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=== Cuisine === [[File:Buffalo - Wings at Airport Anchor Bar.jpg|thumb|left|alt=Buffalo wings and celery, with a blue-cheese dip|Buffalo wings with [[celery]] and blue cheese]] The city's cuisine encompasses a variety of cultures and ethnicities. In 2015, the [[National Geographic Society]] ranked Buffalo third on its "World's Top Ten Food Cities" list.<ref>{{cite web |date=February 2015 |title=The World's Top Ten Food Cities |url=http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/top-10/food-cities/ |url-access=registration |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150811031914/http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/top-10/food-cities |archive-date=August 11, 2015 |access-date=July 30, 2015 |work=[[National Geographic]]}}</ref> Teressa Bellissimo first prepared [[Buffalo wing]]s (seasoned chicken wings) at the [[Anchor Bar]] in 1964.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Trillin |first=Calvin |author-link=Calvin Trillin |date=August 25, 1980 |title=An attempt to compile the short history of the Buffalo chicken wing |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1980/08/25/an-attempt-to-compile-a-short-history-of-the-buffalo-chicken-wing |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140216095046/http://www.newyorker.com/archive/1980/08/25/1980_08_25_082_TNY_CARDS_000331411?currentPage=1 |archive-date=February 16, 2014 |access-date=2021-05-06 |magazine=The New Yorker |language=en-US}} and {{cite web |last1=Galarneau |first1=Andrew Z. |date=May 2, 2014 |title=At 50, the Buffalo-style chicken wing has conquered the world |url=https://buffalonews.com/entertainment/dining/at-50-the-buffalo-style-chicken-wing-has-conquered-the-world/article_a270a770-adcd-50d9-a362-3c50a0b71752.html |url-access = limited |access-date=7 May 2021 |website=[[The Buffalo News]] |language=en |archive-date=March 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309172247/https://buffalonews.com/entertainment/dining/at-50-the-buffalo-style-chicken-wing-has-conquered-the-world/article_a270a770-adcd-50d9-a362-3c50a0b71752.html |url-status=live}}</ref> The Anchor Bar has a crosstown rivalry with [[Duff's Famous Wings]], but Buffalo wings are served at many bars and restaurants throughout the city (some with unique cooking styles and flavor profiles).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Delany |first=Alex |date=July 30, 2018 |title=Who Serves the Best Wings in Buffalo? I Ate at 12 Spots to Find Out |url=https://www.bonappetit.com/story/best-wings-in-buffalo |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210205152158/https://www.bonappetit.com/story/best-wings-in-buffalo |archive-date=February 5, 2021 |access-date=2021-05-05 |website=[[Bon Appétit]] |publisher=[[Condé Nast]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name = "Bovino2018 19-108">{{cite book |last1=Bovino |first1=Arthur |title=Buffalo Everything: A Guide to Eating in "The Nickel City" |date=2018 |publisher=[[The Countryman Press]] |isbn=978-1-68268-123-7 |language=en |pages=19–108 |chapter=Buffalo Wings in Buffalo: A World of Difference in Wings |quote=For the record, Duff's beat Anchor on Travel Channel's Food Wars in 2010, and when President Obama visited the city, he visited Duff's [...].}}</ref> Buffalo wings are traditionally served with [[blue cheese dressing]] and celery.<ref name="Bovino2018 19-108" /> In 2003, the Anchor Bar received a [[James Beard Foundation Award]] in the America's Classics category.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Swanson |first1=Stevenson |title=Star grazing |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2003-05-14-0305140118-story.html |website=[[Chicago Tribune]] |access-date=16 May 2021 |date=May 14, 2003 |archive-date=May 23, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200523163644/https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2003-05-14-0305140118-story.html |url-status=live |url-access=limited}}</ref> The Buffalo area has over 600 pizzerias, estimated at more per capita than New York City.<ref name="Bovino2018 109-111">{{cite book |last1=Bovino |first1=Arthur |title=Buffalo Everything: A Guide to Eating in "The Nickel City" |date=2018 |publisher=[[The Countryman Press]] |isbn=978-1-68268-123-7 |pages=109–111 |language=en |chapter=Buffalo: America's Most Underrated Pizza City?}}</ref> Several [[Craft brewery and microbrewery|craft breweries]] began opening in the 1990s, and the city's [[last call (bar term)|last call]] is 4 am.