Eating at the Anchor Bar Restaurant, Buffalo, NY, Where the Buffalo Wings Originated

When overseas visitors or new immigrants come to Canada or US, they often ask these questions:

" What are the Canadian and American food?"
" What are the dishes that Canada/ America  are famous for?"

Often we are tongue tied and respond with hesitant answers such as: Hamburgers, French Fries?  roast beef and potatoes, pumpkin pies, apple pies?"

We do have a lot of great cuisine and delicious dishes in North America.  But it is difficult to name a national dish representing us here especially in Canada.  We are a multicultural country; our multicuralism  is also reflected in the variety of dishes served in restaurants across our country.

Anchor Bar/ Restaurant - Home of the Original Buffalo Wings!

However, one food does come to my mind - Chicken Wings!  They are as North Americans as you can get. It is an ubiquitous item on our menus in bars and restaurants. North America's chicken wings are very popular and they come in many many different flavours. Of all the flavours, the most favourite ones are the Buffalo Wings!

Entrance to the Anchor Bar Restaurant

How could one visit the city of Buffalo and not stop and eat at the place where the Buffalo Wings were originated?

That was exactly where we had one of  our meals - Anchor Bar/ Restaurant in Buffalo!





Anchor Bar/ Restaurant is located in downtown Buffalo, at the intersection of Main and North Street. It was established in 1935 and delivered to North American its famous spicy wings in 1964!



















We were not disappointed! When we first stepped into the front door of the restaurant, our attention were captured by the colourful and creative deco of the restaurant.



The walls at the entrance were plastered with license plates from many of the states and cities in the United States.

Old bikes, motorcycles and other sports paraphernalia were hanging from the ceiling of the restaurant lobby.

Though It was lunch time and the restaurant was busy, we were quickly seated. I was busy looking at the pictures of famous people lining the walls of the restaurant.

We also spotted some paintings and artwork of some well known explorers.

We ordered the Buffalo wings, a potato salad and cole slaw salad for lunch.  They were delicious!

We tasted the real Buffalo Wings! They were crisp, juicy, tender with lots of flavours.  We wolfed them down so fast that I didn't have a chance to take a picture of them.

It was worth the trip!


R.T.
Anchor Restaurant
Buffalo, NY
USA