Anchor Bar, creator of the Buffalo wing, to open Northern Virginia outpost

The Anchor Bar, the Buffalo, New York restaurant and bar credited with creating the Buffalo wing, is coming to Northern Virginia. A franchise of th...

November 3, 2022
5:40 PM

The Anchor Bar, the Buffalo, New York restaurant and bar credited with creating the Buffalo wing, is coming to Northern Virginia. A franchise of the popular restaurant chain, which has about 50 locations across the U.S., has leased 5,770 square feet at the Village at Leesburg. The outpost, opening in 2023, will replace an Eggspectation restaurant that closed earlier in the pandemic at 1610 Village Market Blvd. SE. The Anchor Bar's next-closest franchise is in western Maryland. The Leesburg location fills a gap in the retail mix at the Wegmans-anchored shopping center, per Susan Bourgeois, executive director of leasing and brokerage at Rappaport, which owns and manages the Village at Leesburg.

Daniel J. Sernovitz