The Char Report · Wings · Pizza · Strong opinions
Saucy wings, charred crusts, and honest reviews.
A running log of every wing and every slice worth talking about, from Buffalo legends to a Saturday-lunch air fryer batch. Mostly around Boston, occasionally on a road trip.
Fresh out of the fryer
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A February Boxborough Batch
A blue plate against a dark kitchen backdrop, February 2022 — deep-winter wing energy, the kind of meal that exists specifically because it’s cold…
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North Andover: Wings Next to Oysters, As God Intended
A December visit to what was clearly a step up in venue: wings with ranch and hot sauce on the side, and — visible…
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Patio Wings and Crayons: An August Afternoon in Nashua
Patio weather, a rose in a stemmed glass, a cup of crayons doing nothing to keep the kids’ menu occupied, and a plate of…
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Fourth of July Wings in Fall River
Independence Day, 2021, and instead of a barbecue I apparently found a plate of wings with a little salad garnish for balance — the…
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Wayland Pizza, a One-Off Location
May 2021, and this one’s tagged to Wayland, Massachusetts — a town that doesn’t show up anywhere else in this archive, wings or pizza.…
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Sudbury Era Begins: White Pizza, Overhead Shot
May 2020 — new house, new location tag (Sudbury, Massachusetts, which shows up all over this blog’s wing archive too), and a return to…
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March 2020 Wings: We All Coped Differently
Late March 2020. You know exactly what was happening in the world, and apparently my household’s response was to keep making wings, this batch…
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Seaport Takeout, No Name Attached
Late November, a black clamshell container, wings and fries, presumably eaten while looking at some very expensive waterfront real estate I could not afford…
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Two Pizzas, Bright Light, No Date to Be Honest About
This one has no timestamp in its file data at all, so in the interest of honesty: I don’t know exactly when this was…
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The Retrospective Collage
Not a single pizza night but a multi-panel collage — five different pizzas from five different moments, assembled together at some point rather than…