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Arrosto
Ever since the market opened, I ve been skulking around Arrosto s bright-yellow window, waiting for the next entry in Portland s ongoing chicken craze. Finally, in mid-April, Arrosto arrived. Pastaworks co-owners Kaie Wellman and her husband Kevin de Garmo discovered their dream bird years ago vacationing on Italy s Ligurian Coast. The three-plus pound, free-range, antibiotic-free chickens are smoked as they luxuriate in the rotisserie, the skin laced with lemon and rosemary oil. The result is a moist bird with infused skin that s made all the better with a bright orange Calabrian chili dipping sauce. For two hungry or three peckish adults, a half bird plus sides ($18) will get the job done. Add the sauce liberally to the meat and the side of golden potatoes roasted in chicken fat. Arrosto is planning on bottling the stuff; I could not be more pleased. (Pro tip: Grab bottles of Grüner and rosé to-go for a reasonable $12 each.)