August in Iowa has a way of turning a simple wing craving into a full road trip, and that is exactly what happened to us.
One sticky, spicy stop led to another, and suddenly we were planning weekends around baskets of flats, drums, cold drinks, and patios that felt made for late summer.
From Des Moines to Marshalltown, Burlington to Iowa City, these places delivered the kind of buffalo wing experience that keeps you talking long after the napkins run out…