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Roast chicken goes from homey to hip

The whole roast chicken has left the home kitchen, making for restaurants around town.

A whole roast chicken was fresh from the oven at Bistro du Midi in Back Bay.

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A whole roast chicken, fresh from the oven at Bistro du Midi in Back Bay.

Executive Chef Robert Sisca basted the roast chicken.

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Executive Chef Robert Sisca basted the roast chicken.

Sisca prepared vegetables to go with the roast chicken.

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Sisca prepared vegetables to go with the roast chicken.

The result: Roast chicken with ricotta, lemon, roasted potato, and spring onion at Bistro du Midi.

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The result: Roast chicken with ricotta, lemon, roasted potato, and spring onion at Bistro du Midi.

Whole roast chicken’s home-cooked qualities are the reason chef Matthew Gaudet put it on the opening menu.

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Whole roast chicken’s home-cooked qualities are the reason chef Matthew Gaudet put it on the opening menu.

It can also be argued that restaurant kitchens are better equipped to turn out excellent roast chickens. “We have better ovens and more spacious ovens,” Gaudet says.

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It can also be argued that restaurant kitchens are better equipped to turn out excellent roast chickens.

Gaudet assembled a roast chicken dish.

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Gaudet assembled a roast chicken dish.

The result: Roast chicken with a side of pee wee potatoes and mushrooms at West Bridge.

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The result: Roast chicken with a side of pee wee potatoes and mushrooms at West Bridge.

Chef Tony Maws of Craigie on Main carved the restaurant's whole roast chicken.

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Chef Tony Maws of Craigie on Main carved the restaurant's whole roast chicken.

Craigie on Main’s roast chicken was featured on Food Network’s

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Craigie on Main’s roast chicken was featured on Food Network’s "The Best Thing I Ever Ate." Here, the chicken was carved.

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"A whole roast chicken for me brings back memories. I’m certainly not alone in that," said Maws.

Craigie on Main offers diners the option of taking home the carcass at the end of the meal, so in some sense, soup is included.

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Craigie on Main offers diners the option of taking home the carcass at the end of the meal, so in some sense, soup is included.

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Fare increases covered part of the deficit for the MBTA, which is legally bound to start each year with a balanced budget.

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Key legislators say they remain confident that an infusion of $51 million in state money will be allocated before a July 1 deadline.

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A $63 million complex that will include a 150-room hotel, a two-story commercial and community building, and a five-story residential and retail structure is planned for this parcel on Melnea Cass Boulevard.

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Sabrina Dennison and Jacqueline Emmart are featured in “Love Person,’’ presented by Company One.

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Like love itself, the play, which is is getting its Boston premiere from Company One, is a bit of a mess. But that doesn’t mean you want to do without it.

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Lori Anne Madison plays at a park in McLean, Va. The bubbly 6-year-old will face 277 opponents, most of whom are at least twice her age, at the Scripps National Spelling Bee.

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Ideas

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