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Interior — Free Range: the counter and the relief wall behind it. Reconstruction: rendered from the 3D model, not a photograph.

Location: Lower East Side · New York, United States

Double Chicken Please

Two rooms at one address: a walk-in front counter and a booked back room pouring cocktails built from dishes.

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Fig. 01 · Render

Headline figures

Opened
2020November
Cocktails on the card
31

Data sheet

Status
Operating (World's 50 Best Bars 2025: No. 41; North America's 50 Best Bars 2026: No. 35)
Seating areas
Free range (front, walk-in): front room and corridor 24 · The coop (back, reservation-led): lounge, eleven-stool bar, booths, nook 55
Cocktails on the card
31
Typical cocktail price
$21, before tax
Public sources
104 sources · 223 evidence items

Overview

Summary

Double Chicken Please is a two-room cocktail bar of 79 seats. The front room, Free Range, takes walk-ins at a counter serving cocktails built to order from a printed card, around a chicken sculpture that anchors the room. The back room, The Coop, is booked, seats more people than the front, and sells the drinks the bar is known for: cocktails built from dishes, each carrying two to three days of preparation. A Taiwanese fried-chicken kitchen serves both rooms.

Evidence: EstimatedConfidence: LowR-ALTOS23 · Award announcementAltos Bartenders' Bartender Award 2023 to a founderR-BARBIZMAG · Interview featureBar Business Women's History Month Q&A with a founderR-CODE-DCP · Building/fire code referenceNYC Mechanical Code and UpCodes annotated guidance on commercial kitchen exhaust, fire suppression and grease management requirements, applied here because on-camera frying/dredging confirms on-site cookingR-COMPETITORS · Multi-source venue databasesYelp, The Infatuation, venue websites for Lower East Side cocktail barsR-DCP-FREERANGE-CARTOON · Venue-printed menu card (photographed by multiple Yelp reviewers)Free Range drink card, cartoon-rollercoaster design (header DRINK, footer badge FREE RANGE) - 2024-10-18 to 2025-11-28R-DEALER-PREP · Manufacturer/dealer catalogueWeb dealer pricing for commercial immersion circulators, chamber vacuum sealers, cold-press juicers, dehydrators, ice machines and draft-dispense hardwareR-EATER-VIDEO · Video (existing root, reused)Eater 'Mise En Place' YouTube video (tglfDwObFNU), already registered in bars/double-chicken-please/data/evidence.json as EV-40/EV-42; this fragment adds equipment-specific frame and transcript observations from the same video under R-EATER-VIDEO.R-INSIDEHOOK · News articleInsideHook coverage of a founder winning Altos award 2023R-INSTAGRAM · Social photo poolInstagram @doublechickenpleasenyc posts (441 posts) showing interior, cocktails, eventsR-LOOPNET · Commercial real estate databaseLoopNet NYC Lower East Side retail rent dataR-OFFICIAL · Official websitedoublechickenplease.com story and about sectionsR-PLUTO · Municipal recordNYC PLUTO lot and building databaseR-PODCAST · Podcast interviewBartender at Large Episode 368 with a founder, October 23, 2023R-REPORTERGOURMET · Interview featureReporter Gourmet profile of a founder with career historyR-RESY · Reservation platformResy venue listing and availabilityR-RESY-GALLERY · Reservation platform galleryResy venue gallery for The Coop and Free Range spacesR-SPIRITED · Press articleSpirited Drinks and Spirits Business coverage of Free Range renovationR-STARCHEFS · Interview featureStarChefs profiles of the founders with backgroundR-THEPEAKSG · Magazine featureThe Peak Magazine on a founder and Double Chicken PleaseR-TOMA-EP6 · Video interviewToma Sessions Episode 6 with a founder (May 2020, pre-opening) on draft cocktails and bar operations (1:34:39)R-VINEPAIR-BUILDOUT · Video interviewVinePair 'The Buildout' with the founders on opening, funding, space, and early operations (1:15:00)R-WEBSITE · Official websitedoublechickenplease.com about and visit pagesR-YELP · Review platformYelp business page: listing, guest reviews and guest photo pool, one publisher
Audience
Parties average 2.8 guests. About 35% of seats are bookable, typically 6 days ahead, parties up to 8. Figures are estimates from review and booking telemetry.
Service
Free Range (front, walk-in): front room and corridor: counter service, 24 seats; The Coop (back, reservation-led): lounge, eleven-stool bar, booths, nook: table service, 55 seats (free range redesign (current)). 2 bar stations. Roster of about 6 bartenders; the founders; chef succeeding the opening executive chef not named in the record.
Design
Double Chicken Please is styled as two rooms with two characters at one address: Free Range, the walk-in front room, and The Coop behind a steel-framed glass screen. The designer's October 2024 redesign built Free Range around a butchered-chicken sculpture as its centrepiece, with sound designed for the room. The Coop pairs tan channel-tufted banquettes with a green mural behind lit glass shelves, a red neon-edged soffit over the bar and a walnut block hung with a lit chicken painting.
Beverage program
Double Chicken Please sets out to be two bars in one: a casual walk-in front room and a booked back room built around one idea, cocktails made from dishes. In The Coop each drink takes a plate as its starting point, Cold Pizza, Japanese Cold Noodle, Red Eye Gravy, French Toast, and rebuilds its flavours in the glass over two to three days of preparation, so the card leans savoury and culinary as often as sweet. Free Range pours a shorter, playful card built to order, with the same kitchen thinking in lighter forms.

