Wings over RGV: Local restaurant chain grows despite pandemic

Wings over RGV: Local restaurant chain grows despite pandemic

When Bobby Saenz opened his first Wing Barn on Boca Chica Boulevard in Brownsville on May 27, 2010, his goal was to eventually get to 10 stores.

He achieved that goal with the grand opening of the company’s second Edinburg location on June 23, an event Saenz admitted was “pretty special to me.” Now he’s turning it up to 11 with a second McAllen Wing Barn, scheduled to open in less than two months.

In addition to the two Edinburg locations and soon-to-be two McAllen stores, the company has another one in Brownsville, two in Harlingen and one each in one in Olmito, San Juan and Weslaco. The original Brownsville store has doubled in size and recently completed a remodel.

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