An order of Momo's Korean Fried Chicken wings are pictured. (Photo by Sarah L. Voisin/The Washington Post via Getty Images) If ever you needed an excuse to eat chicken wings at all three meals, this is it.July 29 marks National Chicken Wing Day, a holiday devoted to all things wings.
Established in 1977 by Stan Makowski, the then-mayor of Buffalo, N.Y., the holiday originally celebrated Buffalonians’ penchant for consuming ''thousands of pounds of chicken wings” at restaurants every week, according to the New York Times.