No Wings? No Good, notes from The Target

Fast mover, 6/7

    Let me start by sayin' I am tired of this shit!  I am not in the mood for another rain soaked late spring day, no waves and only the gulls to talk to. Summer's just about here Damn It!  Where's the waves? Sunny skies? The heat?  The warm breezes? The girls on the beach? The hot wings replete with decent service?
   A late PM thunderstorm cruised through and shortened our water time, but the post storm calm combined with low tide left a rainbow's hope of cleaned up surf. A wee bit maybe,  mostly knee high crumbs for the Watt to salvage.  A few quick rides. The fastest being the current driven tram ride down the beach.  Ride, get out, walk back, ride.  You get the picture.  Maybe the rainbow was meant to lead us to the perfect plate of wings...

Crumbs

      Off to Seacrets.  Jamaica USA advertising 7 different kinds of wings. The previous hour's monsoon didn't seem to dampen the crowds spirit as we settled into the bar with a perfect bay view.  As we each took long pulls on our beers we asked the barkeep where were the wings on the menu? Wait for it...wait...no wings.  That's right, the bartender informed us they were taken off two weeks ago for the summer season.  Let me reiterate: A Bar in OC that does NOT serve wings in the Summer!  "Tab please!"

No Seacret- no Wings, no good!

    Doing a quick exit an alternate plan is devised - the Salty Dog Saloon.  Our foray into this mid-town "Steelers" sanctuary last fall provided us with a bit of a "British invasion at the bar which was entertaining to say the least for the off season.  On this visit the attentive staff quickly took our orders of beer and wings. Being desperate for food we jumped into the baskets of wings....Hot and Old Bay style....we were immediately disappointed. Both epic fails.  Hot Wings were mild at best and the Old Bay were in some kind of sauce.  Wet Old Bay...something just not right about that.  Let it be noted - first time anywhere that we did not like an Old Bay style wing.  DWatt tried to ease the pain with a pint of Natty Boh on tap...but once again an old school draft fell distressingly short. Icy cold, but short.
   With this type of report you would think we'd be running outta the bar, but live music can be the great equalizer.  I do not know who Bryan Russo is but let us just say, "the Man can Play!"  And  his side at the drums ripped up the joint with an independent style that kicked ass.  However, as we left the bar we again faced the grim question of an impending reality... can we find a place to meet all our expectations?  The Crusade moves on.

The Ratings- 
                   Hot Wings: C-
            Old Bay Wings: D
                            Beer: B
                    TV/Music: B+
                 Atmosphere: B

      Overall: 2.40