"This week also included what was quite possibly the best fried chicken I’ve ever had. I’d long heard tales of chef Alex Sáenz’ fried chicken at Bisq, but life kept getting in the way of my trying it, so when I heard that Bisq was reopening for limited takeout — call between certain hours on Tuesday and Wednesday to pick up between certain hours on Friday and Saturday; keep an eye on Sáenz’ Instagram account for the menu each week — I blocked off space in my calendar to make the call and the pickup. Everyone was right. All you fried chicken enthusiasts who’ve been raving about this chicken forever were totally right. Not that I doubted you; the pictures always looked like what you’d expect incredible fried chicken to look like, and I already knew I loved the chef’s cooking. (Back when he was chef de cuisine at Puritan & Co. across the street, I ended up there on my birthday one year and had the most perfectly cooked scallop dish I’d ever had.)" - Rachel Leah Blumenthal