Buffalo Wild Wings with Matt Selman

Doughboys

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Fast Food, Healthfitness, Mike Mitchell, Snacks, Chains, Restaurants, Comedy, Ucb, Arts, Spoonman, Doughboys, Fastfood, Nick Wiger, Food

4.8 • 5.1K Ratings

🗓️ 18 September 2015

⏱️ 92 minutes

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Summary

Buffalo Wild Wings is one of the hottest chain restaurants in America. Longtime Simpsons writer and self-described foodie Matt Selman joins Doughboys to review "B-Dubs". Plus, the Wiger Challenge!

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0:00.0	The origin of Buffalo Wings is cryptic and disputed, but is generally credited to Theresa
0:08.8	Belissimo of Buffalo, New York's anchor bar sometime in the 1960s.
0:13.4	In 1982, college friends Jim Disbro and Scott Lowry opened a restaurant based around these
0:17.8	cayenne-spiced wings, as well as a second regional New York state delicacy, the beef on
0:22.7	wax sandwich.
0:24.2	The wax didn't last, but the wings were a hit, and ever since CEO Sally Smith took over
0:28.5	in 1986, the company's experience record growth, expanding from 300 locations to over 1000
0:34.1	in the past decade alone.
0:35.6	In an age when many sit-down chains are struggling and contracting, this casual restaurant's trademarked
0:40.3	three-pronged focus on Wings, beer, sports, has made it a mecca for bros.
0:44.8	According to Bloomberg, customers of these restaurants consumed over 11 million Wings this
0:48.3	past Super Bowl Sunday alone.
0:51.0	With over 20 spices and sauces, it has a laboratory of flavors to pair with the omnipresent
0:55.2	ball games on its walls of big screen TVs.
0:58.1	This week on Doe Boys, we take on the place they call B-Dubs, Buffalo Wild Wings.
1:19.3	Welcome to Doe Boys, the podcast about chain restaurants.
1:21.1	I'm Nick Wiger alongside the Spoon Man Mike Mitchell.
1:23.3	How are you Mitch?
1:24.3	I'm doing well.
1:25.3	I just want to give a shout out to Spoon Nation.
1:27.8	Say a little...
1:28.8	Alright.
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