It all started with four tables in Rego Park, Queens. In 1994, Augusto Yallico opened a tiny Peruvian eatery called Pio Pio and, within a few years, its main item, rotisserie chicken, had become a ...

A restaurant that can only rarely be seen serving customers is again closed for reported maintenance issues. Pio Pio, located at 3300 Wilson Blvd between Clarendon and Virginia Square, has been closed ...

Back in 2001, we gave Pio Pio a shout-out for serving the East Side’s best rotisserie chicken, noting it was “densely matted with spices” and altogether “superb.” Sadly, it looks like the same can’t ...