New chicken-themed block party coming to New Orleans with music, restaurant dishes

A block party should have tasty food, music that makes you want to dance and, well, a good block, preferably one not covered in construction barriers and torn-up pavement.

With fortuitous timing, and help from friends in the industry, that’s what the restaurant Here Today Rotisserie is presenting with its inaugural Cluck Fest Block Party.

The free event is from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. this Sunday (March 8) at 1245 Constance St.

The specialty for Here Today Rotisserie is right in the name, and in addition to whole rotisserie chickens — and chicken bowls, chicken fat potatoes and chicken rice — there’s a terrific specialty fried chicken, brushed with chicken fat spiked with Calabrian chiles.

The Lower Garden District restaurant is inviting a half dozen other local restaurants to bring their best chicken dishes to an event billed as more of a block party than a festival…

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