Kings of Wings is returning to its throne in Wheat Ridge. The food truck-turned-restaurant is finally reopening on March 25, 15 months after a kitchen fire shut it down in December 2021.
“After all the adversity we’ve faced, opening the restaurant during COVID, dealing with the fire and the rebuild, the most exciting part is finally getting to this point,” said Eddie Renshaw, who owns the shop with longtime friend Evan Pierce. “We’re hoping it’ll be smooth sailing from here.”
The two had originally hoped to reopen last year, but ran into some permitting delays with the city. The inside of the shipping container that they use as a kitchen had to be completely gutted and restored with new kitchen equipment.
But aside from that, everything about the restaurant and its beloved menu of slow-cooked and grilled wings, signature homemade sauces and local tap beer list will stay the same.
To stay afloat during the downtime, King of Wings hosted some weekly pop-ups from the traveling Little Arthur’s Hoagies, as well as their own smashburger concept, Snipeburger.
“In the beginning, we didn’t know what to expect with Snipeburger, and then we just kept doing it and improving it, and ended up creating a huge following for it,” Renshaw said. “So honestly, we’re going to open burger joint at some point down the road.”
Kings of Wings’ Wheat Ridge kitchen is too small to bring the smashburger back on that location’s menu. But come early summer, when the duo opens their second location in Golden with a tequila bar, Snipeburger will make a comeback until they find a permanent home for the burger concept, which is inspired by the St. Louis natives’ favorite childhood restaurant Carl’s Drive-In.
For now, it’s time to get back to the wings.
“We went a year without chicken wings, now it’s all we can eat, and we can’t wait to do the same for you,” Renshaw said.
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