Archers Tavern spent the weekend in Buffalo, New York competing for the third time at the 23rd annual National Buffalo Wing Festival, that has been taking place for over 20 years. Since its founding in 2002, Wingfest has evolved into one of the country’s top food festivals, drawing more than 1 million attendees from all 50 states, 41 different counties and every continent (even Antarctica). The festival helped establish Buffalo as the World Capital of Wings and gave the city a reason to celebrate its signature food like it never had before.

In their first year competing Archers placed in all 3 divisions they entered and finished 3rd overall. Here were their award winning sauces:

2nd place in Best Traditional Medium Wing Sexy Style – A combination of Archer’s style, Dry Rub and another special spice combination developed over the years by team members.

3rd place in Best Creative Spicy Wing Polly-Q – A spicy Polynesian-inspired BBQ sauce.

3rd place in Best Creative Spicy Wing Wing and a Prayer – The tavern’s hottest sauce featuring fresh habanero peppers.

The 2023 team

This year 19 restaurants were invited to compete and locally owned Archer’s Tavern got the invite for the 3rd year. Each restaurant can submit sauces in 3 categories. For 2024 Archers walked away with two trophies.

3rd place in traditional medium with the Sexy Sauce
first place in creative hot with XXX sauce

Archers owner Dan Apolito announced “We are dedicating our first place to Jeff Stephenson, Crazy Uncle Jester, who inspired us to bring flavor to heat. We miss you Uncle Jester!”