Would you pay $40 for a half chicken at a restaurant?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No, because chicken is one of the very few things I'm capable of cooking well at home.

I also never order chicken out. It's just so, so easy and we eat enough of it on the day to day I prefer to order something that feels more special or complicated.

Yes, this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No, because chicken is one of the very few things I'm capable of cooking well at home.

Such a great point! The value add just isn't there regardless of the rest of the offerings.

[Anonymous]

There's a new restaurant in my town in MD that's charging like $28 for a burger. Nooooope.....

[Anonymous]

I would if that was in the envelope of prices for that restaurant's entrees and it sounded appealing at that moment. I mean, I like roast poultry and dislike pork belly, Beef Wellington, so should I order something I am less in the mood for just because maybe I can spend a couple of hours making it at home? Weird.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No, because chicken is one of the very few things I'm capable of cooking well at home.

I also never order chicken out. It's just so, so easy and we eat enough of it on the day to day I prefer to order something that feels more special or complicated.

Yes, this.

Same. Except for El Pollo Rico, though I've learned to make a great dupe. But if they charged $38 for a 1/2 chicken, then nope.

[Anonymous]

No, and I don’t usually buy roast chicken at a restaurant any price at a sit down restaurant. Too boring.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would if that was in the envelope of prices for that restaurant's entrees and it sounded appealing at that moment. I mean, I like roast poultry and dislike pork belly, Beef Wellington, so should I order something I am less in the mood for just because maybe I can spend a couple of hours making it at home? Weird.

Then why are you at the restaurant if you hate all the offerings?

[Anonymous]

It depends entirely on the restaurant. The roast chicken at Osteria Mozza is $43, and worth every penny. If I could get the roast chicken from Palena Cafe (formerly of Cleveland Park) again, I'd happily pay $40.

Like another PP, I'm going to order what appeals to me at the moment, as long as it is within the range of the restaurant. If the roast chicken is $40 and the rest of the entrees are $20, than no, I wouldn't get it. But if the entrees are $30-$55, and the chicken is $40, then of course I'd get it if I wanted it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The price of eating out in Brooklyn seems to have set off an energetic debate. WWYD?

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/dining/rotisserie-chicken-prices.html?unlocked_article_code=1.c1A.ayUz.lckLKNz9v2Va&smid=url-share

But let me guess, they all support $25 minimum wage.

[Anonymous]

Yes. But I do enjoy ordering roasted chicken in restaurants.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would if that was in the envelope of prices for that restaurant's entrees and it sounded appealing at that moment. I mean, I like roast poultry and dislike pork belly, Beef Wellington, so should I order something I am less in the mood for just because maybe I can spend a couple of hours making it at home? Weird.

Then why are you at the restaurant if you hate all the offerings?

I don't I like chicken lol. Jonathan Waxman makes good chicken. I like duck too. You just think $40 is a special treat.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No, because chicken is one of the very few things I'm capable of cooking well at home.

What's your rotisserie setup?

[Anonymous]

I don’t think this is too outlandish. A half chicken plus a hefty portion of roasted potatoes is enough for 2 people.

[Anonymous]

Idk I paid $20 for 2 happy meals at McDonald’s yesterday, so that doesn’t sound too absurd unfortunately.

[Anonymous]

No.

We're going out to a brewpub-type place tonight, and I'm feeling ho hum about it, because it seems like everything is about $30 now. I know I could cook just as well at home.