Takeout from Cross Street Chicken and Beer

In my last revisit to Cross Street, I mentioned wanting to try the garlic parmesan wings. So, last week I placed an online order before heading home to check on Frankie. Interesting set-up; there are two lines one for take-out/pick-up, the other for seating on the patio. There were actually three people waiting to be seated, but my line had no one. There were quite a bit of staff on hand....which made me happy....people working, getting paid....I'm trying to tip at least 20% when I can.....I think of it as not having to pay a delivery fee and I'm hoping it's my little bit to keep places in business. Anyway, up to the window and out in five minutes....heck it took me longer to find parking.

So, a half order of wings ($10) and I couldn't help but order the Corn Poppers ($8) which I had really enjoyed on my last visit.

There are now five wings (instead of six) in a half order; but if anything, these are even larger than before. Not sure what is going on, but the wongs just seem to be bigger on every visit. And that one drumette was huge......it was also tough and dry. Like I always say; I'm all for wings that are smaller, but have a nice batter/skin to meat ratio. I did prefer this flavoring to what I'd had before, not overly sweet, perhaps edging on the salty side, but not bad. Again the batter here is more crunchy than crisp. The wing pieces were decently moist, with no dark spots or off flavors, if a bit on the chewy side.

I was really "on the fence" when thinking about ordering the corn poppers. I really wasn't sure they would hold up well on the rather short trip home. And indeed, these were starting to crack and deflate. The flavor was still that slightly sweet corn, bacon, some mild spice....it's just that the breadcrumb exterior was starting to break down and the textures, which was part of what I had previously enjoyed about these were starting to go down hill; the crunchiness was gone, the creamy bechamel had started to get somewhat gluey, with a slight grittiness.....I really missed that molten, tongue melting, but creamy feel.

Oh well, I'll just have to wait until I'm feeling comfortable with eating in I guess.

Good to see that Cross Street seems to be doing well.

Cross Street Chicken and Beer
4403 Convoy St
San Diego, CA 92111
(858) 430-6001
Current (Covid-19) Hours
Daily - 1130am - 10pm

 

Comments

[Lynn]

I haven't had the corn poppers in a while! Lately it's been soy garlic wings and another item from the menu, either chicken and waffles or loaded frankentots or something else. We aren't dining in yet either so I do miss the fresh plating of food from restaurants.

[kat]

bummer the wings were dry...stay safe!

[Jason]

Fried food is always hit or miss whether it'll survive the drive home. Maybe the next time you can do the taco truck thing and eat on the hood of your car.

[Kirk]

Hi Lynn - I've had Soy Garlic three times and it seems to be getting sweeter, so I thought I'd try something different. We're missing being able to sit and enjoying a nice restaurant dinner with great service....that's just going to have to wait though.

Take care Kat!

Hi Jason - It's quite interesting because the trip home from here is about 15 minutes or so and I've been rather pleased how all the fried foods have been holding up from visits to other places. It might be kinda funny if I just went for it and ate my wings in the parking lot; with all those other restaurants around.....

[Junichi]

I tend to avoid fried foods for takeout. Still need to try EE Nami tho.

[Kirk]

I've had some decent luck Junichi....but of course, in those cases it's been a quick trip home/office

[Soo]

I'll have to try these larger size wings. I liked the original size ones: https://www.hungryones.com/2017/12/cross-street-chicken-beer/

[Kirk]

I think they are too large Soo.