{"id":543017,"date":"2026-03-17T20:16:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T20:16:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/543017\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T20:16:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T20:16:16","slug":"montreal-lauded-as-a-rotisserie-chicken-heaven-by-new-york-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/543017\/","title":{"rendered":"Montreal lauded as a &#8216;rotisserie chicken heaven&#8217; by New York Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The New York Times has died and gone to \u201crotisserie chicken heaven\u201d in a new article bestowing heaps of praise on Montreal\u2019s BBQ chicken scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cLooking for rotisserie chicken heaven? It\u2019s in Montreal,\u201d opens <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/03\/17\/dining\/rotisserie-chicken-la-lune-montreal.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:the piece from New Orleans-based food reporter Brett Anderson;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;the piece from New Orleans-based food reporter Brett Anderson&quot;}\" class=\"link \">the piece from New Orleans-based food reporter Brett Anderson<\/a>, who places it alongside poutine, smoked meat and bagels in the pantheon of Canadian culinary classics (all Montreal-centric, of course).<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Anderson covers Little Italy\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/montrealgazette.com\/opinion\/brownstein-mon-lapin-team-behind-new-rotisserie-chicken-spot\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:R\u00f4tisserie La Lune;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;R\u00f4tisserie La Lune&quot;}\" class=\"link \">R\u00f4tisserie La Lune<\/a>, the more formal spot from the venerated Mon Lapin team, but he also shares a few words on the iconic bird slingers, from the \u201csnug booths\u201d at the pine-panelled Chalet Bar-B-Q in N.D.G., the defunct Laurier BBQ (without including its failed dalliance with celeb-chef Gordon Ramsey) and the rise of the mega chain St-Hubert BBQ.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Times also delved into the Portuguese influence on our chicken, with nods to Plateau-Mont-Royal staples Coco Rico and Romados.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Montrealers reacted to the piece.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cMontreal has the best food scene in the world right now. And it\u2019s not even close,\u201d said Shopify\u2019s Harley Finkelstein on X. He called La Lune \u201cone of my favorite restaurants on the planet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cIn Montreal even the rotisserie chicken is amazing!\u201d said Leslie Roberts, Montreal city councillor for Peter-McGill.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Americans also shared their thoughts. Vulture\u2019s Rebecca Alter said on X: \u201cIt really is a rotisserie culture up there. Way more Portuguese cultural influence, plus national chains like Swiss Chalet and St-Hubert, for which there are no American equiv(alent)s (boston market is a very different thing).. in case you were wondering\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">La Lune received a Bib Gourmand recommendation, given to restaurants of \u201cgood quality, good value\u201d in last year\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/montrealgazette.com\/opinion\/montreal-nabs-3-one-stars-as-michelin-guide-debuts-in-quebec\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:inaugural Michelin Guide for Quebec and Montreal;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;inaugural Michelin Guide for Quebec and Montreal&quot;}\" class=\"link \">inaugural Michelin Guide for Quebec and Montreal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Related<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The New York Times has died and gone to \u201crotisserie chicken heaven\u201d in a new article bestowing heaps&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":543018,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194292],"tags":[211904,211903,49,48,211905,2338,211906,211902],"class_list":["post-543017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-montreal","tag-bbq-chicken","tag-brett-anderson","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-la-lune","tag-montreal","tag-montreal-city-councillor","tag-rotisserie-chicken"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=543017"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543017\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/543018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=543017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=543017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=543017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}