No. 38 in the world · November 2026

Lucky Wishbone

East 5th Avenue · Anchorage, United States

The one piece to order

Pan-fried chicken and a milkshake

The line to expect: Lunch fills with regulars; it moves.

Pan-frying chicken since 1955, and a James Beard America's Classic in 2025.

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Cast-iron skillet-fried chicken, the old way

Overnight salt, 50 min to fry · 4. How Wagner's in Indiana and the Lucky Wishbone in Anchorage still do it: a plain, peppery flour coat and a shallow pool of fat in a lidded cast-iron skillet. The lid for the first half steams the meat through; the second half, uncovered, crisps the crust.

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