of locations still, certainly the northeast, west coast, and some smaller towns in between. >> sally smithffalo wild wings. thank you very much, sally. we do appreciate it. be safe. >> thanks, brian. >> we're back right after this. >> thank you. >>> we'll leave with one hot stock, generac. widespread power losses are expected around here because of the storm. but now to a show that never loses energy. "the closing bell" starts now. ♪ riding the storm out ♪ riding the storm out >> oh, boy, thank you, brian. hello, everybody, on this monday. we are riding out that storm right here at the new york stock exchange. welcome to "the closing bell." i'm kelly evans. >> i suspect -- i'm bill griffeth, by the way. i suspect that that picture, that's times square. that's 50, 60 blocks north of where we are right now. you give that several more hours, you won't be able to see that. >> it's only been a couple hours since that snow has started. we haven't seen anything yet. >> not

we asked sally smith of buffalo wild wings yesterday if she noticed any hard discernible impact on heriness? she said not yet. not really. what about you guys? >> yeah. you know, i think it's a net small tail wind for us. it's certainly better. consumers have a little bit more in their pocket. you know, on average you're looking at kind of $500 to $1,000 a year. you know, of kind of incremental consumer discretionary income. you know, it helps a little bit, but it's certainly not enough that you see a big change in momentum as a result of lower gas prices. >> it's funny because we hear and have gotern in arguments in programs that lower gas prices are the greatest things since, i don't know, stuffed crust pizza for the u.s. economy, patrick. you are saying it's nice, but it's not the be all end all. >> i think overall for the economy i think it's very important. i think you're going to see more manufacturing. i i think it's a big deal. i'm just saying in terms of domino's it's a net add, but it's not a big change for us. >> all right. patrick goil doyle, hey, good luck. have a great su

sally smith is withes. us. on why americans are expected to eat 1.25 billion wings in the super bowl. middle class. >> come off of it, howard. sally, here is my formula for buffalo wild wings. tv, wings and you can take your kids. what was your formula when you started with 35 restaurants? >> a college bar is how it started. as we were able to expand we found if uyou enjoyed buffalo wild wings in college you enjoyed them when you started having kids and still wanted to go out. somebody blogged about it. it is the bar you can take your kids to. >> i have taken my kids to buffalo wild wings. i think you have to put a dollar in the jar. but you say that you grew up sort of as one of your dad's guys playing golf although your handicap has suffered since you went into the restaurant business but when you are trying to describe buffalo wild wings what does the restaurant need to have? is it just sports or wings? >> a combination. i think that the wings drive people in. we have great wings. they are fresh never frozen.

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sallie krawcheck is joining us in moments. she led bank of america. she is the former ceo of smith barney. ever for automakers? they are dominating the media. we are going to talk about the auto trends. how about a car that tells you where the closest doughnut shop is? these are our top stores sprint the euro is starting with a whimper. it fell to a nine-year low. it rebounded. signals from mero draghi that the banks will start quantitative easing this month.