Yesterday, I went to the annual chicken wing festival in Buffalo, NY. What a thrill! How could it not be, since chicken wings (or Buffalo wings, to you non-WNYers) are one of my all-time fave foods? It was great to try wings from all over the region, as well as the country. I was surprised at what a great value it was. It was $5 to get in, and then you had to buy a sheet of tickets. The sheets were $10. At the wing restaurants, 2 tickets got you 3 wings. So, a whole sheet got you 30 wings. My personal limit is about 20, so I had some leftover. Plus, drinks and non-wings foods were on a cash basis. Now, why you would go to a Chicken wing festival (in Buffalo, no less) and get a friggin' slice of pizza is beyond me. But, I digress.
The other big thrill for me was getting to meet and have my picture taken with the Wing King. He's a local guy named Drew Cerza (I hope I'm spelling that right). Anyway, he founded the festival. His other claim to fame was that he beat Bobby Flay on the "chicken wings" episode of "Throwdown." Nice, huh? That's us in the top photo.
So, the big question is this: Who had the best wings? Time to lay yet another bias on the table. I have to go with The Anchor Bar. It's one of my fave places to go in Buffalo. And they have the best wings in the known universe (in my book).
Enjoy the photos!
1 comment:
I've simply got to make it to this event next year, looks like way too much fun.
I run a site called HotWings.ca and were furiously adding all of the wing locations we can N.America wide here, so check it out in the coming months and leave your comments on Anchor bar if you dig em that much.
Wingy-ding-ding.
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