Anchor Bar - Chicken Wings are movin'

Chicken wing's birthplace is ready to spread its wings. This is an exciting
move for the Anchor Bar in Buffalo, NY. I am looking forward to this. It's about time. When I used to live in the Washington, DC area, I always wanted some "real Buffalo Wings" I think this is a great move on the Anchor Bar's part. It's
always nice to have a little bit of home with you when you're living in another
city. It's heartwarming and let me tell ya, these wings are guaranteed to warm
your heart. :-)

It's the restaurant where Buffalo wings took flight. Now the Anchor Bar may be coming to a city near you.

The Main Street restaurant that deep fried and drenched in hot sauce the first batch of chicken wings in 1964 is ready to offer franchises. It's the traveling Buffalonian's lament that good wings can't be found away from home _ wrong size, not crisp, too much sauce, too little, too hot, not hot enough.

But "If you have wings (at a franchise) in Delray Beach, Fla., or wings in Seattle, Wash., they're going to taste exactly the way they taste at the Anchor Bar in Buffalo, New York," promised John Veyette, president of the Anchor Bar Franchise Co.

Not only will franchisees get their wings from specific buyers and use only authentic Anchor Bar sauce, bottled in Rochester, they'll be required to cook the wings in a specific _ and secret _ way. Veyette wouldn't describe the cooking method, except to say it involves more than a toss into the deep fryer.

The Anchor Bar will offer three franchise models: a full-scale replica of the original restaurant that includes a bar, a smaller version without a separate bar and an "express" version to fit in food courts, casinos and arenas. Franchise fees range from $20,000 to $49,500. The company's franchise offering recently was accepted by the state Department of Law.

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