Sports Bars/Pubs

Anchor Bar

Buffalo, NY · Founded 1935 · ABNR

Anchor Bar is in the business of franchising the right to operate restaurants offering on-site casual dining and take-out under the name 'Anchor Bar®' featuring buffalo wings as well as other food products such as appetizers, sandwiches, beef, pizza, seafood and a full bar.

Read the 2026 FDD ↗www.anchorbar.com ↗

2026 Franchise 500

Unranked

units (2025)

—

year over year

Units by Year

2022

2023

2024

2025

Total outlets at year end, from FDD Item 20.

The Investment

Initial investment

$1,202,000 – $1,854,000

FDD Item 7

Franchise fee

$60,000

FDD Item 5

Ad fund

FDD Item 6

Financial performance

Yes

FDD Item 19 disclosure

Royalty

5% of gross revenues

Leadership

Mark Dempsey
Chief Executive Officer, President and Managing Member
Marcella Wright
Managing Member

On File

FDD years

2026 2024 2022

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Franchisee records

Current roster rows

Signed, not open

FDD Item 20, Table 5

Franchising for

14 yrs

Franchise Disclosure Documents

PDFAnchor Bar FDD 2026Most recent · opens in a new tab PDFAnchor Bar FDD 2024Opens in a new tab PDFAnchor Bar FDD 2022Opens in a new tab

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