(News flash - some like 'em waaaaayyyy hotter!)
Special to AOL from our intern Jean Morrow
To the rest of the world, they may be "Buffalo wings," but to Buffalonians, they're "chicken wings." 
They are always served with blue cheese dressing on the side, and no one orders just plain old pizza in
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The barbecue chicken wing is another story. For barbecue chicken wings, I always head to LaNova Pizzeria and Wing Company on the West Side of Buffalo. LaNova has perfected the barbecue chicken wing, served dripping with dark brown sauce. They are as messy as they are delicious.
Fans crave the chicken wings from LaNova and the Anchor Bar so badly that both restaurants offer overnight delivery to anywhere in the country. (You can order bottled chicken wing sauce too!) If you are going to splurge for the overnight delivery, there is one occasion for which wings are a necessity -- Sunday football games. When crowded around a television set on a freezing cold Sunday in
My friend's family business, Will Poultry, bottled and developed the official recipe for the Anchor Bar's Sauce about five years ago. She let me in on a little secret -- until recently, there was no branded recipe for chicken wing sauce. The Anchor Bar, and other restaurants, used their own version of an original, unofficial recipe: Frank's Red Hot Sauce and liquid butter.
Get the Recipes for Buffalo Wings, Barbecue Chicken Wings, and Anchor Bar's Wing Sauce
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1-26-2008 @10:27AM Hot Sauce Shop said... We were able to stop by this place LaNova is great. Don't miss it, you'll be sorry.
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1-31-2008 @4:50PM john ebert said... live in fl for 25 years and there is no hot wings here, i love anchor bar wings , hoter the better, also sal franko in orchard park was very good also, best wings and pizza, in fl. there is no good pizza or wings, only mine wife.
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2-01-2008 @9:25PM frrankb said... growup in bufflalo-live in nj;miss the wings in buffalo-best wings-atomic
wings in nyc!!-big,penlty of meat-cook perfectly-i still miss buffalo wings
but not the bitch i left behind-
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2-01-2008 @9:27PM frrankb said... best wings-atomic wings in nyc
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2-04-2008 @5:21AM Wally said... Okay-okay, I'm from Buffalo and I don't care what anybody from around here says, but most wings from any where in Buffalo area all are pretty much the same no matter where you go.
Don't let anyone feed you this nonsense about the Anchor Bar's wings being so amazing just because that's where the wings originated. It's not like spaghetti only tastes good in Italy or something. La Nova wings aren't anything spectacular either.
Duff's on Orchard Park Road (near Raph Wilson Stadium) serve really good wings, but my personal favorite are from Abbott Pizza on Abbott Road. They're bigger and more crispy.
But seriously, most wings from anywhere in Buffalo are good.
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2-12-2008 @2:37AM J said... Yuuummm!!! Buffalo Wings!!! I grew up in the South and lived in Buffalo area for 3 years. And, of course, I visited the Anchor Bar. Their wings were delicious. But you can get good Buffalo wings in a lot of places in that region of the state. In western New York, Buffalo wings are served with blue cheese dressing and celery. Where I grew up, I had only seen them paired with ranch dressing. Let me tell you--blue cheese and celery is much better. Now I'm a purist about my Buffalo wings. Hooter's wings just are NOT Buffalo wings. Yes, they are good, but they are not Buffalo wings.
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2-15-2008 @7:18AM Jay said... Perdue makes frozen chicken wings. Zap them in the microwave and you don't have to have any culinary skills whatsoever. More than that, they are cheap and you can eat them at anytime, usually watching your favorite television show. More over, they are not dripping in grease!
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2-21-2008 @3:16PM Jim said... I was born in Buffalo, raised in the sticks, and hate to admit, have never eaten Anchor Bar wings. By the mid to late 70's there were pizza and wing joints all over WNY. My favorite is Nino's in West Seneca and Hamburg NY. Got to be crispy not soggy like so many, so called Buffalo wings around the country. Carrot sticks are a nice addition to the celery and Bleu cheese. Here, near Myrtle Beach, I go to Wild Wing Cafe in Garden City.
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2-21-2008 @3:14PM yoda said... you know what's a good place for hot wang is wingo's Birmingham,Al (ENSLEY)
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2-21-2008 @3:29PM Jeff Soffer said... I was also born and raised in Buffalo, N.Y.. Yes Buffalo wings are da bomb but how about a little info on "roast beef on Kimawick" Not sure I have the spelling correct but my memory of that great samwhich with horseraddish sauce still makes my mouth water!!!!