History

2020 to today
Eras
2
Menu editions
28
Drinks on record
76

Each era begins where something you would build or run differently changed: the room, the programme, the people on shift.

Latest era · Era 02 · since October 8, 2024

Free Range redesign (current)

Free Range front room redesign completed (the designer): new walk-in service counter, butchered-chicken wall sculpture centerpiece, Pineapple Audio sound system, new lighting and finishes; the draft-cocktail programme ends (last edition listing 'cocktails on tap' is the website through 2024-10-07EV-1101 · R-WEBSITENew text page: Front Room Menu 'A casual industrial space serving cocktails on tap with seasonal twists', 11 Taptails ($10-17); The Coop Menu in Appetizers/Mains/Desserts/Classics? layout with Shroom Ceviche, Thai Curry, Custard Bun; sparkling wine $16; full spirits list;…doublechickenplease.com about and visit pagesEV-1104 · R-WEBSITELast capture listing Taptails: 11 numbered tap cocktails and 'cocktails on tap with seasonal twists', one day before the redesign boundary (2024-10-08). Coop list unchanged.doublechickenplease.com about and visit pages; first without is the card photographed 2024-10-18EV-517 · R-DCP-FREERANGE-CARTOONEleven guests over thirteen months photographed this one printed card; drink names never change (What's Up Doc?, The Pooh, Anyone Can Cook, Space Dog, The Grand Lotus, P.U.T.S., Side Kart, The Poison Apple, Ogres Have Layers, Forbidden D'ohnut, Pocket of Sweet), so this is…Free Range drink card, cartoon-rollercoaster design (header DRINK, footer badge FREE RANGE) - 2024-10-18 to 2025-11-28, and the website from 2025-01-14EV-1105 · R-WEBSITEFirst capture after the redesign: 'FREE RANGE Menu ... cartoon-inspired cocktails', ten named drinks ($19-21), no Taptails and no 'on tap' wording; Coop adds Cheers (DCP House Shot $9) and Classics? Cherry Hemingway, Reverse Manhattan, Pear Bamboo, Dirty Margarita, Sazerac,…doublechickenplease.com about and visit pages); taps in post-redesign photosEV-48 · R-RESY-GALLERYFree Range modernist soda tap aesthetic; walk-in service counter visible; butchered chicken sculpture centerpiece; speaker installation visible; contemporary lighting fixturesResy venue gallery for The Coop and Free Range spacesEV-50 · R-YELPFree Range counter service configuration; soda tap installation visible; bar seating arrangement; guest interaction with draft cocktailsYelp business page: listing, guest reviews and guest photo pool, one publisher are soda and water taps (EQ-050)

The founders; chef succeeding the opening executive chef not named in the record

  1. 2020Opening configuration
  2. 2024Free Range redesign (current)

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How the room works

Service journey

One section per floor plan, each with the steps that happen on it: 4 steps in the order a guest meets them. The plans and every figure come from this file's space, demand and staffing data.

