Is there a story about how the Anchor Bar originated the Buffalo/Chicken Wing?
A lot of stories are circulated about this, as you might expect. Some say that the delivery truck delivered a bunch of wings by mistake to the restaurant and they were sitting awaiting return to the wholesalers … when a group of people arrived late in the evening (the Anchor Bar is also a jazz club, open late on weekends) and at that late hour, there wasn’t much to make … except the wings. In any case, you still have to credit Teressa Bellissimo with her inspiring treatment of the darn things. Somehow, on that fateful night, Teressa’s financial karma was kicked up a notch as it came face to face the collective bad karma of chickens everywhere, and she somehow managed to “wing it,” creating a new dish that everyone who wasn’t a vegetarian took an instant liking too. The rest is history. The spicy wing is still hot, and getting hotter (more popular, that is) … everywhere you go.
