcome suprise.
From our time in the land of Cleve, we visited The Lube a few times. The wings were always good, although we never tried the mega-hot variety...only the 2nd one down on the heat scale from there (the Suicide sauces at 30,000 SHU). I got the impression that not too many people may even order those, as the waitress gave me a wry look when I ordered a whole bucket of the almost-mega-hot ones.
Their sauces are good. We've tried the Suicide, Classic Hot, Cajun, and Buckeye BBQ (mild). All were worth the trip.
Which one(s) will you visit? We went to Valleyview a few times, and another on the east side whose name we don't remember.
If you're looking for a hot shop extraordinaire, head over to Chili's Fire Pit over in Mentor. Don's a great guy and has a nice selection of stuff in his store.
Their sauces are good. We've tried the Suicide, Classic Hot, Cajun, and Buckeye BBQ (mild). All were worth the trip.
Which one(s) will you visit? We went to Valleyview a few times, and another on the east side whose name we don't remember.
If you're looking for a hot shop extraordinaire, head over to Chili's Fire Pit over in Mentor. Don's a great guy and has a nice selection of stuff in his store.
I'm going to the one at Valleyview.
Valleyview? Sounds like a cemetery...
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Used to go to the one in Sharon, PA. Best wings on the planet!
I unfortunatly did not make it out to the Lube, but did go to The Boneyard, which has some hot wing sauces that I ate. I'll post about it in a bit.
imaguitargod said:
What ya commin out here for? The heat and humidity we have been dealing with? LOL....Funny thing is, is that I live here in the Cleveland area, I have never been there yet...lol...I always end up at a place called Wing Warehouse in Cuyahoga Falls. Tasty wings but not much there in the heat category.
Went to the Q.S. & L here in Charlotte and feel sure that we never have to go back again. Service was for crap (took 4 times to get the correct bill) the hot wings were good, but the missus ordered another kind and they were GREASY! Youch! Unlees you were a bar customer, it seemed as though they couldn't give a flip about you. Even took a long while for the hostess to realize that we (and others) were there to spend our hard earned cash and not just sight seeing.
Sorry to be the first guy to dump on the joint, just dropping my 2 cents. I am sure they are better elsewhere.
Sorry to be the first guy to dump on the joint, just dropping my 2 cents. I am sure they are better elsewhere.
Only the original Quaker Steak rocks
I've been to the original Quaker Steak and Lube a few times and I gotta say the original joint is pretty satisfying. I now live in Columbus and we have a franchise here but it doesn't compare to the original in Sharon, Pa. I've also been to the one in Valley View outside of Cleveland. I've actually heaved the wings from both franchises due to the greasiness of the wings. Plus, I think the franchises are taming down the wings a bit.
The franchises are nice but to get the real experience go to the original joint in Sharon, Pa and make a day trip out of it. The wing joint also has a neighboring steakhouse and a pretty good seafood house. All three eateries are owned by the same republican. (I only mention that because I could have eaten more jambalya at the Cajun buffet but the letter to the owner from Ronald Reagan tempered my appetite.) The franchises just aren't as successful at presenting the ambiance or atmosphere of the original joint whereas the locals at the original eatery seem to actually like their job. I guess that's what is known as growing pains.
I've been to the original Quaker Steak and Lube a few times and I gotta say the original joint is pretty satisfying. I now live in Columbus and we have a franchise here but it doesn't compare to the original in Sharon, Pa. I've also been to the one in Valley View outside of Cleveland. I've actually heaved the wings from both franchises due to the greasiness of the wings. Plus, I think the franchises are taming down the wings a bit.
The franchises are nice but to get the real experience go to the original joint in Sharon, Pa and make a day trip out of it. The wing joint also has a neighboring steakhouse and a pretty good seafood house. All three eateries are owned by the same republican. (I only mention that because I could have eaten more jambalya at the Cajun buffet but the letter to the owner from Ronald Reagan tempered my appetite.) The franchises just aren't as successful at presenting the ambiance or atmosphere of the original joint whereas the locals at the original eatery seem to actually like their job. I guess that's what is known as growing pains.
I go to the one in robinson township (outside pittsburgh). The suicide wings (30,000 units) are fantastic and the atomic ones (the ones with the waver) are edible. Quite hot, but no where near scorchers hottest.
Care to try a Deathmatch?
Tkromer said:
I have had the blazin at BW3. Not that hot. It is a great thing when a wing joint actually makes really hot wings. (Putting daves insanity sauce on them does not count)