Street level

Residential entry hall, stair and elevator (building core, NOT premises)Right party wall step-in (tenement air shaft, a 0.6 m half-shaft on the lot, splayed at both ends)Canted shop window with stall riser and vent grilles (Free Range)Pavement vestibule (black wind box in front of the entry door)Pavement high-tops (two, with stools) and host table, under the awningFree Range bar assembly (L counter, service aisle, back bar and sculpture wall)Free Range counter die (L: street return and long run)Free Range working aisle (bartender side)Free Range back bar and sculpture wall (lit glass-shelf box, tap plate, juicer, coffee, sink)Free Range counter stools, long run (aisle side)Free Range counter stools, street return (three)Free Range corridor seating (bench along the right wall with four or five small tables, under pendants)Free Range service station (rail, mat and wells in the long run's counter top at the working edge)Corridor between the rooms (clear about 2.5 x 7.4 m)Corridor mouth from the front room: the open passage on the aisle side, between the core wall and the corridor bench (a door leaf and a fixed panel on the 2019 plan, neither seen in the views)Steel-framed glazed screen with glass door (ring pull), corridor to The CoopFront restroom (one WC and basin; 'BATH' on the 2013 plan)Kitchen stair (head landing off the corridor, then a steep straight flight down to the basement)Opening in the corridor's core wall onto the stair landing (red-reveal recess): the way to the kitchen stair head and to the front restroom's rear doorFront restroom door (rear wall, off the stair landing; leaf swings into the room)Rear restroom, accessible ('ADA BATH'), with vestibule opening into The CoopPair of grey doors on the Coop's street-end face beside the passage pier (candidate: R-02's door)Concealed flush access panel in the walnut side wall of the passage between the glazed screen and The CoopThe Coop bar assembly (back bar on the left wall, tiled service aisle, U counter, red soffit above)The Coop counter die (U: long run and street-end arm, free-ended)The Coop tiled service aisle (open at the street-end mouth and at the rear)The Coop back bar (lit glass shelves, green mural, letter board, tall cabinets with lit niche)The Coop bar stools, long run (eleven)The Coop bar stools, street end (three or four, at the counter arm's end face and round its free corner)The Coop booths along the right wall (three or four tan channel-tufted banquettes, round tables, poufs)The Coop street-end lounge (armchairs and low tables), inside the glass door on the rightThe Coop rear-left nook (wraparound banquette, four tables, five-bay lit niche, slatted pedestal)Rear-right walnut block with the lit chicken painting (interior unseen)Opening in the right party wall near the rear (2.1 m, unlabelled on the plan; window or exit)The Coop bar soffit (red neon-edged, lowered ceiling over the bar)The Coop service stations (shaking and stirring), in the long run's counter top either side of the service wellCorridor ceiling: flush access panel, outline only (painted or boarded to match)Passage soffit: flush access hatch (painted or boarded to match)Free Range right-wall block before the corridor mouth (plaster-grey face, brass-toned top, a stool against it)Console on the passage side of the glazed screen (against its fixed bays, right of the glass door)
Street on the left.
  1. Step 01. Zone · Free Range (front, walk-in): front room and corridor

    Free Range

    What happens here

    Free Range is counter service for walk-ins: 24 seats between the counter stools and the corridor tables, with cocktails built to order from a printed card of twelve. One bartender works it from Tuesday to Thursday and on Sunday, two on Friday and Saturday. At peak, guests also stand at the counter and by the door.

    Key figures

    Seats
    24
    Bar stations
    12 sources
    Standing room
    30–80 covers a weekStanding room at bar counter and entry vestibule during peak hours (5-7 PM, 10:30-11 PM), Fri/Sat only

    Why the layout matters

    An L-shaped counter fills the left of the room: a street return with three stools and a long run with five or six more, facing a back bar and the sculpture wall that has anchored the room since the October 2024 redesign. The redesign ended the draft cocktails the room opened with; the taps now pour soda and water.

