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WIBC 9AM-Noon Podcast

Ethan reviews Indy's best fried chicken

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4.61.2K Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2026

⏱️ 8 minutes

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0:00.0

This is National Works Zone Awareness Week.

0:02.5

I'm a victim of being ran over by a semi-while flagging.

0:05.4

The person wasn't paying attention, and they hit me with their vehicle.

0:08.3

I've seen an accident where we were the first people to walk up, and that picture will never leave my mind.

0:14.1

I've seen the people get hit before.

0:15.7

It's been horrible.

0:16.5

Construction zones on roadways and bridges are more than just cones and equipment.

0:20.7

They're the workplace for thousands of dedicated union laborers. Everybody has a family that they need to get back home to, so please just pay attention to us out here while we're working. We all have family, and I know it's a pain in the ass. We're trying to make the roads better for y'all. We're doing this for everyone. We're hardworking Hoosiers, just like you, and we all want to make it home safely. People would just take a couple seconds to pay attention. Be aware where we're at, where the cone zones are at. We're all in this together, and we're all just trying to be safe. This is Brian Short, business manager for the Indiana Labor's District Council. Everyone deserves a safe place to work. Do your part in the cone zone. Slow down, save a life. We're all in this together. A message from Lippers International Union of North America and affiliated locals.

1:04.5

This is not a James Beard nominated restaurant, not a celebrity chef concept. A grocery store deli where someone's been doing the same

1:12.7

thing for years, and everybody knows it. Indy Star had an article about Indy's best fried chicken,

1:20.2

and Ethan Hatcher was the man on the street who actually went and tested it out.

1:25.2

So, I mean, you know me. I know. I like some good fried chicken. You like food.

1:29.2

You're a foodie. You're a bit of a food connoisseur. A little bit, a little bit. Somebody says,

1:34.2

hey, this is really good here. You're going to go check it out and see for yourself. So yesterday,

1:39.7

after we got off the air, you went over to Safeway on Kessler Boulevard to check out the fried chicken.

1:46.2

Kessler, it's a corner of Illinois in 56th Street. Oh, okay. Yeah. So, I mean, it was just a 15-minute shot up Meridian Street, basically, and a little jog over here from the station to get there.

1:59.4

So it's been called crispy, juicy, better than expected for a grocery store.

2:05.2

Yeah.

2:05.7

All fair assessments.

2:08.4

This was regarding the Safeway that's at that location at 56th in Illinois.

2:13.9

I'm not sure if they have fried chicken at the deli of other safeways, because I actually

2:18.8

have one that's closer to me on the corner of Emerson and 16th Street, but the one that they

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