Alex Portée is a senior trending reporter at TODAY Digital and is based in Los Angeles.
The Buffalo wing and its endurance owes a lot to women. This sports bar staple, which is often coated in sauce and served with creamy ranch or blue cheese dressing, might be commonly associated with male-dominated spaces, but lore traces this specific flavor combination back to one woman in particular.
Back in the day, he was slinging poultry doused in a sauce of his own making at his restaurant Wings and Things. In 1960, not far from where Anchor bar stood, Young opened his own establishment. According to History.com, Young’s iconic menu item might have been inspired by a popular Washington, D.C., condiment: Mumbo sauce. The restaurateur brought the elements of this Capital city sauce to Buffalo, where his restaurant became well-known for its breaded, whole Mumbo Wings.
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