Sometime people read these posts and send us suggestions of places they think we should visit for one of our next WTGW outings. Tonight is proof that we do take those suggestions to heart.

I mean, OK, so we may not visit until like 7-10 years after the suggestion is made. But the point is that eventually we DO go. Honest.

Our biggest deterrent to Fizzlestix for all these years has been that it’s like 40 minutes from our house, which as we all know is testing the limits of our midweek, post-work, we still have to get up early again tomorrow driving limits. But since Shane and I had both taken a midweek vacation day and Ted was home early we decided the conditions were right for the trip.

It’s worth noting that Fizzlestix does have a patio, but given it was literally 100 degreees out – because Ohio is the new desert for a few months out of the year it seems, love this for us – we opted in dine inside in the AC.

And of course cool off with a beverage. Wednesday’s special is $2 off the goblets, which are specialty drinks in – well – large goblet glasses. Duh. They’re such a big part of Fizzlestix culture that they get a full page in the menu.

I know that’s hard to read but just think of any flavor of drink that used to come in one of those fishbowls at bars and chain restaurants back in the 90s, and you have the majority of this menu.

They also do party tricks!

The goblets come served over dry ice, which we were explicitly instructed not to touch or try to eat. Because they had to say it, you know that’s been an issue in the past.

I got the gummy bear margarita (the star of the video above) and Shane got the strawberry Moscow mule.

Yes that’s a gummy Lifesaver inside. And yes you ARE allowed to eat those. Or so we hope anyway because there was no warning given and so of course we fished those out with our straws.

Clearly undeterred by novelties, Ted got a Midwest IPA from Great Lakes. 

For apps Ted got the buffalo cauliflower.

Shane and I shared something called truffle cheese stix, which can only best be described as what may happen if a cheese stick and an egg roll had a baby and then covered it with a delightful little truffle sauce blanket.

Fizzlestix is best known for its burgers. They also specialize in something called fizzle fries – which you can get a flight of if you want to try several flavors. They claim to be the only place that offers a “fry flight,” and you know what I can think of better things to challenge so we’ll just let them keep that title.

As you can see, the menu is a few words shy of War and Peace, so prepare appropriately. You’re welcome.

Ted got the Kentucky flaming hot chicken sandwich with regular fries. He was particularly intrigued by the fact that that “flaming hot” flavor comes from the dust of Flaming Hot Cheetos. Which I believe is a first for us.

Ted’s best description of this sandwich was basically a Nashville hot chicken sandwich with some Flamin Hot Cheetos and coleslaw added in. He wished the coleslaw had been on the side aa opposed to already spread over the burger patty, but he also didn’t specifically ask for it on the side because he said he wanted to try it as they made it. He said he wasn’t disappointed. His meal was exactly like he expected from the menu description, and was satisfying.

I got the firecracker burger, which is topped with Pepper Jack cheese, bacon and jalapeno cream cheese. 

My burger was good. The combo of the jalapeno cream cheese and the fruit jam on opposite buns was interesting and surprisingly good. It’s not easy to eat, so be sure to keep your fork, but the flavors were good.

One note, the menu says the burgers are cooked medium well but both mine and Ted’s were more medium rare. Which I didn’t mind so much, but a word of warning to anyone who doesn’t like to see a color inside their burger.

But it was Shane’s sandwich that stole the show tonight, and is sure to be something we reference again in future “what was that insane dinner you ordered?” conversations.

Meet the Sasquatch Burger. It’s basically a burger that uses a full grilled cheese sandwich as each of its outer buns. And these aren’t little sandwiches either. We’re talking Texas toast grilled cheese sandwiches on either end with a full burger patty in the middle.

The menu says “come hungry.” Which we all know is code for “Shane, order this for the most food on one plate.”

He did ask our server “what’s the deal with this burger” to which she replied that “you won’t get anything like this anywhere else.”

Sold.

Ted and I had pretty much finished our whole meals by the time Shane was digging into his actual burger. Part of that is because he’s one of those people who eats one thing as a time so he had to eat all of his fries first, but a bigger reason is because he took one whole grilled cheese off the top and ate it as a completely separate sandwich before even tackling any part of the meated portion of his sandwich. He then cut into the bottom “bun” to eat that and the burger patty together with a fork. 

To say he was full when we left may be the biggest understatement of 2026. I mean, not quite sitting upright to sleep after Latinos level of food gluttony. But close.

The best way to sum up Fizzlestix may be that it’s a cute place which seems to be suffering from a bit of an identity crisis. They have some very different and unique items on the menu, and it’s obvious that they really take pride in their offerings. Things like the dry ice in their drinks and the full page in the menu of interesting specialty burgers make them seem like they want to be a bit more of an upscale or midscale dining establishment. If you just looked at their website or menu that’s what you might assume the place to be.

But then when there in person you look around and the decor is dated, things are just a touch on the dive bar level of cleanliness, and the space is somewhat askew as far as the setup goes. So the actual physical space could be a lot more inviting if upscale or midscale was the true direction they wanted to go in. The best way to describe the existing decor is probably something like “dive bar meets family diner.” Is there a word for that genre? If not they could create it as they seem to have that market cornered.

The server we had wasn’t unfriendly, but she also had zero personality.  She was helpful enough but only really when we asked. Not a lot of offering or suggestions, and definitely no chit chat.

We wanted to like this place more, but it seems like they could do better at defining who they want to cater to and then leaning into that direction in order to truly stand out on our list.

Picked by: Steph