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Buffalo Bike Tours, Michigan Street Corridor, and Young Family have teamed up to raise money for a John Young mural in Buffalo. This Wednesday, April 28, 2021, there will be a Mumbo Wing and Steak Sandwich Pop Up from 11 am to 3 pm. It will be located at The Broadway Market, 999 Broadway in Buffalo. Lina Brown Young, John Young’s daughter, will be cooking up the wings using her dad s secret Mumbo wing sauce recipe. The steak sandwiches will be made by Stone, who used to work at Young’s Wings N’ Things. Orders are to-go only and by pre-sale only, which you can place here. The proceeds from the pop-up sale will help fund a new mural honoring John Young and his contribution to Buffalo history. The location of the mural will be on the outside of the Carl Jeff Barber Shop, 864 Jefferson Avenue in Buffalo. The project is sponsored by Buffalo Bike Tours and Michigan Street Corridor.
I can honestly say, I don t personally remember this amazing Buffalo chicken wing like many of the Buffalonians I talk to remember them. Since these wings have been back in the spotlight, I have been doing some research and talking with some people from Buffalo that was actually around for the original Wing King of Buffalo.
Many of us know somebody that can tell you almost everything related to history in Buffalo, well, I didn t feel like talking to my uncle so I just googled everything. Seriously, I had a recent debate on-air about Buffalo businesses back in the day and, John Young s Mumbo Wing was mentioned on many of those phone call-ins.