About (What it is): The Candlelight Inn in Scarsdale, NY. The Inn has a tavern atmosphere with classic bar-food / finger-food, and is known best for its wings.
Location (Where it is): Located on Central Park Ave. in Scarsdale, NY - which is about 45 minutes north or Manhattan and very near White Plains, NY. To get there, we drive East on I-287 across the Tappan Zee Bridge.
Atmosphere (Why we go there): This restaurant is in a red building that certainly could have been an Inn at one time. There are two rooms - the first room you enter is the bar area. The bar is immediately to your right, and there is a clipboard on the wall to sign in for a table. Expect to wait a little bit - both times Charlie has been there it's been crowded and there's been a wait. Even the bar area is usually crowded. It adds to the atmosphere, though - and, clearly, the place is popular. We recommend getting a beer or two and watching one of the 3 TVs in the bar area while you wait. Once you're called, you're seated in the next room and there are more TVs in here if you want to continue watching the sporting event from the bar area. We've always had friendly service that was pretty quick for how crowded it's been.
The food (What we ate): The Inn has a menu with typical bar food, and most of it's good. The Candlelight Inn is most famous for its wings, and if your a buffalo wing fan, go with those for sure (see Charlie's thoughts below). Katie got the tacos on Adrienne's recommendation, and thought they were very good. The nachos are a really good appetizer to consider as well - they come with the white cheese sauce. Brian said their burgers are also very good, and they have other sandwiches as well. The food is fairly priced; wings and sandwiches will run you $7-$15, depending on what you get.
Charlie's Wings Test - ***** (5 / 5 drums)
The buffalo wings and drums come connected - so when you get an order of "5" or "10", you are actually getting 10 or 20 wings. Don't worry - the menu makes this abundantly clear. There are 4 classic sauce options - mild, hot, xtra-hot and chernobyl; there is also teriyaki and barbeque options, and you can mix and match sauces. The wings are big, and the buffalo sauce is excellent. It's thick and tangy, and goes great with dipping sauce as french fries, too.
I went for the order of "10" xtra-hot wings, and it's the perfect spiciness for me. I've tried the chernobyl on the side, and it's extremely hot. The hot isn't too hot - Brian isn't huge into spicy stuff but thinks the hot is just right. , but it looks like there is just one option. These are easily my favorite wings that I've had since we've moved here - if you ever make your way here, this should be your pick!
The verdict (What we thought): It's far for us to get here, but the food (wings) makes it very worth the drive every now and then. It's a fun atmosphere, and the wings are possibly the best I've ever had. Since the other food is really good, too, it comes highly recommended.
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