INDIANAPOLIS —
Home delivery action was hotter than wing sauce Sunday afternoon, as football fans dipped in for the big game.
Crowded around a table inside Buffalo Wild Wings on U.S. 41S, four Indiana State University students showed their true colors, sporting Indianapolis Colts jerseys while watching the New York Giants battle the New England Patriots.
Agreeing there was a bit of rebellion in the move, Sam Richey said her friends’ voices would be lent to the New York Giants nonetheless.
“If Peyton (Manning) can’t be in it, we’re going for Eli (Manning,” she said in reference to the Colts and Giants quarterbacks’ relationship as brothers.
Chicken wings in hand, Nicole Carson said she planned on having fun, but expressed her wish that Indianapolis were more than just host of the Super Bowl.
“They should be in the Super Bowl today,” she said of the Colts.
Like other restaurants throughout Terre Haute, the main dining area and bar seemed a little vacant Sunday evening, but customers were streaming in and out the front door. Waitress Emily Hardy, also an ISU student, said people had been coming in to buy chicken wings since early in the day.
“Our dining room has been a little slow, but carry-out’s been ridiculous,” she said amid the cheers.
Up and down U.S. 41, traffic seemed nonexistent and parking lots looked oddly vacant. Inside Domino’s Pizza at Express Plaza near South Seventh Street and Springhill Drive, hands were flying, spreading sauce on dough and pulling breadsticks from the oven.
Shannon Mills said the bulk of orders coming in that day had been for large quantities of food, with many calls requesting in excess of 20 pizzas and assorted items.
“We’ve been very busy,” she said, standing behind a counter lined with advertised specials.
According to a media release issued by the parent company, Domino’s Pizza expected to sell more than 11 million pizza slices nationwide Sunday.
Up the street at Beef O’Brady’s on U.S. 41, owner Dawn Lafata joked her staff was ready to throw the phone out the door by kick-off.
“We’ve had to-go orders all day,” she said, guessing more than 100 orders for wings had already been sent out. “They want wings and they want them in every flavor.”
Meanwhile, every television in the restaurant was tuned to the game, and Lafata made no pretense about her support for Terre Haute native Steve Weartherford and the Giants. Television cameras panned across the sweeping crowds visiting Indianapolis for its first-ever Super Bowl, and Lafata said she could understand the excitement.
“I have friends up there,” she said as more orders of wings came out of the kitchen. “And it must be pretty cool.”
Brian Boyce can be reached at 812-231-4253 or brian.boyce@tribstar.com.
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