Wild Wing Cafe

Wild Wing Cafe
Private
Industry Restaurant Chain
Founded Hilton Head, South Carolina May 1990 (1990-05)
Founder Diane & Cecil Crowley
Headquarters Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
Number of locations
 43 restaurants (2017)
Area served
Owner
  • Axum Capital Partners (>50%)
  • Diane & Cecil Crowley
Website wildwingcafe.com

Wild Wing Cafe is a restaurant chain in the southern and eastern United States with over 40 locations in nine U.S. states. It is headquartered in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, a suburb of Charleston.

Background

Their chain's motto is "Hot Wings, Cold Beer, Good Times." Wild Wing Cafe was started by Atlanta native Cecil Crowley and his wife Diane, who opened the chain's first location in Hilton Head, South Carolina in June 1990.[1][2][3] By 2001, it had grown to seven locations.[4] In January 2012, a majority interest in the chain was secured by Charlotte, North Carolina-based Axum Capital Partnership, an investment company whose founders include a former Red Lobster president and National Football League Pro Bowler, Muhsin Muhammed.[5]

Wild Wing Cafe are known for their many wing flavors and various other food items. The menu is similar to other wing chains such as Hooters and Buffalo Wild Wings.

Some locations feature live music in the evenings, and recording artist Edwin McCain actually started his career playing shows at Wild Wing Cafe.[6][7]

Locations

Wild Wing Cafe is located throughout areas of Virginia, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and Tennessee, as well as one location each in Texas, Florida, New Jersey and Alabama, with a total of 43 locations as of 2017. Some are company owned locations and some are franchised.[8]

References

  1. ↑ Wild Wing Cafe, Hilton Head Monthly (March 2003)
  2. ↑ (3 March 2005). EAT: NEIGHBORHOOD NOSH: Wild Wing Cafe, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, p.15
  3. ↑ (1 July 2011). Home grown: Lowcountry-based businesses that have gone national, Hilton Head Monthly
  4. ↑ (22 June 2001). Wild Wing celebrates birthday, The Island Packet
  5. ↑ Slade, David. "Wild Wing Cafe company sold".
  6. ↑ Bates, Ashely (26 July 2007). New Wild Wing Cafe draws varied crowds, local music, Gainesville Times
  7. ↑ (17 June 2010). Edwin McCain returns for a Wingstock cameo, Beaufort Gazette
  8. ↑ Salgado, Brian. Wild Wing Café, Food * Drink, Retrieved December 6, 2011
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