| Anchor Bar | |
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 The Anchor Bar in 2007 | |
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| Restaurant information | |
| Established | 1935[1][2] |
| Food type | Italian American |
| Dress code | Casual |
| Street address | 1047 Main St. |
| City | Buffalo |
| State | New York |
| Postal/ZIP Code | 14209 |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 42°54′08.6″N 78°52′06.8″W / 42.902389°N 78.868556°W |
| Other information | Phone: (716) 884-4083 |
| Website | AnchorBar.com |
The Anchor Bar is a bar and restaurant in Buffalo, New York, located north of Downtown Buffalo at the intersection of Main and North Streets.[3][4] The restaurant was initially established in 1935.[1][2] The bar is most famous for claiming to be the birthplace of spicy chicken wings known outside the Buffalo area as Buffalo wings.[3][4] Beginning in 2012, additional locations of the Anchor Bar began opening in the Greater Buffalo area as well other cities. As of mid-2023, there are 14 locations in operation.
- ^ a b Olmsted, Larry (September 10, 2015). "Food pilgrimage: Buffalo wings in Buffalo, part 1". USA Today. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
- ^ a b Wilson, Paul (August 23, 2012). "Buffalo's Anchor Bar wings it to downtown Hamilton". CBC News. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
- ^ a b Epting, Chris (2003). James Dean Died Here. pp. 18. ISBN 1-891661-31-0.
- ^ a b An Attempt to Compile a Short History of the Buffalo Chicken WingThe New Yorker, accessed December 27, 2009