Goood Frikin' Chicken's Rotisserie Bird

M. Ladd

Don't be shy, get messy ― but guard your cleavage.

Number 42: Rotisserie Chicken from Goood Frikin' Chicken

You might never know it from the name, but Goood Frikin' Chicken is an Eastern Mediterranean bird joint that gives the oft-massacred chicken entrée its primal due. GFC offers half and whole chickens, à la carte or as part of a whole meal. After you decide that, there's the question about which marinade and cooking method to settle on. This can be tricky. The mouthwatering dilemma comes down to herby (slow-cooked over an open flame) or zesty-garlicky-lemony (rotisserie). The golden brown skin of the rotisserie chicken ($19.95 for a complete meal with olive oil pita bread, garlic dip, green salad, and one side) slightly edges out the open-flame version in our opinion, since the flavors are more complex. But you can't go wrong ordering either (boneless chicken eaters, however, need not apply). Break off a piece of pita, slather it with garlicky dip, and add a chunk of juicy chicken with crisp skin topper. Before you know it, you'll have greasy hands and flecks of chicken on your fingers ― your cleavage, too, if you aren't careful. At least the dining room is comfortably expansive, which makes you feel almost okay about getting grubby. If you're self-conscious, you can always tell your date to look at something outside on the street, as you sneak licks of your fingers. We'll never tell.

Goood Frikin' Chicken 10 29th St. (at Mission), 970-2428
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