<Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> www.buffalowildwings.com </Td> </Tr> <P> Buffalo Wild Wings (originally, Buffalo Wild Wings & Weck, 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, and Oman, which specializes in Buffalo wings and sauces . </P> <P> As of June 2017, it had 1,237 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 was founded in 1982 by Jim Disbrow, Scott Lowery, and Bernard Spencer . Disbrow, Lowery, and Spencer came up with the idea one weekend when they got together in Kent, Ohio, for Disbrow to judge an amateur figure skating competition at Kent State University in 1980 . They decided to open up their own restaurant, first in Columbus, Ohio, and then in Westerville, Ohio one year later . </P>

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