Michigan chicken-wing restaurant expands to Tampa Bay region

Detroit Wing Co. has opened its first Florida location at 5006 E. Fowler St. in Tampa, across from the University of South Florida campus.

The restaurant opened on Feb. 18 and featured an opportunity for the first 25 customers to enter a competition whose grand prize is free chicken wings for an entire year.

According to a news release, Detroit Wing Co. is one of Michigan’s highest-rated chicken wing restaurant chains and has been featured in Esquire, Men’s Health, Buzzfeed News and MSNBC. It’s known for all-natural chicken wings that are made with no preservatives, no artificial flavoring and no MSG, as well as its poutine and macaroni and cheese and poutine.