Curry Butter Bourbon Wings
If you ask, Alberta Street Pub proprietor Laina Amerson will give you a detailed backstory about her Wing Week recipe, delving into rugged tales of her childhood in the Olympic Peninsula. It’s perfectly charming. The wings are better. For the Mercury’s inaugural Wing Week, Alberta Street's grilling up Draper Valley Farms wings, then tossing them in a sticky, spicy blend of curry, Jim Beam, and honey, with a kick of Secret Aardvark. If you’ve not tried grilled hot wings before, try these grilled hot wings. They’ve got a perfect char against the goldenrod curry sheen, and a zing that makes dipping sauce irrelevant. Which is good: Alberta Street’s not offering any. DIRK VANDERHART