Deciding to open a trendy upscale spot in the Manhattan right before the pandemic was enough to make chef Sung Park rethink some of his life choices.

“I’m so tired of fine dining,” Park told BK Reader outside his newest, food truck-sized kitchen in Bushwick, where he employs no more than three people. For many hours, Lucky Chix is just him and the grill.

“It’s a new challenge, to do something low-key. I found this spot and thought, this is actually what I’ve been looking for, for a long time. Everything is food,” he said.

Park has been working in kitchens since moving to the U.S. from Korea in the 1990s. He was a sous chef at the Michelin-starred Jean-Georges before going solo and opening the postage stamp-sized and well-reviewed Bistro Petit in Williamsburg in 2011. Losing the

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