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Wing Zone is a 
Las Vegas
Las Vegas (; Spanish for "The Meadows"), often known simply as Vegas, is the 25th-most populous city in the United States, the most populous city in the state of Nevada, and the county seat of Clark County. The city anchors the Las Veg ...
-based chain of restaurants that specializes in chicken wings owned by Capriotti's
Capriotti's Sandwich Shop, Inc. (also called Capriotti's) is a Nevada-based fast casual restaurant chain located in the United States. The restaurant chain was founded in Wilmington, Delaware in 1976. Capriotti's has 112 company-owned and franchi ...
. The chain has over 30 restaurants in the United States and over 60 internationally. In 2022, Capriotti's announced that Wing Zone will be expanding, with 50 new locations into India.
History
The Wing Zone was founded in 1991 by Matt Friedman and Adam Scott, two students at theUniversity of Florida
The University of Florida (Florida or UF) is a public land-grant research university in Gainesville, Florida. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida, traces its origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its ...
. The two partners took over their fraternity
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kitchen at nights and began developing their recipes. Friedman and Scott opened up their first two locations in Gainesville, Florida
Gainesville is the county seat of Alachua County, Florida, and the largest city in North Central Florida, with a population of 141,085 in 2020. It is the principal city of the Gainesville metropolitan area, which had a population of 339,247 in ...
in 1993. As of 2014, Wing Zone has opened eight locations in Panama City, Panama
Panama City ( es, Ciudad de Panamá, links=no; ), also known as Panama (or Panamá in Spanish), is the capital and largest city of Panama. It has an urban population of 880,691, with over 1.5 million in its metropolitan area. The city is loca ...
. In 2014, Wing Zone opened their second international location in San Pedro Sula
San Pedro Sula () is the capital of Cortés Department, Honduras. It is located in the northwest corner of the country in the Sula Valley, about 50 kilometers (31 miles) south of Puerto Cortés on the Caribbean Sea. With a population of 671,46 ...
, Honduras. In 2015, Wing Zone opened their third international location in Guatemala City
Guatemala City ( es, Ciudad de Guatemala), known locally as Guatemala or Guate, is the capital and largest city of Guatemala, and the most populous urban area in Central America. The city is located in the south-central part of the country, ne ...
, Guatemala. In 2021, Capriotti's
Capriotti's Sandwich Shop, Inc. (also called Capriotti's) is a Nevada-based fast casual restaurant chain located in the United States. The restaurant chain was founded in Wilmington, Delaware in 1976. Capriotti's has 112 company-owned and franchi ...
purchased the company and relocated the headquarters to Las Vegas.
See also
*Buffalo wings
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 ser ...
* List of fast-food 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 and ...
References
External links
* {{Establishments serving chicken Regional restaurant chains in the United States Fast-food chains of the United States Restaurants established in 1991 Fast-food poultry restaurants 1991 establishments in Nevada Chicken chains of the United States