WesWings Specials Monday 3/23/26

Lunch

Holly’s VODKA SAUCE Parm
Breaded chicken cutlet topped with housemade vodka sauce and melted provolone on a pressed grinder roll. Comes with soup, salad or fries.$17.95

Bacon Egg & Cheese (Hangover Special)
The “Hang-Over” special! A fried egg & cheese with choice of bacon, avocado, ham or sausage on a roll with a side of tots Add additional eggs for 1.50 points each. Also available without meat.$12.95

TikTok ‘SWINGS Chicken Caesar PASTA Salad
Chopped romaine lettuce tossed with breaded chicken tenders, spicy Caesar dressing, croutons, bacon,parmesan cheese and fussilli pasta!! Try it with falafel, seitan or tofu!$17.95

Avocado Toast & Lox
7 Grain toast or plain or “everything” bagel with avocado, lox, tomato, onion and capers.$16.95

Dinner

Pesto Penne
A Wes Wings favorite! Penne pasta tossed in a pesto Alfredo sauce with your choice of grilled chicken, seitan, falafel.$18.95

JERK Chicken Wrap Panino or TOFU
Jerk seasoned chicken with yellow rice, black beans, salsa, then panini pressed. Comes with soup, salad or fries. Seasoned TOFU available too!!$17.95

WesWings Specials Sunday 3-22-26

Dinner

Penne a la Vodka
Penne pasta tossed in a house made pink vodka cream sauce with chicken tenders or grilled chicken. No topping for $12.95
$18.95

Baked Macaroni and Cheese
A creamy blend of cheeses baked with elbow pasta & topped with grilled chicken or chicken tenders and crumbled bacon – Large order of plain mac & cheese $12.95 – Small order with chicken & bacon $14.95 – Small plain side $ 6.95
$18.95

Apple & Brie Salad
Fresh salad greens with your choice of grilled chicken, chicken tenders,tofu, falafel or fried seitan with fresh apples, candied walnuts, dried cranberries, grape tomatoes, and brie cheese in a house made vinaigrette.
$18.95

BANG BANG GRILLED CHEESE
Rustic Italian bread with chicken tenders, muenster cheese, bacon & house made BANG BANG sauce panini pressed. Comes with soup, salad or fries.
$16.95

NEWS RELEASE MARCH 28, 2025: We Have a Deal!

Today we are proud to announce a historic agreement with the dining workers union UniteHere217.

What began two years ago as a tumultuous confrontation between our companies and the union and divided our staff, has grown into a productive relationship built on mutual respect and understanding. Poor communication in the early days led to our not understanding the union’s positions or intentions and the union not understanding ours.

Since September of 2023, both sides have worked diligently and honestly to achieve what is in the best interests of the employees, the companies and our customers. During the summer of 2024, the university agreed to amend our contract and reduce the fees that our companies pay to Wesleyan. This enabled us to offer a competitive contract that included raises in pay and benefits. We have spent the past six months working out the details of the initial Collective Bargaining Agreement that covers not only wages and benefits, but terms of employment, grievances, discipline, seniority and a myriad of other rights and procedures that are now codified in the agreement.

We are grateful to everyone who helped bring about this agreement. Our attorney, Patrick McHale led us through a process that was unknown to us at the start. Union representative, Henry Schmitt has been an honest broker and worked with everyone as we navigated and negotiated our agreement.

We believed then and do now that by bringing all the parties together and truly understanding all sides of the situation, we could achieve a result that benefits, our staff, our companies, our customers and the university dining program.

With this CBA now signed, we can look forward to many years of doing what we do best, providing the Wesleyan community with the best food and dining experience on any university campus.

                                                                                Karen & Ed

Sept. 14, 2023 Update on Union Recognition

Yesterday, an independent mediation service certified the signatures on union authorization cards that been collected by UNITE HERE last spring. They were able to verify 39 cards which represents almost 56% of the eligible workers who were employed at the time.

In the coming days we will continue the process to officially recognize the union and the next steps in collective bargaining. As we previously stated, we will be reaching out to all stakeholders during this time, including the union, our customers and the university. We believe working with everyone, we can transform our operations to improve the lives of our employees, the experience of our customers and the overall dining plan at Wesleyan.

-Karen & Ed

Class of 2027 Guide to the RBC (Red & Black Cafe)

First things first:  we are located at 45 Broad St and YES WE TAKE POINTS.  You can use your meal plan points all day, 7 days a week.  

  • Second, you can text your order in. 860-650-1214 (never a wait)
  • Just like WesWings we are a small independent business owned by Karen & Ed ’89
  • Grilled panini,
  • 2 or 3 soups a day
  • build your own grilled cheese
  • Breakfast ALL DAY
  • Fresh Smoothies.

Lots of choices for food and even more to drink.  First the food

Under Build Your Own Sandwich you can create just what you want.  Try our famous Cranberry-Apple Tuna.  We’ve also have

  • Sliced turkey
  • Home cooked roast beef,
  • Baked ham
  • House made Hummus

Plenty of bread options and spreads as well.  Any sandwich can be grilled on the panini press.

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8/28/23 Update on Unionization at WesWings and Red & Black Cafe

We are pleased to announce that on Friday August 25th we signed a Neutrality & Voluntary Recognition Agreement with Local 217 UNITE HERE
With this new agreement, Local 217 has withdrawn their petition with the NLRB and we have agreed to voluntarily recognize the eligible workers unit assuming the union establishes majority support of eligible workers.
While it is illegal for a company to seek or favor unionization, we welcome an end to this controversy and look forward to working with Local 217

In the following months we will be engaging with all of the stakeholders affected by this process, including our employees, Local 217, our customers and Wesleyan University. We believe by working together, we can enact changes that will enhance the lives of our employees, the experience for our customers and the dining program at Wesleyan.

This is our 33rd September, and for almost a third of a century we have dedicated our lives to owning and managing our two small businesses at Wesleyan. We have always stood by our staff and supported them through the darkest of times. The addition of Local 217 will not change that.

In the coming days we will be welcoming the class of 2027 ❤️ and the return of the upper classes. We can’t wait to get back to business and show you some of our new specials and expanded tent on the patio. We are eternally grateful for the support of our friends, families, staff, customers and the entire Wesleyan community.

-Karen & Ed

Class of 2027 Guide To ‘Swinging

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Eggs Benedict with fresh Asparagus one of many Weekend Brunch specials

You’ve heard about it.  They have cookie dough.  Maybe you even ate here during WesFest.  But now you’re here, standing in line, with a crowd around you, and you hear one of the cashiers yell, “Can I help who’s next?”  

WesWings can be a little daunting the first few times.  Some will panic and just order a burger and fries or a chicken sandwich.  Our menu is pretty extensive and the choices are vast.

  • What kind of bread?
  • Regular or spicy fries?
  • What kind of sauce?
  • Here or to go?

To list just a few of the questions you’ll be asked.

So here are a few ideas to help you get the most out of our little establishment Remember, yes we take points and like the Red & Black Cafe, we are a small independent business owned by Karen & Ed ’89

  1. Water is free, cups are not.  We charge 25 cents for a water cup so if you don’t want to buy a drink, bring your own mug.  We do this to reduce waste, not make money.
  2. To Go containers are free.  Our portions are big and delicious so why not bring it home.

What to order?

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