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Seahawk Sidney Rice Really, Really Likes Wingstop

So much that he's opening five new locations.

Allecia Vermillion
Author: Allecia Vermillion
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I’m not only the president, I’m also a customer. Photo via Wingstop.

Wide receiver Sidney Rice likes wings. Wingstop wings. A lot. So much so that he has invested in the company and is opening five new locations around Seattle. The region’s first outpost of the Texas-based wing chain arrived last year in Bellevue.

According to the official release, the first of the Rice-partnered locations will open later this year in Tacoma and Kent. Said release also contains this quote: “Wingstop is my favorite restaurant. I travel a lot, and as soon as I land, the first thing I do is find the closest Wingstop.” 

In summary, the man likes wings (here’s some visual proof). Between Golden Tate’s Top Pot proclivities and Marshawn Lynch’s well-documented affinity for Skittles, Seattle’s football players have awfully strong feelings about food. I wonder how Wingstop pairs with Drew Bledsoe’s Walla Walla cabernet? And can somebody on the Seahawks please form a similar obsession with Steak ‘N Shake or In ‘N Out?

  




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Allecia Vermillion
Allecia Vermillion
Allecia Vermillion has spent a decade at Seattle Met, arriving as food and drink editor, and expanding her role over the years. She served as the magazine’s editor in chief until moving into a newly created executive editor role in 2021. She spearheads Seattle Met’s food and drink coverage and oversees home design content. Allecia’s writing has earned her multiple journalism awards and two James Beard Award nominations over the years. A native of Portland, Oregon, Allecia began her writing life as a newspaper reporter in the Chicago suburbs before making a grateful return to the Pacific Northwest. She has an English degree from Washington University (no, the one in St. Louis) and a masters in journalism from Northwestern University. She lives in Seattle with her husband and two children.