Burning Bridge Tavern: worth crossing the river for?

Now that I have been blessed with a second child, my schedule doesn't allow for as many "guy nights" as it once did. If I can somehow convince my lovely wife to leave her at home with an infant and a toddler while I go out and enjoy adult drinks and fine cuisine with some friends, the next question arises... Where do we go? It is difficult to try and find new place and it's a dangerous thing to go to a restaurant where none in the party have previously attended, you really don't know what to expect. But this last Wednesday we decided to live on the edge and try a totally new place: Burning Bridge Tavern in Wrightsville, PA. 

After arriving and being seated we quickly discovered two things: Wednesday's are wing night AND open mic night. I had looked over their menu beforehand and was excited to try their burger topped with pulled pork and their house BBQ sauce, but when I found it was wing night I had to change my plans. 

They had a good variety of wing flavors:  BBQ, spicy barbecue, spicy ranch, garlic Parmesan, garlic and butter, Old Bay, Burning Bridge and then several HOT  choices: 1 alarm, 2 alarm, 3 alarm, and ALL CALL (which is made with ghost peppers). So we put in our order of pub fries while we decided which wings to get. My choices were the Burning Bridge dry rub and a saucy Spicy Barbecue, and they were both excellent. Normally I don't care for dry rub wings, but the Burning Bridge wings were quite exceptional. 

One thing that turned out to be quite a turn off was Open Mic night. It wasn't the general mediocrity of talent that bothered me; I have respect for anyone who gets up and sings in front of people. The problem was the shear volume of music. We were located at a table on the complete opposite side of the restaurant and we had to yell at each other to talk, which wasn't really the atmosphere I was hoping for. It's not fun to have to tell the same story three times just so everyone in the group can hear it. 

Other than the unnecessarily loud music, I quite enjoyed the Burning Bridge Tavern. The service was friendly and quick and the atmosphere reminded me of a small southern tavern, but that part could have just been the heat. I would happily go back and enjoy some more of what Burning Bridge has to offer, but probably not on open mic night :)

My Ratings (out of 10)

Atmosphere: 🍔🍔🍔🍔🍔

Food:🍔🍔🍔🍔🍔🍔🍔🍔

Service:🍔🍔🍔🍔🍔🍔

Overall: 🍔🍔🍔🍔🍔🍔🍔

Thanks for taking the time to read my review and I hope that you will take the time to cross the river and enjoy the Burning Bridge Tavern. 

Be safe. Be courteous. 

-Ryan