Ask not why the chicken crossed the road, but how much that chicken – when basted, roasted at high heat and deliciously seasoned – is worth.
The New York Times recently reported on a restaurant in Brooklyn selling half a rotisserie chicken for $40. Even for New York City, that’s expensive enough to get noticed.
In general, Portland restaurants that serve rotisserie chickens seem to come in at about half the NYC price. But what about grocery stores? How far would that $40 go if the goal was simply to maximize your chicken consumption?…