Help - Duffs vs Anchorbar

[Bills!Win!]

We are currently at Duffs for our pregame tradition. However, my wife is afraid to have  anchorbar because she is dedicated to Duffs. I want to try something new. Please respond to the poll so I can tell her what true buffalonians prefer 

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

Read your post.  Just where are you?

[Your Brown Eye]

Tell her, YourBrownEye says Anchorbar, if that does not convince her, this poll won't either

[DrDawkinstein]

Neither are great. But Duff's has been better than Anchor Bar imo. Not saying much.

 

It also depends greatly on which Duff's location since they are all independently operated and just license the name and wing sauce source.

[Just Jack]

If you want to see where wings were started, Anchor Bar.  If you don't care about history, and just want good wings, Duffs.  

[Captain Caveman]

Very few people in Buffalo prefer Anchor Bar.  Duff's is better, Bar Bill is probably best, Elmo's is very good also.

[Buffalo716]

Room 40

[Augie]

50 minutes ago, Ridgewaycynic2013 said:

Read your post.  Just where are you?

 

I used to go to Duff’s for the beer (when I was 16). Looks like I’m not alone?  “Pre-gaming indeed! 

 

I’ve tried going to Duffs when I go back, but I can never get in without a ridiculous wait. I have always been able to get into the Anchor Bar. Duff’s get my vote if only because it was closer to home. 

 

To be fair, I have told people going to Buffalo there is a lively debate among locals about who has “the best”, but Anchor Bar is generally acknowledged as “the first.”  Having said that the show The Foods That Built America (History Channel?) had some guy who lived by the Rockpile selling them at his place and in the stadium. I don’t think the flats and drums were split, but they were served in a hot sauce if my memory is correct. That was new to me. 

 

 

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Edited October 26, 2023 by Augie

[Process]

The correct answer is neither. But if you have to choose between those two Duff's is definitely better. 

 

Anchor Bar is a tourist trap, you may as well go to Buffalo Wild Wings. 

Edited October 26, 2023 by Process

[Buffalo716]

2 minutes ago, Process said:

The correct answer is neither. But if you have to choose between those two iDuff's is definitely better. 

 

Anchor Bar is a tourist trap, you may as well go to Buffalo Wild Wings. 

Technically duffs is also a tourist trap because every single person outside of Buffalo that's the one name they know usually 

[Process]

Just now, Buffalo716 said:

Technically duffs is also a tourist trap because every single person outside of Buffalo that's the one name they know usually 

Yea but I find their wings are actually pretty good (though they used to be better). 

[Buffalo716]

2 minutes ago, Process said:

Yea but I find their wings are actually pretty good (though they used to be better). 

Yes ofc they are good

 

I'm just saying they might be the most popular spot in Western New York so that alone makes it a tourist trap

 

That still makes good wings... You just need to find a Duff's that doesn't have a huge wait time... The one in depew on Dick road has pretty good service

[Not at the table Karlos]

1 hour ago, Augie said:

 

I used to go to Duff’s for the beer (when I was 16). Looks like I’m not alone?  “Pre-gaming indeed! 

 

I’ve tried going to Duffs when I go back, but I can never get in without a ridiculous wait. I have always been able to get into the Anchor Bar. Duff’s get my vote if only because it was closer to home. 

 

To be fair, I have told people going to Buffalo there is a lively debate among locals about who has “the best”, but Anchor Bar is generally acknowledged as “the first.”  Having said that the show The Foods That Built America (History Channel?) had some guy who lived by the Rockpile selling them at his place and in the stadium. I don’t think the flats and drums were split, but they were served in a hot sauce if my memory is correct. That was new to me. 

 

 

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John Young I think his name is served wings well before anchor bar. He used “Mumbo” sauce. Other places had them as well. I’m not sure why anchor bar gets credit for it but they were definitely not the first. Maybe it’s the butter and hot sauce on them?

