Belcampo’s heritage is if I recall correctly, a form of hybrid chicken. Its not quite as skinny as Chinatown yellow feather chicken, but its leaner and smaller (2-4 pounds), and taste chicken-y good.
Its $7/ pound so its not cheap. But when the weather is warm, Belcampo sometimes run B1G1 promotions, and then the chicken becomes a rocking deal.
This chicken is more suitable for Asian-style recipe preps. For roasting, their non-heritage chicken is more suitable at $6/ pound.
Hoffman chicken was good for me for roasting. Are they still around? I used to get it Cafe Rouge in Berkeley. I think they are (or maybe were) sold at Magnani on Hopkins and Local Butcher on Shattuck- call to confirm.
I very vaguely recall Ferry Building used to have a good vendor but a few years ago left. Any good chicken there?
For non-organic, jidori is fine (but not as good as Belcampo) and cheaper. Though they too I believe is around $4/ pound these days. Its sold at Mitsuwa the Japanese supermarket and produced somewhere near LA in Central Valley.
