Among the first out of the gate to inaugurate the summer season with a picnic box is Cookshop in Chelsea. Three pieces of crunchy fried chicken (basically half a chicken without the wing), an oversize biscuit, some spicy coleslaw, bread-and-butter pickles and densely fudgy brownies, as well as a soft drink is a generous serving for one, adequate for two.
Cookshop’s Chicken Box, $19 to pick up at the restaurant Mondays through Fridays, 156 Tenth Avenue (20th Street), 212-924-4440, cookshopny.com; or for delivery, trycaviar.com.
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