<P> Buffalo Wild Wings (originally Buffalo Wild Wings & Weck, and thus the numeronym BW3) is an American casual dining restaurant and sports bar franchise in the United States, Canada, Mexico, the Philippines, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Oman, and India which specializes in Buffalo wings and sauces . </P> <P> As of June 2017, it had 1,238 locations (625 directly owned by the company, and 612 franchised locations) across all 50 U.S. states and DC . An alternate nickname in recent usage by the company is B - Dubs . </P> <P> Buffalo Wild Wings & Weck was founded in 1982 by Jim Disbrow and Scott Lowery . Lowery's parents had become Disbrow's guardians as they were his ice skating coaches . After Disbrow had finished judging amateur figure skating competition at Kent State University, the pair met up to get some Buffalo - style chicken wings to eat . Failing to find any restaurant serving them, they decided to open their own restaurant serving wings . For the first location, they selected a location near the Ohio State University, Columbus . Weck was an original part of the name, as beyond the wings and its dozen sauces, the restaurant served beef on weck . </P> <P> The pair brought on an additional partner, Mark Lutz, within six months after opening . None had any restaurant experience and thus ran all aspects of the business, including its finances, haphazardly . The restaurant expanded into a chain over the next decade as it added six additional locations in Ohio, Indiana, and Steamboat Springs, Colorado . The Colorado location was selected as they skied there . </P>

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