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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.
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8-07-2007 @4:41PM Angie Misetich said... I was born in Buffalo raised in California, but went back to live years ago.
This is when I first had wings. Love them and now I make them at home.
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8-07-2007 @4:48PM Jeannie said... To Pam Kneis:
I'm from Buffalo too and agree there's nothing like Anchor Bar wings. As for Beef on Weck - how 'bout Anderson's??? Their sandwiches are awesome and their soft-serve ice cream is OUT OF THIS WORLD. There's no other place that compares.
Here's to the Queen City!!! I sure do miss it. Jeannie
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8-07-2007 @4:47PM Chris St. Mary said... Anchor Bar's o.k. but Duff's has the best wings in Western New York.
By the way, the "little drumsticks" are really the wing tip.
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8-08-2007 @6:48AM Jim C. said... Trivia to some: The "little leg" is known as the First section and the flat, two-bone piece which you don't seem to prefer (I do because it always seems to fry up crisper) is called the second section. The third section is the tip which really has no meat. If you live in a Wal-Mart region, occaisionally you can find bags of First section only or Second section only wing parts. If you're into breaded wings at all (most purists aren't), try the Pilgrim hot wings and then douse with your favorite sauce and drain. BTW, if you want to experiment, some of the bottled marinades out there, heated with a little butter to mellow them some, are great on either fried or bbq'ed wings. KC Masterpiece Jamaican Jerk and some of the A-1 Marinades can make a great football wing-fest. Just fry up some wings, keep wings & sauces heated, let guests serve themselves!
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8-07-2007 @5:01PM Nancy said... For 6 years now I've lived in WA. They cannot make a decent Buffalo Wing AND they insist on serving them with Ranch dressing (no celery). YOW! Now that's just NOT Buffalo style! Come on..... Please make the crispy wings I lived on in college here in beautiful Eastern WA. Help :)
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8-07-2007 @5:06PM Ron said... My Mom was frying Chicken wings in 1940,so there.
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8-07-2007 @5:04PM Betty said... What about Duff's for wings in Buffalo. After 38 years in Buffalo, retired to Florida. Nice to see comments about Anchor Bar, Bocce's pizza and Swiston's. How about Anderson's for soft ice cream, BBQ and of course, Beef on Weck? The Beef today isn't as good, I'll admit, as it was in the early days when the only Anderson's was on Sheridan Drive in the Town of Tonawanda before franchising!!
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8-07-2007 @5:21PM Sheila said... East Amherst...... you are so right about Carmines!!!! And, almost anything in Northampton!!
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8-07-2007 @6:07PM Anne said... "JUST PIZZA" served only pizza for many years. They currently have more than 75 varieties! Probably 6 or 7 years ago they branched out and the signs changed to "Just Pizza....And Subs." They've since added wings.....their stuffed bread (a giant calzone), 3 cheese steak pizza, BBQ chicken pizza and the Chiavetta's BBQ wings are outstanding!
They will Fed Ex food to you for next day delivery anywhere in the continental USA if you have a credit card. Shipping charge is based on the weight of the food.
To take a look at the menu, go to www.justpizzausa.com. It will take a phone call to place an order :))))
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8-07-2007 @5:47PM Anne said... 51. I was born and raised in Buffalo N.Y.....I was at the Anchor Bar in 1964 when they first served chicken wings....They were great ! and still are !
Joan Mitchell at 4:17PM on Aug 7th 2007
Joan,
How many places have you tried wings from? When was the last time you had Anchor Bars?
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8-07-2007 @5:42PM Judy Adams said... Anchor Bar wings are the BEST--I heard they are going to franchise !!! Wouldn't that be great. We only get them when we go home to Buffalo. And Beef on a Weck is not available anywhere else in the country--sooooo good--anybody remember Freddies Doughnut--Buffalo has the best food !!!!!
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8-08-2007 @1:04AM Rich said... I got wings from the Anchor Bar a couple of times when I was visiting Buffallo on business in the 90s. They were in fact the best wings I have ever eaten and I put down 22 (of a two dozen order) in one sitting at the bar...Forgive me for the two that went to waste but I couldn't swallow another morsal...considering it took four pints of beer to wash em down, God it was great to be young with a high metabolism. One time I even bought orders packed to go and took 'em on the plane back to NYC for some of my friends to try...found out I had a lot more friends than wings. The recipe provided with the article here was the same recipe the bartender gave me that first night when I asked and I've been makin 'em that way ever since.
If you prefer not to fry you can put the wings on a baking pan , spray with a little olive oil and season with a little salt and pepper and bake em till they're nice crispy. Then dunk em, paint em or dip em ih the Franks Red Hot and buuter mixture and serve traditionally with celery stalks and blue cheese...I also like raw baby carrots or carrot sticks to go along with the celery stalks just for variety. And a supplu of good and proper beer or ale to wash em down. Damn they're good.
