Chef Ditches Fancy Miso for $17 Rotisserie Chicken Triumph

In a true culinary plot twist, Oakland's Daytrip, once Bon Appétit's 2022 darling celebrated for ferments and a pasta that ate an employee's weekend, shuttered in Nov 2024 due to cash flow anxiety. Chef Finn Stern and wife Stella Dennig resurrected it as Daytrip Counter, serving $17 half-rotisserie chickens and salads to the masses—because nothing says 'profit' like poultry! Meanwhile, Brooklyn’s Badaboom is charming locals with chicken priced at an eyebrow-raising $32, sparking complaints that Whole Foods cuts losses on their chickens for less. Add avian flu drama and record beef prices inflating chicken costs, and voilà: the Great Chickening’s economic poultry soap opera unfolds just in time for your next dinner dilemma!

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Gone are the days of artisan fava bean brittles; now it’s all about $17 half chickens saving restaurants from bankruptcy. Avian flu and beef prices be damned, the nation’s never been more obsessed with chicken on repeat.

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