HOME

TheInfoList



Click Here for Items Related To - Duff's Famous Wings
OR:
Duff's Famous Wings on:   [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Amazon]

Duff's Famous Wings is a
restaurant A restaurant is a business that prepares and serves food and drinks to customers. Meals are generally served and eaten on the premises, but many restaurants also offer take-out and food delivery services. Restaurants vary greatly in appearance ...
in Amherst,
New York New York most commonly refers to: * New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York * New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States New York may also refer to: Film and television * ...
, a suburb of Buffalo.


History

The restaurant was established in 1946 under the name "Duff's", referencing its founder, Louise Duffney. In 1985, the restaurant was renamed "Duff's Famous Wings" after
Buffalo wing A Buffalo wing in American cuisine is an unbreaded chicken wing section ( flat or drumette) that is generally deep-fried and then coated or dipped in a sauce consisting of a vinegar-based cayenne pepper hot sauce and melted butter prior to s ...
s became its major selling point. Duff's Famous Wings is known throughout
Western New York Western New York (WNY) is the westernmost region of the U.S. state of New York. The eastern boundary of the region is not consistently defined by state agencies or those who call themselves "Western New Yorkers". Almost all sources agree WNY inc ...
as having good chicken wings and is noted for its rivalry with the
Anchor Bar 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.
, the bar credited with inventing the Buffalo wing. In 2014, Duff's partnered with the
Buffalo Bills The Buffalo Bills are a professional American football team based in the Buffalo metropolitan area. The Bills compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) East division. T ...
to announce that a version of Duff's Famous Wings was added to
Ralph Wilson Stadium Highmark Stadium is a stadium in Orchard Park, New York, in the Southtowns of the Buffalo metropolitan area. The stadium opened in 1973 as Rich Stadium and is the home venue of the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League (NFL). It was k ...
. Duff's was founded in 1946 and has grown to compete against the Anchor Bar with five Buffalo-area locations, a location in Rochester, a Dallas-area location in
Southlake, Texas Southlake is a city located predominantly in Tarrant County, Texas, Tarrant County with minor areas extending into Denton County, Texas, Denton County in the U.S. state of Texas. Southlake is a suburb of Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, Dallas/Fo ...
, and three locations in the Toronto area.


See also

*
Buffalo wing A Buffalo wing in American cuisine is an unbreaded chicken wing section ( flat or drumette) that is generally deep-fried and then coated or dipped in a sauce consisting of a vinegar-based cayenne pepper hot sauce and melted butter prior to s ...
*
Anchor Bar 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.
*
List of chicken restaurants This is a list of notable chicken restaurants. This list includes casual dining, fast casual and fast food restaurants which typically specialize in chicken dishes such as fried chicken, chicken and waffles, Chicken sandwiches or chicken an ...


References

{{Culture of Buffalo, New York Restaurants established in 1946 1946 establishments in New York (state) Restaurants in Buffalo, New York Poultry restaurants