Douglas C.
Yelp
Blinky's is back! It looks like my review (and all of the other stellar reviews) for the previous location are gone, which is to be expected since (a) it moved, and (b) it was closed for a few years.
Blinky's is home to:
- Great wings - Some of the best around. The lemon-pepper are seasoned "just right", and are pretty much the only ones my wife will eat. We tried a number of others while Blinky's was closed, and only one came close (Mimi's smoked wings).
- A classic Philly Cheesesteak - My personal favorite. I really need to branch out and try some of the other items every now and then, but ... Oh well!
- A great selection of other grill items. It's been a few years since I tried the fish, but I recall it being good as well.
- Hard-working sole-proprietor Bobby, who is working the grill pretty much every hour they are open from what I've seen. So impressed that he remembered my name the second I walked back in the door after not seeing me for three years!
A few notes, from experience:
- Apple Maps has the street address right, but the city oh-so-wrong. There are, of course, two "Atlanta Highway's" coming out of Athens to Atlanta -- US 78 and the old US 29 (now GA 8). Someone accidentally entered the address into Apple Maps as in Statham (along the GA 8 "Atlanta Highway"), but the correct location is in Grayson, at the edge of Snellville, just a few minutes from the previous location. Always makes me wonder which "Atlanta Highway" the B52's were talking about in their song "Love Shack" ;-)
- If Bobby needs to take a day off, he'll close up, but he usually updates the Facebook page, so check ahead to be sure.
- They take call ahead orders. They have two lines, so if the phone happens to be off the hook (I've seen it happen while I've been here), check the Facebook page for the alternate number.