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At the time of their creation, chicken wings were a part of the chicken typically thrown away or used for soup. The Buffalo chicken wing began life as a free bar treat to encourage Anchor Bar customers to buy more drinks and has grown into a worldwide appetizer and snack phenomenon.

Buffalo wings are deep fried chicken wing sections (called flats and drums) coated in a cayenne pepper based sauce with other seasonings. Although many variations on this sauce exist, the original sauce is composed of only five ingredients: cayenne pepper sauce, white vinegar, margarine, salt, and garlic.

They are often served with celery and carrot sticks with blue cheese dressing on the side. In general they are ordered in dozens - a single order is one dozen, a double is 24, and a triple is 36. In some areas, wings are ordered in multiples of ten rather than by the dozen. For those hungry folk, you can usually get a bucket of wings, which generally numbers 50 (or more!). Buffalo wing sauce can be made with a variable amount of heat/spiciness, and the names of these sauces generally correspond to the level of heat (for example, "hot", "medium", and "mild").

Two good places to get wings in the Buffalo area are the (still operating) Anchor Bar and a bar and restaurant called Duffs.