The Bellissimos' son, Dominic, was tending the bar, and upon the unannounced late-night arrival of several of his friends, Teressa wanted a fast and easy snack to present to the guests. She came up with the idea of deep frying chicken wings and tossing them in cayenne hot sauce. Dominic told The New Yorker reporter Calvin Trillin in 1980: "It was Friday night in the bar and since people were buying a lot of drinks he wanted to do something nice for them at midnight when the mostly Catholic patrons would be able to eat meat again." He stated his mother came up with the idea of chicken wings. There was a mistaken delivery of wings instead of backs and necks for making the bar's spaghetti sauce. Faced with this unexpected resource, Frank says that he asked Teressa to do something with them, resulting in the Buffalo wing.
The Bellissimos' son, Dominic, was tending the bar, and upon the unannounced late-night arrival of several of his friends Teressa wanted a fast and easy snack to present to the guests. She came up with the idea of deep frying chicken wings and tossing them in cayenne hot sauce. Dominic told The New Yorker reporter Calvin Trillin in 1980: "It was Friday night in the bar and since peopl,e were buying a lot of drinks he wanted to do something nice for them at midnight when the mostly Catholic patrons would be able to eat meat again." He stated his mother came up with the idea of chicken wings. There was a mistaken delivery of wings instead of backs and necks for making the bar's spaghetti sauce. Faced with this unexpected resource, Frank says that he asked Teressa to do something with them, resulting in the Buffalo wing.