    • AdjacentJuice and garnish station inside the Free Range service aisle.Free Range service station (rail, mat and wells in the long run's counter top at the working edge) · Free Range bar assembly (L counter, service aisle, back bar and sculpture wall)
    • AdjacentThe entry door lands at the street return of the Free Range counter (3 stools face the door).Entry door (Allen Street), last bay at the right end of the frontage against the lot-line wall · Free Range bar assembly (L counter, service aisle, back bar and sculpture wall)
  2. Step 02. Zone · Free Range (front, walk-in): front room and corridor

    The corridor

    What happens here

    The corridor joins the two rooms and seats guests on the way: a bench along the right wall with four or five small tables, counted with Free Range.

    Key figures

    Corridor aisle between the stair/core wall and the corridor seating
    ≥ 1 mCode minimum 1.12 m
    Service
    Counter service

    Why the layout matters

    On the left, an opening in the core wall leads to a landing with the front restroom and the head of the one stair to the basement, which holds the kitchen, a walk-in and the prep room. Every dish, ice and restock load crosses that stair, and staff share the opening with guests going to the restroom. The aisle between the core wall and the bench reads about 1 m in photographs and 1.3 m on the filed plan, against a code minimum of 1.12 m.

    • AdjacentEvery dish, ice and restock load crosses the one kitchen stair: its foot opens on the basement kitchen.Kitchen stair (head landing off the corridor, then a steep straight flight down to the basement) · Kitchen (basement): fryer line, range and oven under a Type I hood, prep tables, three-compartment sink
    • AdjacentStaff route from The Coop to the kitchen: glass door, corridor, the core-wall opening D-05, the landing and the stair head.Steel-framed glazed screen with glass door (ring pull), corridor to The Coop · Kitchen stair (head landing off the corridor, then a steep straight flight down to the basement)
    • AdjacentThe landing behind D-05 also carries the front restroom's rear door, so guests to R-01 and staff to the kitchen stair share one opening.Opening in the corridor's core wall onto the stair landing (red-reveal recess): the way to the kitchen stair head and to the front restroom's rear door · Front restroom (one WC and basin; 'BATH' on the 2013 plan)
    • AdjacentIce, glassware and restock from the kitchen stair to The Coop bar: the stair head, the corridor, the glass door D-04, the lounge and the aisle mouth at the bar's street end, under 10 m; the one fixed route in the evidence.Kitchen stair (head landing off the corridor, then a steep straight flight down to the basement) · The Coop bar assembly (back bar on the left wall, tiled service aisle, U counter, red soffit above)
    • ClearanceCorridor aisle between the stair/core wall and the corridor seating (views about 1 m; plan 1.3 m): at least 1.0 m; code minimum 1.12 m.Kitchen stair (head landing off the corridor, then a steep straight flight down to the basement) · Free Range corridor seating (bench along the right wall with four or five small tables, under pendants)
    • ClearanceCorridor aisle at the rear restroom end (views about 1 m; plan 1.3 m): at least 1.0 m; code minimum 1.12 m.Rear restroom, accessible ('ADA BATH'), with vestibule opening into The Coop · Free Range corridor seating (bench along the right wall with four or five small tables, under pendants)
    • FragileSingle prep cook.
  3. Step 03. Zone · The Coop (back, reservation-led): lounge, eleven-stool bar, booths, nook

    The Coop

    What happens here

    The Coop is the back room and holds most of the seats: 55, at an eleven-stool bar with three or four more at its street end, booths along the right wall, a lounge inside the glass door and a rear nook. It is table service and pours the cocktails built from dishes. Two bartenders work it from Tuesday to Saturday and one on Sunday, with one server on most nights and two on Friday and Saturday.

    Key figures

    Seats
    55
    The Coop public aisle between the bar stools and the booths
    ≥ 1.2 mCode minimum 1.12 m

    Why the layout matters

    A steel-framed glazed screen with a glass door closes the room off from the corridor. The U-shaped counter stands off a back bar on the left wall under a lowered red soffit, with shaking and stirring stations either side of the service well. The aisle between the stools and the booths reads 1.3 to 1.5 m.

