Anchor Bar
Restaurant known for claiming to be the birthplace of the Buffalo wing
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| June 2023 | By mid-2023, the Anchor Bar had expanded to 14 operational locations, demonstrating significant growth from its original single restaurant. |
| 2022 | The first Illinois Anchor Bar location opened in Oswego. |
| 2021 | A third Texas Anchor Bar location opened in Round Rock. |
| January 2021 | The first California Anchor Bar location opened in Orange, which closed in mid-2022. |
| June 2020 | An Anchor Bar location opened in Kennesaw, Georgia, becoming the first location in the Southeast. |
| May 2019 | An Anchor Bar location opened in Frederick, Maryland. |
| November 20 2018 | Ivano Toscani, owner of the Anchor Bar, dies from a long illness eight days before his 69th birthday. Toscani had begun working for the Bellissimos in the mid-1970s. |
| September 2018 | An Anchor Bar location opened in Schertz, Texas. |
| September 2018 | The first Michigan Anchor Bar location opened in Rochester Hills, which closed in 2020. |
| June 2018 | A fourth Ontario location opened in Mississauga on Hurontario Street, which closed approximately one year after opening. |
| July 2017 | An Anchor Bar location opened in San Antonio, Texas. |
| September 2016 | A third Ontario location opened in Toronto, located at Dixon and Martin Grove roads, which closed by mid-2020. |
| October 22 2015 | An Anchor Bar location opened in the Millcroft Shopping Plaza in Burlington, Ontario, which later rebranded as 'AB Sports Bar'. |
| October 1 2014 | An Anchor Bar location opened on Transit Road outside the Eastern Hills Mall. |
| 2013 | A quick service Anchor Bar location opened at the Darien Lake amusement park near Buffalo, offering a limited menu and original wing sauce. |
| 2012 | A second Anchor Bar location was announced to open in Hamilton, Ontario, located in the Jackson Square mall. |
| 2012 | The Anchor Bar began expanding by opening additional locations in the Greater Buffalo area, marking the start of its restaurant franchise. |
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