"Picnic in Kensington has a gigantic industrial space, so it's easy to walk into with a group any day of the week—but especially when you want rotisserie chicken you'll obsess over. Because of the size, the crowd is a mix of couples sharing inside jokes over banana negronis and coworkers passing around plates of perfectly smoky bluefish toast and tomato-y charred beans. The selling point here is it's massive, so you'll never rub elbows with strangers at the table to your right, and everything is made to share. Float in on a Monday night with eight of your friends (they actually have a table for that size), and slam some $3 oysters, beautifully blended Amaro Old Pals, and a fall-off-the-bone chicken." - candis mclean