Housed in an ornate building with beautiful leadlights and floor-to-ceiling windows, Cookshop Rotisserie doesn’t look like your average chicken shop, and it isn’t – former Mamasita head chef Andrew Logan is its passionate founder.
Nominate if you want leg or breast meat and be rewarded by your choice of La Ionica or Bannockburn free-range chicken that falls off the bone. Cookshop has ample bench seating inside as well as outside if you feel like enjoying your chicken in the sun.
But the likelihood is that you'll be tempted by a whole lot more than just chicken. Think whole corn on the cob served with smoked paprika butter, gravy and chips, tasty stuffing and perfectly fluffy roast potatoes, with veggies cooked over the Japanese hibachi grill. There are also salads and rotating soup specials, so you can head in for an all-out feast if you please.
Alongside a refreshing range of drinks (think housemade lemonades and iced tea), there's also a solid selection of pre-packed meals and desserts to take home with you – so if you're after more of a takeaway moment than a full sitdown affair, you're spoilt for choice. Oh, and great news: their house fermented pineapple and mixed chilli hot sauce is back, so you'd better get your hands on a bottle for the pantry. It's made from an assortment of chilli peppers from the owner's backyard (stocks are limited).
We're jealous of Clifton Hill locals for living so close to a such a gem, but you know what? We'd happily rack up the kilometres to get our hands on a Cookshop Rotisserie fix.