Lucky Wishbone

This place is pathetic. Supposedly, their specialty is fried chicken. Nope, it sucks. I can make better fried chicken at home any day of the week. The pices are tiny, hardly breaded at all, and tastes like it was fried in old grease. It's ridiculously over priced, too. Went once, will never go back.

Shortly after moving to Anchorage, I asked a local to recommend some good, out of the way restaurants.

"Lucky Wishbone," came her quick response.

She told me the greasy spoon, located across the street from the municipal airport, was a hangout for locals, especially bush pilots. She bragged about the panfried chicken, hand-dipped milkshakes, and homemade french fries and burgers.

On a cold (when isn't it cold) and dreary September day, I headed over to "The Bone." I found a 1950s era green and white building with sparkling windows and charming flowerboxes. Inside, the place was short on ambiance - think diner-type booths and counters - but totally crowded. I waited for 20 minutes to have a seat (and I was told that was a modest wait). In fact, I waited longer to be seated than I did to place my order, receive my order, and consume my order.

I had a burger, fries and a chocolate milkshake and was completely satified. I grew up in the midwest in the 70s and have fond memories of eating the same type fare from Frisch's Big Boys (before it became a pathetic chain). I remember the cheesburgers being greasy, the buns fresh, the fries hot and salty. The milkshakes were thick and chocolatey.

Lucky Wishbone is a nostalgic kind of place; one in which you expect to see waitresses on rollerskates, or the Fonz hitting the jukebox! The food is good, though expensive (a family of four eating burgers, fries and a shakes can expect to pay $50)

***Intersting note: If you do make it to Lucky Wishbone, be sure to take some time to look at the photographs on the walls. The owner has amassed an impressive collection of pictures of Anchorage through years, as well as images of pilots stationed at Elmendorf AFB.

This has to be one of the BEST places to take your family. They have great people and great food that is a win win for me! The Browns are there every night and he makes everyone feel like family! Lucky Wishbone also helps young people out by provideing jobs for them! I would eat here every night if my budget allowed it! If anyone has anything bad to say about the bone, probably has a bug uo their butt! I know my 17 year old son goes there just to check out the cuties working on the window!