<ref name = "Bovino2018 303-330">{{cite book |last1=Bovino |first1=Arthur |title=Buffalo Everything: A Guide to Eating in "The Nickel City" |date=2018 |publisher=[[The Countryman Press]] |isbn=978-1-68268-123-7 |language=en |pages=303–330 |chapter=Boozing Up Buffalo: Last Call, 4 AM}}</ref> Other mainstays of Buffalo cuisine include [[beef on weck]], [[butter lamb]]s,<ref name= "DyngusBroadwayMarket">{{Cite book |last1=Tucker |first1=Elizabeth |url=https://muse.jhu.edu/book/26419 |title=New York State Folklife Reader: Diverse Voices |last2=McHale |first2=Ellen |publisher=[[University Press of Mississippi]] |year=2013 |isbn=978-1-62103-967-9 |location=Jackson |pages=235–237 |chapter=Foodways|chapter-url=https://muse.jhu.edu/chapter/956402 |access-date=May 10, 2021 |archive-date=May 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210510141803/https://muse.jhu.edu/book/26419 |url-status=live}}</ref> [[kielbasa]], [[pierogi]], [[sponge candy]],<ref>{{cite web |last1=Fink |first1=James |title=Sweet deal: How Ted Marks grew Fowler's Chocolates |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/buffalo/news/2019/09/27/sweet-deal-how-ted-marks-grew-fowlers-chocolates.html |url-access=limited |website=Buffalo Business First |publisher=[[American City Business Journals]] |access-date=10 May 2021 |date=September 27, 2019 |archive-date=May 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210510141724/https://www.bizjournals.com/buffalo/news/2019/09/27/sweet-deal-how-ted-marks-grew-fowlers-chocolates.html |url-status=live}} and {{cite web |last1=Carey |first1=Elizabeth |title=Buffalo sponge candy makes national TV |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/buffalo/blog/stay_tuned/2011/02/buffalo-sponge-candy-makes-national-tv.html |url-access=limited |website=Buffalo Business First |publisher=[[American City Business Journals]] |access-date=10 May 2021 |date=February 22, 2011 |archive-date=February 25, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110225154406/http://www.bizjournals.com/buffalo/blog/stay_tuned/2011/02/buffalo-sponge-candy-makes-national-tv.html |url-status=live}}</ref> chicken finger subs (including the stinger - a version that also includes steak), and the [[Fish and chips|fish fry]] (popular any time of year, but especially during [[Lent]]).<ref name = "Bovino2018 197-202">{{cite book |last1=Bovino |first1=Arthur |title=Buffalo Everything: A Guide to Eating in "The Nickel City" |date=2018 |publisher=[[The Countryman Press]] |isbn=978-1-68268-123-7 |language=en |pages=197–202 |chapter=Buffalo is Just One Big Fish Fry}}</ref> With an influx of refugees and other immigrants to Buffalo, its number of ethnic restaurants (including the West Side Bazaar [[kitchen incubator]]) has increased.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tsujimoto |first=Ben |date=October 10, 2019 |title=Buffalo ethnic food incubator West Side Bazaar picks new location |url=https://buffalonews.com/entertainment/dining/buffalo-ethnic-food-incubator-west-side-bazaar-picks-new-location/article_2cfdf357-4fc8-58be-97c5-6d46fb524f19.html |url-access = limited |url-status=live |access-date=2021-05-05 |website=[[The Buffalo News]] |language=en |archive-date=April 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210407232440/https://buffalonews.com/entertainment/dining/buffalo-ethnic-food-incubator-west-side-bazaar-picks-new-location/article_2cfdf357-4fc8-58be-97c5-6d46fb524f19.html}}</ref><ref name = "Bovino2018 273-302">{{cite book |last1=Bovino |first1=Arthur |title=Buffalo Everything: A Guide to Eating in "The Nickel City" |date=2018 |publisher=[[The Countryman Press]] |isbn=978-1-68268-123-7 |language=en |pages=273–302 |chapter=Eating Out in Buffalo: Beyond Wings, Weck, and Pizza}}</ref> Some restaurants use [[food truck]]s to serve customers, and nearly fifty food trucks appeared at Larkin Square in 2019.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Tsujimoto |first1=Ben |title=In the Buffalo area's crowded food truck landscape, why do new trucks open? |url=https://buffalonews.com/entertainment/dining/in-the-buffalo-areas-crowded-food-truck-landscape-why-do-new-trucks-open/article_1106df93-d279-5775-ba30-dd21b74f3d44.html |url-access=limited |website=[[The Buffalo News]] |access-date=25 May 2021 |language=en |date=May 9, 2019 |archive-date=May 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210525025407/https://buffalonews.com/entertainment/dining/in-the-buffalo-areas-crowded-food-truck-landscape-why-do-new-trucks-open/article_1106df93-d279-5775-ba30-dd21b74f3d44.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Bovino2018 273-302" />
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