Buffalo restaurant/bar in Charlotte

[bmd69]

Originally Posted by dotsync

Is there a Buffalo Wild Wings chain down there?

Worst wings!

[Charlotte99]

Originally Posted by bpn120

Thanks for your reply Dennise. I am currently a manager at Brennan's in Clarence. I keep hearing that nobody down there does chicken wings up to Buffalo's standards, and am really excited about the prospect of getting the ball rolling in Charlotte. However, I am not from the area and am not terribly familiar with the people...Are there any suggestions that you might offer as to how to differentiate myself from these other establishments? Any do's and don't that an outsider might not be aware of?

Other buffalo foods i would be looking to bring down are Sahlen's hot dogs, Frank's red hot, Webbers mustard.

My wife is from East Aurora and I am from Boston and lived in Buffalo in the Gate Circle area for a few years back in the mid 90's. We had Cole's, The Gate (Gabriels' Gate - best wings), and Nino's great pizza and wings for Bill's games (Brennans had great wings as well). The wings down here are poor to average. If you could combine a good pizza and wing shop, make it sports themed, you might be on to something. There are a lot of people from Buffalo in Charlotte and I know that my wife still brings back a huge bag of Sahlen's hot dogs, Chiavetta's marinade (every time we have served this at our house people have been blown away), some kind of special chip dip, and a few other goodies she can only get in Buffalo.

Pizza and wings could do really well here, if you price the items reasonably. I would try to avoid building out or taking over an expensive and large restaurant/bar type thing. Stick to the food, with a small eat in and bar area.

Good luck and go Patriot's!