Bristol Farms - Review - Santa Monica - Los Angeles - The Infatuation

"There are several reasons Bristol Farms is a treasured part of LA supermarket culture. One of them is an excellent prepared food section that's exactly the right amount of gourmet, including a fully loaded deli and sandwich counter, salad bar, and bakery with impressively thick cookies. But most elite of all is their lemon pepper rotisserie chicken. Due credit to Gelson’s, Lazy Acres, Erewhon, and Whole Foods for their worthwhile heat-lamp chickens (and Costco for being the cheapest), but it’s the crackle of BF's crispy skin, good flavor, and juicy meat that makes it the best grocery store bird in town. And at $13.49 for a whole organic chicken, it's a solid value, too." - Brant Cox