Thanks ever so to Frank & Tererssa for makin it so all those years ago and thanks to those who continue the tradition today.
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8-07-2007 @5:49PM Betsy said... There is nothing better than hot buffalo wings and pizza for sunday's watching Buffalo Bills football games. Buffalo is a great city, with alot of history, and great food. Visit here and you will love what we have to offer.
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8-07-2007 @5:53PM Mykal Smith said... Oh my goodness, I'm in love! Pam, you are so right, Anchor Bar for Wings, Bocces Pizza, the best pizza on the planet and Swiston's Beef on Weck. Nothing else compares.
I also grew up in the Buffalo area and every trip back is worth anchor bar wings, Swiston's Beef and Bocces' pizza. Yum... I will remind my wife to get a Bocces pizza when we are up once more to visit family and friends.
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8-07-2007 @5:54PM Alvin Bynum said... After reading 30 comments or so, I am relieved to note that it was all positive and fun--no hate. I even want to take a trip to Buffalo just to taste those delicacies.
I live in the Midwest, but I was born and raised in New Orleans where the fried oyster "Poor Boy" and the olive salad dressed "Muffaletta" sandwiches ruled. (SMACK!) Don't get me talking about Beignets and Chicory Coffee.
Since I can't easily get to Buffalo, I'll try one of the recipes I found on this website. Good eatin' y'all!
Dumpster
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8-07-2007 @6:07PM Lynnette said... WOW we transplanted Buffalonians sure do know our food. And are we ever loyal! Don't be telling me that Dominos makes wings that are even close. As soon as you get past Syracuse your quality if wings drop exponentially.
I will try the Gators wings. Have lived nearby for 5 years and have never been there. I will tryto keep an open mind.
We too were back in late July for a family wedding. OH MY. Anchor bar for the wings and Beef on weck and Pizza. We absolutely inhaled the pizza. Did Bocces last weekend as we returned through Bfflo. Not as great as I remembered.
Yeah, Clearfield Plaza's pizza certainly up there.
Andersons for everything.
Chefs for Spagetti Parm. MMMMMMMMMMMM
Mighty Taco Mighty Taco Mighty Mighty Mighty Mighty Taco. Sing that once and TRY to get it out of your head. We even brainwashed our new son in law from Boston to get stuck on that commercial.
We did not get the opportunity to share all of our gastronomical memories with our expanding family but know that we MUST get back. And soon.
I am savoring my Aletheas Chocolates, one piece every two days.
I am also on a new diet as a result of going back 'home' for a few days.
Thank goodness I am far away now that the Erie County Fair is about to start!!!!!!!!!!!!
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8-07-2007 @6:06PM Fubie said... Just visited and really wanted to stop by the Anchor Bar for some REAL wings. Ended up going to some chain to get a roast beef on weck. Can't get that good stuff in the midwest. I wish I was a Buffalonian again so I could eat all that good food. I once worked as a temp at Will Poultry. GO GROVER PRESIDENTS!!! Ye haw!!!
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8-07-2007 @6:08PM Diane Charlesworth said... I spent the 1st 29 years of my life in Buffalo and before 1964, and in some parts, til this day, the typical Friday night fare in Buffalo is the Fish Fry--preferably from Ilio DePaolo's in Hamburg. It's right up there with Anchor Bar wings, Beef on Wick from Swiston's, foot long red hots and curly-cue fries from Louie's and custard from Anderson's. I'm not sure what I look forward to the most--seeing my family or going on a Buffalo eating feast!
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8-07-2007 @6:10PM Lynnette said...
WOW we transplanted Buffalonians sure do know our food. And are we ever loyal!
Don't be telling me that Dominos makes wings that are
even close. As soon as you get past Syracuse your quality if wings
drop exponentially. I will try the Gators wings. Have lived nearby
for 5 years and have never been there. I will tryto keep an open
mind. We too were back in late July for a family wedding. OH MY.
Anchor bar for the wings and Beef on weck and Pizza. We absolutely
inhaled the pizza. Did Bocces last weekend as we returned through
Bfflo. Not as great as I remembered. Yeah, Clearfield Plaza's pizza
certainly up there. Andersons for everything. Chefs for Spagetti
Parm. MMMMMMMMMMMM Mighty Taco Mighty Taco Mighty Mighty Mighty
Mighty Taco. Sing that once and TRY to get it out of your head. We
even brainwashed our new son in law from Boston to get stuck on that
commercial. We did not get the opportunity to share all of our
gastronomical memories with our expanding family but know that we
MUST get back. And soon. I am savoring my Aletheas Chocolates, one
piece every two days. I am also on a new diet as a result of going
back 'home' for a few days.Thank goodness I am far away now that the
Erie County Fair is about to start!!!!!!!!!!!!
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8-07-2007 @6:13PM Anne said... Speaking of Bocce's pizza-----they usually serve a shrimp and lobster pizza with a white cream sauce during Lent. Very good!
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