Anchor Bar
Coordinates: 42°54′8.44″N 78°56′6.75″W / 42.9023444°N 78.9352083°W
| Anchor Bar | |
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 The Anchor Bar in 2007 |
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| 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 |
Anchor Bar is a restaurant located in Buffalo, New York. The Anchor Bar's main claim to fame is that it is the birthplace of 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 a hot sauce and margarine based sauce (wings were previously used for soup or simply thrown away before this use came about). She served them with blue cheese dip as hors d'oeuvres at the bar. They were initially offered for free. Wings and Anchor Bar sauces can now be ordered throughout the country from the Anchor Bar's web site. Anchor Bar sauces are sold in Canada at Sobey's and Metro stores. In the United States Anchor Bar sauce can be purchased at Tops Friendly Markets.
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.
[edit] References
- ^ Epting, Chris. James Dean Died Here. pp. 18. ISBN 1891661310.
- ^ An Attempt to Compile a Short History of the Buffalo Chicken WingThe New Yorker, accessed December 27, 2009
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