The Sweet Smell of Success

Eventually, Native New Yorker found a distributor for pre-cut chicken wings and Floyd was able to retire his knife. They found a hot sauce supplier, allowing Judy to once again walk through Tempe supermarkets without a disguise. With their recent struggles now seeming like distant memories, Judy and Floyd began to celebrate the dream that they had first entertained when they had loaded the girls into the back of the car and set out for Arizona.

By the early 80’s, Native New Yorker began winning what would become two decades worth of local, regional, and statewide dining awards. From their humble beginnings, the Anderson family opened up five more Native New Yorker restaurants, each more successful than the last. After rocking success with each of the five new stores, their concept matured. Wanting to offer more than traditional Buffalo chicken wings, the Native New Yorker menu and image slowly evolved into a family-friendly, sports-themed bar and grill restaurant with a distinctive menu of traditional American fare.

Today, Grandpa no longer runs the front of the house.
Now the Anderson daughters are key decision makers in the corporate office, not waitresses. But that early experience, shared by the whole family, remains the common thread that weaves together today’s Native New Yorker franchise system. Knowing the real value of having cohesive operational, marketing and distribution systems in place, the Native New Yorker management team shares a hard earned perspective on the value of proven model. It is their hope that while your story as a successful owner of a Native New Yorker chicken wing and sports bar franchise may not be as dramatic a tale as theirs, your success will be another story about top franchises.

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