GN Chan and Faye Chen built Double Chicken Please around a premise that sounds like a dare: what if cocktails were inspired by dishes rather than other drinks? The front room serves quick, excellent cocktails in a casual format. The back room presents a concept menu where each drink is modelled on a specific food — a cocktail that tastes like a full English breakfast, another that deconstructs pho, a third that translates a grilled cheese into liquid form. The technique is formidable: clarification, fat-washing, fermentation, and a culinary vocabulary most kitchens would envy. The real achievement is that the drinks are not merely clever — they are genuinely delicious in the way the dishes they reference are satisfying.
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Lower East Side, New York
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In the back room: the 'Breakfast' cocktail — the dish-to-drink translation that made them famous. Whatever concept sounds most improbable on the current menu, order that; the gap between expectation and flavour is where the magic lives. In the front room: anything from the faster menu if you want a quick, excellent cocktail without the conceptual ambition.
The back room requires reservations on Resy and fills days in advance — book early. The front room is walk-in and serves as both a waiting area and a standalone bar worth visiting on its own terms. Evening service for the full concept menu experience.
115 Allen Street, Lower East Side. Delancey-Essex Street station (F/M/J/Z). Cocktails $18-24. Back room reservations on Resy are essential and competitive — book as soon as they drop. Front room is walk-in, no reservation needed. Ranked in the World's 50 Best Bars. Two distinct experiences under one roof; plan for the back room but enjoy the front room while you wait.