Icarus Wings and Things

This is a very cool place in downtown Salem. Love the sports bar vibe and the women's sports on the big TVs. The service was quick and friendly. We liked the choice of sauces on the wings and for dipping. Also liked the choice of going boneless if you want to keep your hands clean. The fries were good. The wings were serviceable.

Salem, OR peeps, don't sleep on Icarus Wings & Things! My hubs and I tried out their vegan mushroom wings last night, and we both thought they were spectacular. We had the Gumbo dry rub, Kansas-olina bbq, shoestring fries, a side of their avocado ranch and Louisiana buffalo sauce, AND their vegan funnel cake. We particularly liked the dry rub because it keeps the wings crisp, but the sauced wings were amazing, too - particularly with the avocado ranch dip! I don't think the fries are advertised as rosemary forward, but they had a strong herby flavor to me that was flippin' spectacular. And the funnel cake was a great hit of nostalgia for us both. We highly recommend! 10/10

Update: Came back to watch the women's World Cup quarterfinal and get some more delicious mushroom wings and fries. Excellent service and food yet again thank you. 1st visit: Early Saturday dinner and Epilogue only had bar seating so since my daughter was not 21 yet they recommend we try Icarus their sister restaurant around the corner. Funnily enough that was our plan B anyways! Finally got to try this place out and it was FANTASTIC 😍!! Cute little restaurant with a chill vibe not loud like Bdubs. Finally a women's sports bar in our town!! Woot WOOT! Games are on some screens but they are up high so out of the way and not distracting if you don't want to watch sports but easy to watch if you do. The staff were super friendly and welcoming, answered all our questions and took our order. I had the Vegan Maiitaki Mushroom wings with the Kanasalina bbq sauce and shoestring fries with avocado ranch dipping sauce. I absolutely had to run a side of their vegan collard greens and I am so freaking glad I did because they were out of this universe! I don't even know how it was so flavor packed but WOW!! I liked the mushroom wings better than the vegan wings at Fire on the Mountain in Portland and that is saying a lot! They were lively and light and crispy and perfectly coated. My daughter had the boneless wings and fries and my gf had the Wedge salad add chicken with the horseradish blue cheese. We all loved everything and we had no leftovers for the first time ever! Super flavor packed good portion sizes, hot and crispy and delicious and everything was reasonably priced. Dinner for 3 for $50 pre tip! I call that a win! We will be back. Everything was so good, we were all so stuffed and had put our phones stacked on the table to have family time and I totally spaced taking pics.. raincheck. Thanks guys! Y'all rocked our socks off! 🌈 ☘️ 💜