Wings Etc. Topeka location wins ‘Best Wings’ award fifth year in a row

The community has voted Wings Etc. into the top slot in the Topeka Capital-Journal’s Community’s Choice “Best Wings” category every year since the location opened in 2020

FORT WAYNE, Ind.—Wings Etc. Grill & Pub in Topeka, Kansas, is proud to continue its winning streak. The popular sports bar has been open for five years and has been voted “Best of the Best” in the wings category each of those five years in the annual Community’s Choice Awards hosted by the Topeka Capital-Journal.

Franchise owner Dave Clingenpeel attributes the ongoing success to the quality of the brand’s traditional and boneless wings and the variety of sauces and rubs that deliver “Big Flavor.”

“Our guests love the crispiness of our wings and our broad selection of 19 sauces and rubs,” said Clingenpeel. “Whatever their tastes, from sweet to savory and hot to mild, everyone can find a favorite here at Wings Etc.”

Dave and Cara Clingenpeel opened their Wings Etc. location in June 2020 and won their first Topeka Capital-Journal “Best Wings” award just a few months later. In 2021, the restaurant was also named “Twisted Wing King” by fans during the annual Topeka Wing Fling one-day event after mixing two popular sauces—mild sauce and lime-pepper rub—and presenting the blend at the event.

Voting for the Community’s Choice Awards was open to the public. Clingenpeel is grateful to the Topeka community for its ongoing support.

“We’re honored to be recognized for the past five years and gratified that our efforts and that of our staff haven’t gone unnoticed,” Clingenpeel said.

“Wings Etc. is proud of the Topeka franchise and its success in the community,” said CEO Rob Hensmann. “We always seek to deliver on the ‘Big Flavor’ promise that we make to guests, and this is proof that we’re meeting and exceeding expectations.”

Wings Etc. is located at 2139 SW Fairlawn Plaza Drive in Topeka. The location is open Sunday through Thursday from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. and Friday and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 12 a.m.

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About Wings Etc. Grill & Pub

Wings Etc. is proud to celebrate 30 years of growth and good times this year. Founded in 1994 by Jim Weaver in northern Indiana, Wings Etc. is a family-friendly grill and pub featuring award-winning jumbo Buffalo wings, 22 signature sauces and rubs, dozens of TVs tuned to sports programming and a casual, non-corporate-y, laid-back vibe that makes people want to just come in and hang out. See wingsetc.com.

With 80 corporate and franchise locations, Wings Etc. has been listed among Entrepreneur magazine’s “Top 500 Franchises” every year since 2021 and was included in the magazine’s “Top Five Best Sports Bars” in 2021. It has been named one of Franchise Business Review’s “Top Food Franchises” every year since 2020 and a “Top 200 Franchise” every year since 2019. Wings Etc. has been included in Franchise Gator’s “Top 100 Franchises” seven times since 2014 and its “Fastest Growing Franchises” seven times since 2016; it was among the “Top Emerging Franchises” in 2023. It has been named a “Top 400 Franchise” by Franchise Times every year since 2021 and a “Top 500 Franchise” by Nation’s Restaurant News every year since 2021. See www.wingsetcfranchise.com.

The Wings Etc. Foundation is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization committed to improving children’s lives. See www.wingsetcfoundation.com.

©2024 Wings Etc., Inc. Franchises independently owned and operated.

Photos courtesy of Wings Etc. Grill and Pub

Photo 1: Wings Etc. Topeka franchise owner Dave Clingenpeel

Photo 2: Wings Etc. chicken wings