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2026 Restaurants
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Archer’s Tavern
Dayton, Ohio
Archer’s Tavern has been serving Southwest Ohio’s favorite wings for close to 15 years. In 2023, Archer’s won the “Best Wings” at the Kickin’ Chicken Wingfest (Dayton’s largest wing festival), Dayton.com’s – “Dayton’s Best Wings” and “Best Wings” in the Best of Dayton competition. This is Archer’s 3rd year in Buffalo. Archer’s has finished in the top 3 in traditional medium, traditional hot and creative spicy categories in Buffalo.
The Blind Rhino
Norwalk, CT
The Blind Rhino is an Award Winning Sports Bar located in downtown South Norwalk, CT. The flagship store opened in 2015 with 28 TV’s and an assortment of classic pub games like darts, shuffleboard, and foosball.
The menu includes both elevated versions of sports bar favorites and innovative, original dishes. We focus on 10-12 scratch wing sauces at any time, and offer a core lineup of snacks, greens, sandwiches, wraps and house-ground burgers!
The 24 tap draft list focusses heavily on local CT beer, and some of those hard-to-find craft whales. But it’s a sports bar—so the old favorites are up there too.
If beer isn’t your thing, we offer a cultivated selection of tequila, whiskey, cocktails & wine. A relaxed, fun Sports Bar setting, with a focus on great service and atmosphere makes a great game watching experience!
The Blind Rhino is opening its second location in the Black Rock area of Bridgeport, CT in the fall of 2018.
Buffalo Wild Wings
Tonawanda, NY
Buffalo Wild Wings, Inc., founded in 1982 and headquartered in Minneapolis, is a growing owner, operator, and franchisor of Buffalo Wild Wings® restaurants featuring a variety of boldly-flavored, made-to-order menu items including its namesake Buffalo, New York-style chicken wings. The Buffalo Wild Wings menu specializes in 21 mouth-watering signature sauces and seasonings with flavor sensations ranging from Sweet BBQ™ to Blazin’®. Guests enjoy a welcoming neighborhood atmosphere that includes an extensive multi-media system for watching their favorite sporting events. Buffalo Wild Wings is the recipient of hundreds of “Best Wings” and “Best Sports Bar” awards from across the country. There are currently more than 1,180 Buffalo Wild Wings locations around the world.
During the spring of 2020, Jordan Balduf launched Side Biscuit from his driveway, serving up bold, sauce-drenched wings that quickly became the most talked-about bite in town. As demand grew, Side Biscuit took its wings on the road, hosting pop-ups across Ann Arbor and throughout Michigan. After building a cult following, Side Biscuit put down roots on Packard & Woodlawn, transforming a homegrown idea into a neighborhood institution.
Millie’s
Ottoville, OH
A landmark in Northwest Ohio for more than 80 years. Current owner, Kyle Bendele, transformed Millie’s into the regions premier wing hot spot. With 16 sauces and dry seasonings ranging from Blackberry Brandy to Maple Bacon Rum to Sweet Habanero, your sure to find a new favorite. Along with pizza, burgers, wraps and ice cold beer, we’ll have your next dining experience covered.
Old Union Hotel
Binghamton, NY
The Old Union Hotel has been a staple on Clinton Street in the First Ward since it was established in 1888.
It was then, and still remains, a place people keep coming back to and a place where friends turn into family. With the help of our owners Andy, Adam, and Mike as well as our head chef, Nick and the rest of our amazing staff, we plan to do the best we can
to make you feel like a part of our family .
Just Wingin It
Iceland
Just Wingin it is one of the premier wing destinations in Europe! Our wing sauces have won awards on two continents! After winning the “Best in Show” and “Rookie of the Year” we are so excited to return to Wingfest! With ownership roots in Erie, PA and Clymer, NY and Stykkisholmur, Iceland we are so proud to give our customers the “Best Wings North of Buffalo!”
Known as the “Wing Kings of the North,” Just Wingin it began in 2020 through charitable means, turned into a 3x Award Winning food truck (European Street Food Awards), and has since blossomed into 3 brick and mortar restaurants with a 150 seat sports bar in downtown Reykjavik and 2 other locations in Iceland.
Our experience at Wingfest was incredible, we have had so many people from western New York visit us this past year in Iceland and we are so grateful! Takk fyrir okkur, Buffalo (Thank you for everything, Buffalo)! Sjáumst eftir smá (See ya soon)!
Southern Tier Brewing
Buffalo, NY
Southern Tier Brewing Company started in 2002 on a wooded property down a quiet road in Lakewood, NY. Since its humble beginnings, Southern Tier has grown into an industry leader and one of the top craft beer producers in the US. Our handcrafted ales are now available in more than thirty states and beyond. We continue to deliver consistent and quality beers while innovating to bring new bold flavors and formulas.