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2-21-2008 @3:38PM Dan said... Gotta show love to Duffs, too! They got some great wings, but the location in OP is terrible. You need to go to the one in Amherst...honestly, I am not really a fan of the Anchor Bar? I really think people show love to the AB b/c that is where the beloved wing came from...2 other great places in the area for wings are Kellys Korner (yes, with a "K") in North Buffalo (Delaware & Hartwell) and Flatery's in West Seneca (Orchard Park Rd, by Fisher Rd.)
Let's go Sabres!
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2-22-2008 @8:34PM Bill said... I too was born and raised in Buffalo, Ny While going to college in Buffalo, NY I fequentlly visited the Anchor Bar and met the owners Frank & Theresa. I now live in Columbia, SC The wings in South Carolina are good but do not compare to the wings in Buffalo, NY They are the best and no not compare to any others. The pizza in Buffalo, NY is also better.
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2-21-2008 @6:11PM Andie said... Finally someone has written something about "Buffalo Wings"!
My grandparents lived in Buffalo & I spent much time there as a kid. I learned EARLY that "Buffalo Wings" should be SPICY!! You tone down the spice with BLUE CHEESE dressing and celery.
NOT RANCH! What is wrong with Californians!
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2-21-2008 @7:34PM panoots said... I live in Niagara Falls, NY just 25 mins. from Bflo. La Nova has it all over the Anchor Bar for wings and all over Bocce's for pizza. I travel to LaNova's just for their white pizza. Their wings are great though I don't usually order them. Too busy doggin down the pizza. Other favs. are steak and cheese and pepperoni, mushroom and onion. MMMMMMMM. In the early 80s, I lived in Chicago and wings were new then there. You should have seen the sad faces when they asked are they the same? Not even close, I answered. Here in the N.F., Jocco's on Buffalo Ave and Casa Nova on Military Rd. are the best. Think I will call and order some right now!!!!!!!
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3-09-2008 @9:51PM Drew said... I just drove up to Buffalo from Cleveland a few weeks back just to take a "food tour". Over the course of a weekend, I went to Duffs for wings, Ted's for hot dogs, Andersons for Beef on Weck, Luigi's for a fish fry, Bozana's for a pizza (take home) and a few Mighty Tacos! Amazing what you miss when you move away from home!
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3-11-2008 @12:17AM Pat said... Anchor Bar and Chicken Wings? What gives with that? For one thing chicken wings were here long before the Anchor Bar. They were just one of the few who found a way to sell scraps to the public. In the mid 1940s because of our large family, Grandma helped supplement our food supply with the chicken wings the local poultry store was going to throw out because it's basically the scrap of the bird once processed. Now for some reason weird people consider it a delicacy with prices that could match a good steak. The recipe for the same wings you get at the Anchor Bar was the same one my grandmother got from her mother back in Italy. "Duh" You could put the sauce on just about anything cooked the same way and it will taste the same. How funny is that. Don't get me wrong I love my wings but would I rave about Anchor Bar or LaNova's? Not a chance. By the way the original wings came from Asia. As for the best pizza it was from a little Chineaze place down on Henry St. in Brooklyn,NY. It was even better then the original Bocce's Club Pizza. Cook them yourself and enjoy.
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3-11-2008 @12:30AM Pat said... Anchor Bar and Chicken Wings? What gives with that? For one thing chicken wings were here long before the Anchor Bar. They were just one of the few who found a way to sell scraps to the public. In the mid 1940s because of our large family, Grandma helped supplement our food supply with the chicken wings the local poultry store was going to throw out because it's basically the scrap of the bird once processed. Now for some reason weird people consider it a delicacy with prices that could match a good steak. The recipe for the same wings you get at the Anchor Bar was the same one my grandmother got from her mother back in Italy. "Duh" You could put the sauce on just about anything cooked the same way and it will taste the same. How funny is that. Don't get me wrong I love my wings but would I rave about Anchor Bar or LaNova's? Not a chance. By the way the original wings came from Asia. As for the best pizza it was from a little Chinese place down on Henry St. in Brooklyn, NY. It was even better than the original Bocce Club Pizza on Clinton St.
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3-16-2008 @6:16PM Doug said... Although Buffalo Wings were a big hit in S.C., some years ago (and maybe still are, not sure), I never hear of them anymore. I always get my fried wings from where I order my pizza. I am not a big BBQ loving person, so get the plain, and they are great.
Eight of them for $6.00. Scrumptious!!!!!!!, with the Blue Cheese dressing. I wish Kathy would let us know, or let me know, how the curly fries are made, and seasoned. Thanks.
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3-16-2008 @6:22PM Dot said... My new password. Thanks, Doug
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4-01-2008 @5:54PM perry said... wings are the best food in the world Applebee's hot wings are the best things that i've ever tasted!!!!!!!!!!
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