Anchor Bar

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Coordinates: 42°54′8.44″N 78°56′6.75″W / 42.9023444°N 78.9352083°W / 42.9023444; -78.9352083

Anchor Bar

The Anchor Bar in 2007
Restaurant information
Established 1935
Head chef Ivano Toscani
Food type Italian
American
Dress code Casual
Street address 1047 Main St.
City Buffalo
State New York
Postal code/ZIP 14209
Website www.anchorbar.com
The Anchor Bar's logo

Anchor Bar is a restaurant located in Buffalo, New York which was the birthplace of spicy chicken wings, known outside the Buffalo area as Buffalo wings.[1][2] The restaurant was initially established in 1935. Teressa Bellissimo is credited with the creation of the dish when she deep-fried some wings and covered them in hot sauce and margarine. Chicken wings were previously used for soup or simply thrown away. She served them with blue cheese dip as hors d'oeuvres at the bar. They were initially offered for free. Anchor Bar sauces are sold in the United States at Tops Friendly Markets, and in Canada at Sobey's and Metro stores.

In 2007, Iron Chef and Food Network personality Bobby Flay appeared at the Anchor Bar for a Buffalo wing "throwdown" with the self-proclaimed "Wing King", Drew Cerza.

References

  1. ^ Epting, Chris. James Dean Died Here. pp. 18. ISBN 1-891661-31-0. 
  2. ^ An Attempt to Compile a Short History of the Buffalo Chicken WingThe New Yorker, accessed December 27, 2009

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