1 hour ago, Just Jack said:

If you want to see where wings were started, Anchor Bar.  If you don't care about history, and just want good wings, Duffs.  

What did they start? The hot sauce and butter? Because wings were around before Anchor bar claimed to “invent” them. They were cooked in the south for a very long time before anchor.

Edited October 26, 2023 by Not at the table Karlos

[BillsPride12]

1 hour ago, Just Jack said:

If you want to see where wings were started, Anchor Bar.  If you don't care about history, and just want good wings, Duffs.  

Anchor Bar should only be a one time visit IMO to check it out and say that you've been 

[DrDawkinstein]

1 hour ago, Buffalo716 said:

Yes ofc they are good

 

I'm just saying they might be the most popular spot in Western New York so that alone makes it a tourist trap

 

That still makes good wings... You just need to find a Duff's that doesn't have a huge wait time... The one in depew on Dick road has pretty good service

 

I was just about to post "Just avoid the Duff's on Dick Rd in Depew", haha. I had a horrible experience there. Granted it was about 8 years ago now, and things change. But that is where I discovered the whole "We just license the name, every franchise is independent" because they were not good there.

[Buffalo716]

3 minutes ago, DrDawkinstein said:

 

I was just about to post "Just avoid the Duff's on Dick Rd in Depew", haha. I had a horrible experience there. Granted it was about 8 years ago now, and things change. But that is where I discovered the whole "We just license the name, every franchise is independent" because they were not good there.

Don't go there often

 

I just remember not the longest wait times

[Not at the table Karlos]

2 minutes ago, DrDawkinstein said:

 

I was just about to post "Just avoid the Duff's on Dick Rd in Depew", haha. I had a horrible experience there. Granted it was about 8 years ago now, and things change. But that is where I discovered the whole "We just license the name, every franchise is independent" because they were not good there.

The one in the falls was great for the first month or two it was open then dove off a cliff. Eastern hills mall was beyond terrible when they opened then got better then worse, haven’t been back. OP has eye candy but the wings were really undercooked each time I’ve been. Millersport and Sheridan is the best one but they had some issues with consistency before Covid. 

[T&C]

Duffs on Dick Rd. is the best location... and yeah, Anchor Bar sucks although it once was pretty decent... decades ago.

[Augie]

17 minutes ago, Not at the table Karlos said:

The one in the falls was great for the first month or two it was open then dove off a cliff. Eastern hills mall was beyond terrible when they opened then got better then worse, haven’t been back. OP has eye candy but the wings were really undercooked each time I’ve been. Millersport and Sheridan is the best one but they had some issues with consistency before Covid. 

 

That was the closest to me, and may well have been the only one at the time in the 70’s.  We would go there for pitchers of beer when I was 16-17ish but I was the young one in the crowd so nobody blinked. 

 

When I was back a few years ago I tried to get in and it was packed! Huge crowd outside waiting, but I went to look for a single seat at the bar. (I hate to take a table as a single.) It was so packed inside I didn’t even notice a bar! Do they have one? Is it small? I was always at a table and don’t remember.  🤷‍♂️

[Not at the table Karlos]

4 minutes ago, Augie said:

 

That was the closest to me, and may well have been the only one at the time in the 70’s.  We would go there for pitchers of beer when I was 16-17ish but I was the young one in the crowd so nobody blinked. 

 

When I was back a few years ago I tried to get in and it was packed! Huge crowd outside waiting, but I went to look for a single seat at the bar. (I hate to take a table as a single.) It was so packed inside I didn’t even notice a bar! Do they have one? Is it small? I was always at a table and don’t remember.  🤷‍♂️

My grandparents lived a couple houses away from there. They couldn’t stand the smell, anytime they ordered wings they went to Leonardi’s.  I loved them but I didn’t have to smell the grease every day. Their house was recently knocked down for an apartment building, it’s depressing driving by now. 
 

I don’t think they have a bar anymore. Pretty sure it’s just a waitress station and place to pick up to go orders now.