Editing Anchor Bar (section)

{{Short description|Restaurant known for claiming to be the birthplace of the Buffalo wing}}
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{{Infobox restaurant
| name                = Anchor Bar
| logo                = Anchor Bar logo 2019.png
| image               = AnchorBar.jpg
| image_caption       = The Anchor Bar in 2007
| established         = {{start date and age|1935}}<ref name="USA Today"/><ref name="CBC"/>
| owner               = 
| food-type           = Italian <br /> American
| dress-code          = Casual
| street-address      = 1047 Main St.
| zip                 = 14209
| city                = [[Buffalo, New York|Buffalo]]
| state               = [[New York (state)|New York]]
| country             = United States
| seating-capacity    = 
| reservations        = 
| other-information   = Phone: [[Area code 716|(716)]] 884-4083
| website             = {{URL|www.anchorbar.com|AnchorBar.com}}
| coordinates         = {{coord|42|54|08.6|N|78|52|06.8|W|type:landmark_region:US-NY|display=inline,title}}
}}

The '''Anchor Bar''' is a [[bar (establishment)|bar]] and [[restaurant]] in [[Buffalo, New York|Buffalo]], [[New York (state)|New York]], located north of Downtown Buffalo at the intersection of Main and North Streets.<ref name="Epting">{{cite book |last=Epting |first=Chris |title=James Dean Died Here |year=2003 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/jamesdeandiedher00epti/page/18 18] |isbn=1-891661-31-0 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/jamesdeandiedher00epti/page/18 }}</ref><ref name="New Yorker">[http://www.newyorker.com/archive/1980/08/25/1980_08_25_082_TNY_CARDS_000331411?currentPage=1 An Attempt to Compile a Short History of the Buffalo Chicken Wing]''[[The New Yorker]]'', accessed December 27, 2009</ref> The restaurant was initially established in 1935.<ref name="USA Today">{{cite web|last1=Olmsted|first1=Larry|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/columnist/greatamericanbites/2015/09/10/buffalo-hot-wings-anchor-bar/71942942/|title=Food pilgrimage: Buffalo wings in Buffalo, part 1|date=September 10, 2015|website=[[USA Today]]|accessdate=August 1, 2019}}</ref><ref name="CBC">{{cite web|last1=Wilson|first1=Paul|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/talk/paul-wilson-buffalo-s-anchor-bar-wings-it-to-downtown-hamilton-1.1174867|title=Buffalo's Anchor Bar wings it to downtown Hamilton|date=August 23, 2012|website=[[CBC News]]|accessdate=August 1, 2019}}</ref> The bar is most famous for claiming to be the birthplace of spicy chicken wings known outside the Buffalo area as [[Buffalo wing]]s.<ref name="Epting" /><ref name="New Yorker" /> 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.