Black History 365 | # 121 John Young, The Buffalo Wing King

In the 1960s, a Black restaurateur named John Young opened Wings and Things in Buffalo, New York. Around the same time, a white couple named Frank and Teressa Bellissimo began selling chicken wings at the Anchor Bar, about a mile away from Wings and Things. By the 1980s, the Bellissimos had become famous for supposedly inventing Buffalo wings. But John Young is the originator. Put respect on the Buffalo Wing King’s name!