In one Buffalo wing origin story, Teressa Bellissimo’s husband was named Frank.
Frank Bellissimo and Teressa operated the Anchor Bar in Buffalo, New York. The bar is widely associated with the 1964 creation or popularization of Buffalo wings, and Frank is identified in accounts as Teressa’s husband and business partner.
The best-known version says their son Dominic was tending the bar when friends arrived unexpectedly. Teressa prepared deep-fried wings with a spicy sauce and served them with celery and blue cheese dressing. Another version says a mistaken delivery of chicken wings led Frank to ask Teressa to find a use for them.
The answer is not affected by the broader dispute over who invented Buffalo wings. John Young claimed an earlier and important role in Buffalo’s wing culture, and the Bellissimo stories differ in detail. But in the Anchor Bar account referenced by the question, the husband’s first name is consistently Frank—not Dominic, who was their son, or Calvin Trillin, the journalist who later recorded one version of the story.