Sweets, including fresh-baked cookies and ice cream sandwiches, are $2 to $5. Tenders (a portion of four) and chicken and waffles are $12, and wings are $10.
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Football packages are available Saturdays and Sundays, with 30 wings or tenders, truffle mac and cheese bites, a pint of buffalo chicken dip and housemade tortilla chips. Courtesy of CraftbirdĬhicken and waffles, with two tenders and maple syrup, is a new dish on the menu, along with some lighter items: Caesar and baby spinach salads, with roasted tenders as a protein add-on. They were out of the 3.50 golden ale so I went with the 4.50 amber ale, which I ended up really liking. And I order a side of fried mac and cheese because if there's an option of fried mac and cheese, you order it. We decide on the Kim-cheeseburger and Wood Grilled Burger. They also have a couple of draft specials. Stagl said he likes to offer a seasonal croquette option, with a winter version featuring short rib.įried truffle mac and cheese bites are among Craftbird's savory sides. All are 5 and the two sides, fried mac & cheese and fries are 3. Wings are special to the Newington storefront menu, with half-dozen portions in dry rub or “wet” sauced preparations.Ĭraftbird’s range of savory sides include hand-cut potato wedges with flavored aiolis, decadent fried truffle mac and cheese bites and crispy Brussels sprouts with smoked maple vinaigrette and pickled onions. Tenders are available with a variety of dry rubs (spicy, garlic parm, teriyaki) and dipping sauces, like ranch, BBQ and honey mustard. While the truck normally carries three sandwiches, Stagl said, the storefront has five, with a “basic” construction of American cheese and special sauce, the hot sauce and ranch-topped “hot bird”, a bacon and avocado version and a BBQ creation with fried and caramelized onions. Leeanne Griffin / Hearst Connecticut Mediaįans who follow the black-and-yellow truck love the creative sandwiches, including its original best-seller, the “Yardbird” with sriracha honey and housemade pickles. “It was definitely the next step that had to happen,” he said.Īn order of chicken and waffles at Craftbird, with two fried tenders and maple syrup. They're even worth skipping the crab.In September, he opened a storefront on Main Street in Newington center, calling it Craftbird Sandos and Tenders. My advice to you: Order these if you spot them on a menu. So what are they? Little wedges (the size/shape of a chicken nugget) of really cheesy mac-and-cheese in a crisp, almost tempura-like batter, that came to the table super-hot and crispy, in a little paper-lined basket. Initially I thought this sounded ridiculously over-the-top and even a bit gross, but after only a second, I decided that they sounded way too good to pass up. Anyway, the menu listed deep-fried mac-and-cheese wedges (I'm not talking haute cuisine here, if that's not already obvious). Anyone who has been to this part of the country will know Seacrets it's an enormous bar/restaurant/club right on the bay that typically has at least one live band and peacocks wandering on the sand through the palm trees and wooden tables. Well, even I needed a little variety after a few days, and I found it at a place called Seacrets. On vacation along the Maryland shore, I managed to eat crab at every restaurant we went to-steamed crabs, crab dip, crab cakes, crab cake sliders and crab toast, mostly.