{"id":416886,"date":"2026-10-02T16:18:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T16:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/416886\/"},"modified":"2026-10-02T16:18:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T16:18:07","slug":"island-restaurants-taking-part-in-whats-up-fmb-chicken-wings-competition-this-saturday-fort-myers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/416886\/","title":{"rendered":"Island restaurants taking part in What\u2019s Up FMB chicken wings competition this Saturday &#8211; FORT MYERS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Local Fort Myers Beach restaurants will be taking part in \u201cWings on the Beach,\u201d a competition and passport event being promoted by the group What\u2019s Up FMB.<\/p>\n<p>A dozen restaurants are expected to participate, putting up their wings against each other to determine a \u201cGolden Wing champion,\u201d What\u2019s Up FMB announced ahead of the event.<\/p>\n<p>Among the restaurants who have publicly announced they are participating are Detroit Dawgs, Junkanoo Below Deck, License to Chill Bar &amp; Grill, Lah De Dah Restaurant, Mr. Waves Island Bar. Nervous Nellie\u2019s, Petey\u2019s Upper Deck, Snug Harbor Waterfront Restaurant, Smokin\u2019 Oyster Brewery, Wahoo Willie\u2019s, and The Whale.<\/p>\n<p>The wing crawl will begin at 11 a.m. at Junkanoo Below Deck and will end at Wahoo Willie\u2019s with a party between 5:30 p.m. and 6 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>A champion will be announced at the Wahoo Willie\u2019s party at 5:45 p.m. There will also be a 50\/50 raffle.<\/p>\n<p>Participants can pick up a passport to taste each restaurant\u2019s signature three-wing special, and then head to Wahoo Willie\u2019s to cast a vote on the best wings. <\/p>\n<p>Smokin\u2019 Oyster Brewery on Old San Carlos Boulevard announced they will be offering house-smoked wings marinated in Chef Miguel\u2019s special sauce, with a Chipotle dipping sauce.<\/p>\n<p>Smokin Oyster Brewery, Snug Harbor Waterfront Restaurant, and Wahoo Willie\u2019s also announced three-wing specials to go along the event on Saturday. Smokin\u2019 Oyster Brewery will offer three wings with a koozie for $5, Snug Harbor Waterfront Restaurant will offer three wings for $4, and Wahoo Willie\u2019s will have a special of three wings and a domestic beer for $6.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s Up FMB announced that among the flavors for the wings being offered at the event from other restaurants will include garlic teriyaki, mango habanero, kung pao, and sriracha sunset.<\/p>\n<p>The cost to register for a passport is $25. The deadline to enter is Friday at noon. To pick up a passport for the event, visit WhatsUpFMB.com. Participants do not need to go to each restaurant.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Local Fort Myers Beach restaurants will be taking part in \u201cWings on the Beach,\u201d a competition and passport&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":416887,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210],"class_list":["post-416886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416886","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=416886"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416886\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/416887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=416886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=416886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=416886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}