{"id":34,"date":"2019-04-28T08:21:18","date_gmt":"2019-04-28T08:21:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/feedmittens.com\/justwingit\/cjs-northside-grill-50-cents-a-wing-rip\/"},"modified":"2026-08-16T15:29:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T15:29:36","slug":"cjs-northside-grill-50-cents-a-wing-rip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feedmittens.com\/justwingit\/cjs-northside-grill-50-cents-a-wing-rip\/","title":{"rendered":"CJ&#8217;s Northside Grill: 50 Cents a Wing, RIP"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/feedmittens.com\/justwingit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_00537.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n<p>This one I can actually name, and I wish I couldn&#8217;t, because it means telling you it&#8217;s gone. The table sign is right there in the photo: <strong>50&cent; Wings Every Wednesday, 4&ndash;8, dine-in or take out<\/strong>, flavors ranging from Buffalo and Teriyaki to, memorably, &#8220;Roman&#8221; &mdash; six flavors for the price of admitting you have no plans on a Wednesday. This was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cjsnorthsidegrill.com\/\">CJ&#8217;s Northside Grill<\/a> on Edgell Road in Framingham, a neighborhood joint that also sponsored the town&#8217;s youth baseball team, which is about as wholesome as a wing bar gets.<\/p>\n<p>CJ&#8217;s closed for good in 2023 after twelve years in business &mdash; you can read the send-off <a href=\"https:\/\/patch.com\/massachusetts\/framingham\/cjs-northside-grill-closes-after-12-years-framingham\">on Patch<\/a>. Fifty-cent Wednesday wings are one of those small, dumb, wonderful institutions that a town doesn&#8217;t realize it depended on until it&#8217;s a For Lease sign. This blog observes a moment of silence, then keeps eating.<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you&#8217;re in the area anyway:<\/strong> the <a href=\"https:\/\/framinghamhistory.org\/\">Framingham History Center<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeplanttrust.org\/visit\/garden-woods\/\">Garden in the Woods<\/a> are both nearby and, unlike CJ&#8217;s, still open.<\/p>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Where This Was<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>911 Edgell Rd, Framingham \u2014 closed as the post says, R.I.P.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"220\" style=\"border:1px solid #f0d9b8;border-radius:10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.openstreetmap.org\/export\/embed.html?bbox=-71.44152%2C42.32604%2C-71.42952%2C42.333040000000004&#038;layer=mapnik&#038;marker=42.32954%2C-71.43552\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Map\"><\/iframe>\n<p style=\"font-size:0.8rem;margin-top:0.3em;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.openstreetmap.org\/?mlat=42.32954&#038;mlon=-71.43552#map=17\/42.32954\/-71.43552\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View on OpenStreetMap<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This one I can actually name, and I wish I couldn&#8217;t, because it means telling you it&#8217;s gone. 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