Lucky Bird Opening Ghost Kitchen in Chicago

Lucky Bird, which serves fried chicken buckets and sandwiches in Los Angeles, partnered with Epic Kitchens to open its first ghost kitchen last month in Chicago.

Originally founded in downtown Los Angeles in August 2018 by Chef Chris Dane, the philosophy of Lucky Bird is that good fried chicken can solve anything.

"We couldn't be happier to be opening in Chicago," Chris Dane said in the release. "Being able to share fried chicken with people from all over was always one of the main driving factors in opening Lucky Bird, and having our first location outside of Los Angeles be Chicago makes total sense because Chicago is a food Mecca for many with countless great restaurants, so we hope the people of Chicago will open their arms to one more."

The Chicago incarnation of Lucky Bird is open for lunch and dinner and offers buckets with a mix of white and dark meat; popcorn chicken served with a smoked paprika dipping sauce; and fried sandwiches served on a milk bun with a chicken thigh, homemade pickles, smoked paprika aioli, and butter lettuce. Sides include Jojo's pressured fried potato wedges; homemade biscuits with whipped honey butter; potato salad made with Yukon Gold potatoes dressed with garlic herb aioli; macaroni salad; slaw; pickled vegetables and pickles.

Epic Kitchens operates multi-branded ghost kitchens in the U.S. and provides an online ordering platform.