![]() ![]() The phenomenon created in 1964 by Teressa Bellissimo has spread across the globe. From that evening on, Buffalo Wings became a regular part of the menu at the Anchor Bar. The wings were an instant hit and it didn't take long for people to flock to the bar to experience this new taste sensation. Teressa had deep fried the wings and flavored them with a secret sauce. They looked like chicken wings, a part of the chicken that usually went into the stock pot for soup. Dominic asked his mother, Teressa, to prepare something for his friends to eat. Late that evening, a group of Dominic's friends arrived at the bar with ravenous appetites. "On a Friday night in 1964, Dominic Bellissimo was tending bar at the now famous Anchor Bar Restaurant in Buffalo, NY. The story below is actaul text taken from the Anchor Bar's own website on how things came to be. There are a number of legends about how Buffalo Wings came to be, but among all of the variations, we at Franks For The Memories acknowledge Teressa Bellisimo and the Anchor Bar in Buffalo, NY as the originators. 29 years later we are still going strong and satisfying a large audience, some who travel quite a distance to get their hands smothered with our hot sauce. Today, Franks for the Memories, run by Jim Jr., serves up hundreds of pounds of Buffalo style chicken wings each day with the authentic side of celery and blue cheese dressing to those who seek a unique and great tasting meal. Franks for the Memories is considered to be the first restaurant to offer Buffalo Wings in the Chicagoland area, as well as the Midwest. ![]() Franks For The Memories is a family run restaurant in Mundelein, Illinois grown famous for introducing the Chicagoland area to the delicious taste of "Buffalo Wings" which originated at Buffalo, New York's Anchor Bar in 1964.ΔΆ0 years later in 1984, Jim and Carol Schultz, natives of Buffalo who had relocated to the Chicago area years before, decided to open the restaurant and share with everybody the tasty morsels that made them homesick. ![]()
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