Willy's BBQ

Big Stick Willy’s Is an All-Mozzarella-Stick Restaurant

"A delivery-only, ghost-kitchen operation started by Will Reynolds in the East Village (with a Murray Hill outpost) that focuses almost exclusively on mozzarella sticks and other fried-cheese snacks. The menu spans a classic called the Missionary to inventive variations using different cheeses (Gouda, pepper Jack, goat cheese) and unconventional coatings (pretzel crumbs, Cheez‑Its, salty tortilla crumbs), plus deep-fried wheels of Babybel. Experimental items like the La Flama Blanca (pepper Jack with tortilla crumbs) and the Heart of Willysburg (goat cheese with crumbled Raincoast Crisps) were the reviewer’s favorites, offering notable cheese pulls and creative, platter-like flavors. On a 25-point scale the items reached as high as 23, with most deductions due to texture issues likely caused by delivery timing — the reviewer expects they would be even better eaten fresh in a bar or diner setting." - Megan Paetzhold