Wing Night

Wednesday night is wing night in Iqaluit, both at the Legion and the Storehouse Pub at the Frobisher Inn. We have not been to the Storehouse, but we have now participated in Legion wing night three times. This week was particularly significant for three reasons; I am now an associate member so was able to sign Blaine in rather than us both having to get Craig or Gerry to sign us in; We drove there together on the Quad; Blaine was not on duty so was allowed to have a beer.

At the legion wings are 25c each, beer is (a rather less reasonable) $9 per can. Beer in Nunavut comes in cans or bottles; the bottles are Corona; cans include Rickards Red, Molson, Canadian... all the crappy beers. There are no kegs. There are few glasses.

The Legion opens at 5pm and is instantly busy. Make your way past the smoking shed and join the line up inside the double doors to sign in and check your coat at the compulsory $1 coat check. Canada Goose jackets are bulky so the coat check makes sense and they don't try to screw you by charging another buck for your helmet. To the left of the coat check a short corridor leads to the quiet room which I have not yet explored, the open doorway to the right leads into the main room. As you leave the coat check desk you immediately join the queue which snakes back from the bar. At the cash-only bar you order your beverage and wings then take your receipt to the kitchen hatch at the back of the room. Carefully print your name on the paper and hand it in then take a seat and wait for your name to be called over the tannoy. Depending on who is MCing the kitchen mike you may or may not be able to decipher your name when your order is called. The wings arrive piled high on a paper plate (our landfill is a hungry beast that needs regular feeding) which you then take to the adjacent table to load up from a selection of six sauces; Honey Garlic, BBQ, Thai, Sweet & Sour, Hot and Xtra Hot. I like to combine BBQ with Xtra Hot.

Two Rickards Red and twenty wings makes a happy Wednesday :-)