Are L.A.'s Best Chicken Wings at a Golf Course in Griffith Park?
The clubhouse at the Wilson Harding Municipal Golf Course in Griffith Park is a truly gorgeous setting. Built in 1937 as part of the New Deal’s Works Project Administration, it's a stunning example of Spanish Colonial Revival architecture, with vaulted beam ceilings, tall arched windows and hand-pegged wood floors. The L.A. Conservancy sometimes uses it for special events.
But in addition to the coveted tee times and the historic pedigree of the clubhouse, the best reason to visit Wilson Harding clubhouse is a surprising one: the damn good chicken wings.
What is it, then, that makes these wings so good? I asked restaurant veteran Mark Begakis, the owner and founder of Monterey Concessions, the dining operation that won the city contract to operate the clubhouse restaurant in 2001. Begakis says that when he took over, chicken wings already were a popular item, although he did decide to upgrade the quality of chicken used, change the frying oil more often and fry the wings fresh to order, because in his view, "If you use good products, it ends up good. If you use bad products, it ends up as caca, whatever you want to call it.”
(LAWeekly.com)
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