Bidwell Tavern

I can still remember the first time I came here, in 1992. A pint of Guinness and a tavern of wings. I never thought any of us could eat 36 in a sitting, but we were all up to the task (except Doug). It became a Monday night ritual, $2 pints of Guinness and a tavern of wings. The dark, colonial vibe could not be beat, and we never once had a bad visit Almost every week until I left for the bright lights of Boston in '98... 28 years later and I finally got the opportunity to come back. Wings are split in 10s instead of dozens, but most of my favorite flavors are all still here. I ordered Santa Fe hot for my dry rub, mustard horseradish for my special sauce and complicated for my buffalo. Still as awesome as I remember it, and if you like spicy, complicated does not disappoint. But now that

Had a wonderful lunch with my family this afternoon. I haven’t been here in over a decade. They are famous for their delicious wings. You can sit yourself upon arrival in the bar area. Jessie was our server and she was great. We started with the garlic pepper dry rub wings with hot buffalo sauce and ranch on the side. They were seasoned perfectly with the garlic pepper rub. Crispy outside and moist and cooked inside. It honestly didn’t need any sauce but my guys love dipping. The mozzarella sticks were lightly battered and crispy. The cheese pull was great. The mozzarella sticks were served with delicious marina sauce. The shrimp taco was mediocre. The shrimps were on the smaller side and heavily battered. It was served in a soft flour tortilla, cut romaine lettuce, diced tomatoes, red

This was a recommendation from a couple of friends mentioning a really good wings. Love Coventry due the market and motorcycle rides, so, I planned to stop in this place for lunch. When we arrived the places give you the impression of a 1800 building, lol, and yes, has been there for a while. The decoration it is traditional American. We ordered wings because was the recommendation on the place and so far it have been probably best wings so far in CT, if not wrong they sauce and refried the wings something that love it, perfect crisp, perfect temperature, and a lot of flavors, we order mexican spicy and the green giant (I believe was the name), we sayed that well take some left over to home but we end the plate. If you dont like wings the menu is pretty big, I saw salads, burgers, wrap

Pot Roast was amazing. Golumpki soup and clam chowder was delicious. I want a fan of the steak tips. The tavern still had the old school feel with the walls covered in historic memories. Will be back to try something else.

It actually pains me to write this because I’ve always told everyone that Bidwell has the best wings in CT. Unfortunately, tonight was really disappointing. The wings were extremely dry, almost inedible, which was surprising given how incredible they used to be. The nachos were also underwhelming, just plain tortilla chips with a few slices of melted cheese and some lettuce, tomato, and onion on top. I’ve loved this place for years and wanted it to be our go to date night spot, but based on this experience, I’m not sure we’ll be back. It’s sad to see the food quality decline because it truly used to be out of this world.