WINDJAMMERS IS A FAMILY OWNED AND OPERATED BUSINESS FOR MORE THAN 35 YEARS. THIS POPULAR SMALL TOWN SPORTS BAR HAS ENORMOUS SUPPORT FROM ITS DEDICATED CUSTOMERS AND VISITORS. THE OWNERS, LEE & MARCIA SELOVER, APPLIED A FINE-DINING APPRECIATION TO A PUB-LIKE MENU, AND THOSE STANDARDS HAVE PREVAILED. THE RESULT IS ROCHESTER'S BEST WINGS, BURGERS, AND INCREDIBLE HOME-MADE DISHES, OFFERED IN A VARIETY OF STYLES.
The Pizza Cutters
Syracuse, NY
Our pizza cutters crew is always striving to bring new and creative products and flavors to our menu! Our strength is our creativity! Our selection of hand crafted sauces has been growing to keep our menu fresh and enticing. In 2023 we won the wing king award for our everything wings in Syracuse. In 2024 we knew we had to bring something new and creative to top the last years winner. We ended up winning 2 awards of 4 at syracuses wing battle. Our whiskey apple bourbon wing stole the show. It won best in show and the Dan os award ! Our wings are appealing to the eye with colorful patterns and layering of ingredients. The flavors come together to create a flavor explosion in your mouth! We are coming with a lot of momentum and we plan on stealing the show! Rookie of the year here we come. Our energy and vibe always attracts a crowd wherever we go and we’re confident in our abilities!
Legend Larry's
Wisconsin
Legend Larry’s began in 2001 as a humble corner bar in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, with one goal: serve incredible wings. What started with a single fryer and a handful of sauces quickly turned into a local obsession and has since grown to four Wisconsin locations, a full line of retail sauces, and a food service program featured in hundreds of restaurants across the Great Lakes region.
Much of that growth can be traced back to the success we’ve had at the National Buffalo Wing Festival. With over 30 awards to date, the festival has played a major role in helping put Legend Larry’s on the map. In 2015, founder Larry Schaefer was honored with induction into the festival’s Hall of Flame, a moment that remains one of our proudest.
We’re incredibly grateful to the city of Buffalo and its residents for the love and support they’ve shown us over the years. It’s always an honor to be part of this event, and we’re excited to return for another unforgettable weekend.
Wing It On!
Waterbury, CT
Wing It On! has been redefining the authentic buffalo wing experience since 2011. Committed to quality, freshness, and flavor, we offer over 20 signature sauces and rubs, including our award-winning and best-tasting Medium Traditional Buffalo sauce that has won at the National Buffalo Chicken Wing Fest the last two years in a row. Beyond our perfectly, crispy chicken wings and boneless bites, our menu also offers hand-crafted chicken sandwiches, loaded fries and an array of tantalizing sides. Wing It On! currently has multiple locations across the U.S., including the East Coast in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and North Carolina.
Wings Over
Ithaca, NY
Founded in 1999, Wings Over has been obsessed with one thing: serving ridiculously good chicken.
Voted Best Wings in Athens, Columbus, Happy Valley, Worcester, Chapel Hill, and more, we’ve built a cult following across 30+ locations by making every order fresh, hot, and crispy and every flavor BOLD.
Wings Over. Flavor to Fly For.
Just Pizza & Wing Co.
Buffalo, NY
JUST PIZZA & Wing Co.® is a full-service Pizzeria located in the Western New York Area. Since opening our doors in 1992, we have provided local families and businesses with delicious, high quality food at affordable prices. All of our rolls and pizzadoughs are baked fresh daily. We use only fresh vegetables that are delivered to all of our locations daily.
Over the years, our business has evolved from a small corner Pizza Shop into the leading supplier of Pizza and Chicken Wings. We pride ourselves on the fact that we offer OVER 75 VARIETIES of PIZZA and have devloped OVER 25 VARIETIES of CHICKEN WING SAUCES served to local residents and businesses in Buffalo and throughout Western New York. We are committed to continuing our positive relationship with your neighborhood and business.
Not Just Cakes
Buffalo, NY
At Not Just Cakes, we believe every celebration deserves something unforgettable. We’re a locally owned bakery creating handcrafted desserts that taste amazing! From custom cakes and cupcakes to cookies, cake pops, pastries, cinnamon rolls, and seasonal specialties, everything we make is baked fresh with quality ingredients and attention to every detail.
Born in caves. Today, Treasure Cave® cheeses are aged in quality-controlled curing cells that ensure our products meet consumer’s expectations
At Springer Mountain Farms, we exercise great care in all that we do. Our dedication to providing our chickens with a quality life and healthy diet results in simply superior chicken™ for you and your family to enjo
Dedicated to tradition, we cook the old-fashioned way, upholding the quality and flavor expected by those who have grown up loving pierogi. We’ve also embraced variety, mixing convention with a modern flair to offer something for everyone. Whether pierogi are your childhood favorite or you’ve never given them a try, Babcia’s Pierogi is the right place to start.