    • ClearanceThe Coop public aisle between the bar stools and the booths (read 1.3-1.5 m; 2019 plan 1.5 m): at least 1.2 m; code minimum 1.12 m.The Coop bar stools, long run (eleven) · The Coop booths along the right wall (three or four tan channel-tufted banquettes, round tables, poufs)
    • ClearanceThe Coop bar's street-end mouth: from the Coop's street-end face (R-02's rear wall) to the counter arm's street face, where the service aisle opens: at least 1.1 m.Rear restroom, accessible ('ADA BATH'), with vestibule opening into The Coop · The Coop bar assembly (back bar on the left wall, tiled service aisle, U counter, red soffit above)
    • FragileSpecialised stations.
  4. Step 04. Zone · The Coop (back, reservation-led): lounge, eleven-stool bar, booths, nook

    The nook

    What happens here

    The rear-left nook is the far end of the room: a wraparound banquette with four tables under a lit five-bay niche. The Coop was reservation-only when it opened and now holds only limited inventory for booking, so most of its seats go to walk-ins.

    Key figures

    Service
    Table service
    Party size
    2.8Guests on average, ± 0.6

    Why the layout matters

    A walnut block with a lit painting closes the rear right corner; no public source shows what is behind it. The accessible restroom opens into the Coop's street end, so guests need not cross the kitchen route.

    • AdjacentAccessible restroom opens into The Coop's street end, so guests need not cross the kitchen route.Rear restroom, accessible ('ADA BATH'), with vestibule opening into The Coop · The Coop rear-left nook (wraparound banquette, four tables, five-bay lit niche, slatted pedestal)
  • Free Range (front, walk-in): front room and corridor · 24 seats
  • The Coop (back, reservation-led): lounge, eleven-stool bar, booths, nook · 55 seats
  • Restrooms and kitchen-stair core (ground level, premises side of the building core) · no seats
  • Pavement in front of the door (vestibule, host table, high-tops) - exterior · no seats
  • Not premises: residential entry hall, stair and elevator; party-wall step-in · no seats

Plan from this file's space data, solved layout. Zones shaded over their elements. Street on the left. A drawing: it turns with the reading direction but is never mirrored.

Axonometric — street floor from the right. Reconstruction: rendered from the 3D model, not a photograph.
Fig. 08 · AxonometricAxonometric — street floor from the right. Reconstruction: rendered from the 3D model, not a photograph.

3D model

Scale: Estimated scale

Reconstruction from public photographs.

Loads only when shown or entered. Off by default on low-power devices, data saver and reduced motion.

Briefing

01

The concept

Double Chicken Please is a two-room cocktail bar of 79 seats. The front room, Free Range, takes walk-ins at a counter serving cocktails built to order from a printed card, around a chicken sculpture that anchors the room. The back room, The Coop, is booked, seats more people than the front, and sells the drinks the bar is known for: cocktails built from dishes, each carrying two to three days of preparation. A Taiwanese fried-chicken kitchen serves both rooms.

02

The market it sits in

Double Chicken Please occupies a storefront at 115 Allen Street on the Lower East SideEV-06 · R-VINEPAIROpened November 13 2020; two sections: front bar casual, back bar intimate classy; outdoor seating minimal (two tables for four); tap cocktails during pandemic with to-go optionsVinePair interview with a founder, November 2020. Eight craft cocktail bars sit within 0.3 km, priced $14 to $25 a drink (R-COMPETITORS). The model is built for era 2, the configuration in place since the Free Range redesign of 8 October 2024: a walk-in front room, Free Range, serving cocktails built to order, and a back room, The Coop, that takes reservations for part of its seats.

03

How it got here

04

What to learn

Learn. The late close earns its place: closing one hour earlier costs about 12% of Base revenue and about 31% of Base EBITDA, because the cost base is already committed by then. The two-tier access policy — walk-in at the front, booked at the back — transfers directly and costs nothing to adopt.

05

What we are not sure about

What this page itself marks as uncertain. Every figure and note carries its own evidence label; these are the ones to read with the most care.

What to order

31 drinks. One card at a time. Each shows its recorded spec and up to two replication models, lower labour and lower COGS, each a complete spec with its own evidence and allergens.

