Anchor Bar ready for downtown Hamilton wingding
http://www.thespec.com/news/business...ilton-wingding
Hamilton’s newest restaurant will be used as a template to expand the chain in Canada.
The highly anticipated Anchor Bar will open in Jackson Square Friday. It’s the first location north of the border, but plenty of southern Ontario residents have eaten at the iconic location in downtown Buffalo — the home of the original chicken wing.
Plenty of people are also lining up for a chance at a Canadian franchise, says co-owner David Copperthwaite of Burlington. He and business partner Gary Reed of Oakville have received more than 100 applications so far.
But for now, they’re focused on getting this 5,000-square-foot wing joint off the ground.
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Some fast facts about the Anchor Bar in downtown Hamilton:
• 8 wings for $11.99 (99 cents more for suicide flavour, $1.99 for Abandon Ship!)
• Seats 150
• 120 staff
• 9 TVs, from 60-inch to 80-inch
• Custom 5,000-pound Italian wood-burning oven cooks 180 pizzas an hour
• Hemlock bar is 1,200 pounds
• Desserts come from the Cheesecake Factory Bakery
• Work will soon begin on a rooftop patio to seat 125 people
• According to the menu: “Not responsible for misplaced property, political unrest, coaching decisions, bad punctuation, misspelled words, the economy.”
The rooftop patio is a great idea. Maybe it will lead to more use of the Jackson roof besides smokers and the odd weekend road hockey game.