You came for the falls. Stay for the wings.
Best Pizza & Wings in Niagara Falls, NY
Ranked by locals, not algorithms. Every spot on this list is locally owned or a Western New York original, and we tell you exactly what to order.
🍗 Best Wings in Niagara Falls
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Order this: Jamaican Jerk BBQ, extra crispy and saucy. Or go Hot, saucy and crispy.
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Order this: The Boom Boom wings, tossed in their homemade Boom Boom sauce.
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Order this: The classic hot wings, made with Frank's. Grab an ice-cold fountain loganberry to go with them.
📜 The story of the wing
Buffalo's most famous export has more than one origin story. The best-known one comes from the Anchor Bar on Main Street. It says that in 1964 Teressa Bellissimo deep-fried chicken wings, which were then a cheap cut often used for soup, cut them into flats and drums, tossed them in a butter-and-hot-sauce mix and served them with celery and blue cheese. Even the Bellissimos told it two ways. One version is about a delivery mix-up; the other is about a late-night snack for son Dominic's friends.
Others give the credit to John Young, a Black restaurateur. By the mid-1960s his Wings & Things on Jefferson Avenue was serving whole, breaded wings in his tangy "mambo sauce." Whoever came first, wings spread through Buffalo's pizzerias in the 1970s and from there around the world.
Did you know? The Buffalo History Museum found "Chicken Wings, fried" on an 1857 menu from Buffalo's Clarendon Hotel, more than a century before the Anchor Bar.
🍕 Best Pizza in Niagara Falls
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Order this: Their pizza, a Niagara Falls favorite since 1949. And don't skip the Italian dinners, which are just as good. Bring cash.
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Order this: The Detroit-style pizza. It's unbelievable. Pair it with one of their hand-crafted cocktails.
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Order this: The classic cheese & pepperoni half-tray pizza.
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Order this: The classic pizza by the half or full tray, or try the specialty steak & cheese pizza, famous on cauliflower crust.