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Photos: Critic’s Choice: Rotisserie chicken

Rotisserie chicken, scone stuffing, sour cherry and sage served at Superba Food + Bread in Venice.

Rotisserie chicken, scone stuffing, sour cherry and sage served at Superba Food + Bread in Venice.  (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)

In Los Angeles, we’re lucky enough to have some chefs and cooks who revel in the play of live flames and a wood-fired rotisserie. Nothing else gives that smoky, caramelized skin or that subtle wood-smoke taste. Here are three places to try.

Superba Food + Bread

Superba Food + Bread on Lincoln Boulevard in Venice has a patio for diners.  (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)

Superba Food + Bread

Chef Jason Travi cuts rotisserie chicken at Superba Food + Bread. Travi previously worked with wood-fired rotisserie at La Terza.  (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)

Superba Food + Bread

Chicken and leg of lamb roast at Superba Food + Bread. The restaurant also offers rotisserie-roasted pork belly and duck.  (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)

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Superba Food + Bread

Rotisserie leg of lamb vadouvan with carrots and yogurt sauce at Superba Food + Bread.  (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)

Vincenti Ristorante

Chef Nicola Mastronardi tends to the rotisserie at Vincenti Ristorante in Brentwood.  (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)

Vincenti Ristorante

Rotisserie porchetta pork shoulder, house-made pork sausage, braised red cabbage, wild mushroom and summer black truffles at Vincenti.  (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)

Vincente Ristorante

Rotisserie rabbit stuffed with house-made pork sausage and fresh herbs, celery root and carrot puree, crispy artichokes and summer black truffles at Vincenti Ristorante.  (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)

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Pollo a la Brasa

Peruvian-style rotisserie chicken roasts at Pollo a la Brasa in Koreatown.   (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)

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