Restaurants playing chicken with prices Wholesale costs have taken wing in the last year

Monday was a very good day at Yak-Zies on Clark Street.

The Wrigleyville bar was packed for Cubs opening day and thebuffalo wings were selling like, well, hotcakes.

"Two tons yesterday alone," owner Joe Spagnoli said Tuesday.

But chicken-lovers may have a harder time swallowing this:

Wholesale chicken prices have risen sharply in the past year, upby nearly a third, according to industry estimates -- and expertsdon't see that changing anytime soon.

"It's ridiculous," said D.J. Johnson, 52, a South Sidetelecommunications employee shopping Tuesday at the Jewel-Osco inRiver North, where boneless, skinless chicken breasts were sellingfor between $4.99 …