Home of the Original Buffalo Wing and part of food history. Expanding nationally with plenty of territory available for franchisees to grow. Learn more about joining our team now.
Restaurant and Food, Retail Franchises
About Anchor Bar
The Anchor Bar created The Original Buffalo Wing in 1964 and now 50 plus years later is still a landmark in Buffalo and a destination for visitors from around the globe. Our bottled wing sauce now retails in 5,000 supermarkets. With nearly 20 locations opened or opening in various states, we are poised for expansion all throughout the US.
Franchisees opening a traditional location will need 5,000 to 6,500 plus square feet of space, will receive a protected territory, and can open multiple locations if qualified.
2011 (14 years)
1
$2,530,406
Franchise Fees
$60,000
5.0%
Gross Revenues
1.0%
Gross Revenues
Why Anchor Bar?
Though best known for its award-winning, world famous wings and sauces, Anchor Bar has a diverse menu consisting of pizza, burgers, Buffalo staple beef on weck, great appetizers, salads and desserts. Our sports bar area features traditional and craft beer popular in the area along with specialty drinks and wine. Locations blend family friendly casual dining, sports bar atmosphere and great food and drink.
- Anchor Bar invented the Buffalo Wing in 1964: while most markets have establishments featuring Wings, none of them can lay claim to being the originator.
- Anchor Bar express ships thousands of pounds of their world-famous wings around the world.
- Diverse location possibilities…traditional, outdoor mall, free-standing, QSR, etc.
- Comprehensive training program takes franchisee through all phases of operations.
- Marketing and real estate team in place to assist franchisees.
- Exposure through supermarket sales of wing sauce.
- Anchor Bar has been featured on Food Network, Travel Channel and numerous others including Prime Time network TV.
- Site selection and lease negotiation support through national commercial broker network.
Ideal Candidate
Franchisees candidates should be well-capitalized and demonstrate motivation, passion and openness to following a proven system. Industry experience or past business ownership is not a requirement as our training and support is significant.
$908,000 - $1,315,000
$350,000
$750,000
Testimonials
“Our group was seeking a quality bar and restaurant concept within one of our several hotels. Being in Niagara Falls, many of our guests would ask about the historic Anchor Bar at the front desk; this led us down the path of considering a location in the Falls. The team was great in assisting with a quick conversion from the prior concept in the hotel -we opened in less than a month and have never looked back. Our sales have grown year over year and our Anchor Bar significantly outperforms the prior restaurant. Working with Anchor Bar is very team-oriented. Being a franchised hotel, we are required to offer breakfast. Though not part of the traditional Anchor Bar model, they were creative and willing to help us create a great “Buffalo Style” breakfast buffet that is far more appealing than your typical lobby style continental fair found in many hotels. This has increased our revenues and pleased our guests. We look forward to continued growth with the Anchor Bar brand.”
-Michael Marsh, Niagara Falls NY
"Our group was seeking a nationally known brand with systems and pedigree but which also has room to grow as our goal is to be the regionally franchisee opening five locations over the next several years. Mark Dempsey and his team have been instrumental from day one, leading us in every aspect beginning with our site selection and through our recent launch. There is not much in the restaurant world this group has not seen and they have been available remotely and in person throughout giving us great ideas and steering us away from ill-advised ones. We look forward to a long and fruitful relationship with the Anchor Bar family."
- Ragin Rajendran, Member, Shark Buds LLC
