Cheers Bar & Bistro at 3900 Medina Rd, Ste J in Montrose serves bone-in wings at $9 for six and $17 for twelve, with thirteen sauces and three dry rubs at no charge. Buttermilk Bites are $8. Open daily 11am–2:30am. Call 330-443-4060.
Wings at Cheers come two ways by count and sixteen ways by coating. The count sets the price; the sauce or rub is free, so the only real decision at the table is flavor.
The photo at the top of this page was edited with AI from a real photo taken at the bar: the wings, celery and ranch were added digitally to a Cheers serving tray, so it shows the dish rather than a particular order.
The bone-in wings are tossed in whichever wing sauce you choose. Celery, ranch or bleu cheese come on request, so say so when you order if the table wants something cool on the side.
The sauce list reads like a set of families rather than a heat chart. The classic end is Buffalo, BBQ and honey BBQ. Names that announce heat are old tavern hot, hot garlic and spicy BBQ. Mango habanero puts fruit next to a chili pepper, and boom boom sits on the list beside it.
Then there are the sauces that lean savory or sweet: garlic parmesan, teriyaki, thai chili, honey mustard and fiery ranch. That is thirteen sauces in all, every one at no charge.
If you would rather skip a wet sauce, three dry rubs sit on the same list: cajun, jerk and lemon pepper. A rub is the choice for anyone who wants seasoning without a sauce.
The menu does not rank the sauces by heat. If someone at the table is careful with spice, ask the bartender which ones run hottest before you commit a dozen to one flavor.
Trying more than one flavor is simple: order two sixes in two different sauces, or ask when you order whether a dozen can be split. Either way the table gets to compare before settling on a favorite for next time.
Bone-in wings (6) are $9. Bone-in wings (12) are $17. Buttermilk Bites are $8: marinated chicken bites, breaded and fried, then tossed in your choice of wing sauce, so every sauce and rub on the list works on them too.
Chicken Tenders (3) are $14, hand-breaded or grilled, with a dipping sauce and a side. Tenders are the pick for anyone who wants chicken without bones or a toss.
So the chicken choice comes down to three questions. Bones or no bones: wings or Buttermilk Bites. Sauce or no sauce: the thirteen sauces, or a dry rub, or grilled tenders with a dip. How hungry: six, twelve, or three tenders with a side.
Weekday Happy Hour · Mon–Fri 2–6 takes $2 off indicated items and 50¢ off domestics. Wings are not among the indicated items on the current menu; the marked plates are shareables such as Soft Pretzels, Cheese Curds, Potato Skins, Deep Fried Pickle Chips, Buffalo Cauliflower and the Quesadilla.
The weekly board printed on the current menu has other nights, but none of them is a wing night. Call 330-443-4060 to confirm anything on tonight.
At the bar or a table, name the count, then the sauce or rub, then whether you want celery, ranch or bleu cheese. For a shared table, order the count in sixes so each six can take a different sauce.
For a table that also wants something to share, pair a dozen with one of the happy-hour-marked plates during the weekday window, or with Buffalo Chicken Dip and corn tortilla chips at any hour.
If you are feeding a group, the parties form or a call to 330-443-4060 is the way to plan ahead.
The venue is open daily 11am–2:30am. Wings work as a lunch plate, as bar food during Happy Hour · Mon–Fri 2–6 next to the marked shareables, or as a late order. If you want food late in the evening, call to check kitchen hours first.
For a named game, call ahead and name it. The bar can confirm whether it will be on and with sound, and the wing order can go in as soon as you sit down.
Cheers Bar & Bistro, 3900 Medina Rd, Ste J, Akron, OH 44333, in Montrose. Look for the lit Cheers letters over Ste J.