Full recipe book (31 current · 45 retired)

Recipe 1 of 31

Tipsy Tulip

Spec and models

  • Built to order with fresh juices
    Evidence: EstimatedConfidence: Low
    Allergens: None listed
  • Lower COGS
    Evidence: ProposedConfidence: Speculative
    Allergens: None listed
  • House cranberry-apple cordial, spirits at service
    Evidence: ProposedConfidence: Speculative
    Allergens: None listed
  • No lower-labour model drafted
  • A model is drafted only where its computed labour or COGS beats the recorded spec.
TechniquesLiqueur
Glass
Goblet
Garnish
None
Serve
approximately 100 mL
Dilution
approximately 33 mL

Recorded baseline

Labour
Low
Service complexity
Low
COGS
Baseline
COGS basis
Baseline: bought bottles and juices.
Made ahead
Nothing beyond juice pressing.
Waste
Open juice cartons.
Why this model
The simplest reading of a short vodka sour with the printed fruits.

Levels as the reconstruction states them; not computed here.

Cocktail spec

Estimated quantity

  • approximately 40 mLGrey Goose Vodka
  • approximately 15 mLCointreau
  • approximately 10 mLTana modifier (unidentified, floral)Inferred
  • approximately 20 mLCranberry juice
  • approximately 15 mLApple juice (pressed)
  • approximately 10 mLLime juiceInferred

Method

  1. Shake all with ice, double strain into a chilled coupe.

Tradeoffs

The simplest reading of a short vodka sour with the printed fruits. Lime or lemon supplies the acid. Juices are bought, not pressed in house. 6 liqueur and no lime, and 45 ml Grey Goose; this best fit holds 40 ml vodka and adds lime for acid.

Allergens

None listed

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Sources

104 sources support this file. Evidence badges link to the entry they cite.

Source list (104)
  1. 1R-CONSTRUCTIONIndustry guidance · Commercial bar and restaurant construction cost guides 2024–2026
  2. 2R-WAGESSalary survey · NYC bartender hourly wages and benefits 2025
  3. 3R-LOOPNETCommercial real estate database · LoopNet NYC Lower East Side retail rent data
  4. 4R-TARIFFSTrade association and import tariff guides · US import tariffs and landed costs for spirits 2025–2026
  5. 5R-COMPETITORSMulti-source venue databases · Yelp, The Infatuation, venue websites for Lower East Side cocktail bars
  6. 6R-EATER-VIDEOVideo (existing root, reused) · Eater 'Mise En Place' YouTube video (tglfDwObFNU), already registered in bars/double-chicken-please/data/evidence.json as EV-40/EV-42; this fragment adds equipment-specific frame and transcript observations from the same video under R-EATER-VIDEO.
    • EV-40Bar counter visible with yellow-gold back-lit cabinetry; multiple glassware visible; service station setup observable
    • EV-303A cramped back room holds at least 15-20 racked Cornelius-style kegs, each with its own coupler and beverage line running out through a wall of tubing; the Free Range counter has a 12+ faucet draft wall with numbered tap markers matching a priced menu board, confirming the…
    • EV-304Key quotes used in this schedule: t=00:00-00:07 chicken prep is an overnight process, stay days ahead of production; t=00:41-00:57 hot honey dredge/fry line for the chicken sandwich (200/day); t=03:01-03:07 house-made butter rests '24 hours in the freezer'; t=05:42-05:49…
  7. 7R-ALAMY-STOREFRONTPhoto (commercial stock) · Storefront photography via Alamy stock photography service
  8. 8R-INSTAGRAMSocial photo pool · Instagram @doublechickenpleasenyc posts (441 posts) showing interior, cocktails, events
  9. 9R-RESY-GALLERYReservation platform gallery · Resy venue gallery for The Coop and Free Range spaces
    • EV-48Free Range modernist soda tap aesthetic; walk-in service counter visible; butchered chicken sculpture centerpiece; speaker installation visible; contemporary lighting fixtures
  10. 10R-YELP-PHOTOSReview photo pool · Yelp gallery (3,428 photos from 982 reviews) showing interior and drinks
  11. 11R-W50BARAward listing · World's 50 Best Bars 2026 venue listing with gallery photos
  12. 12R-SPIRITEDPress article · Spirited Drinks and Spirits Business coverage of Free Range renovation
    • EV-222Published Cold Pizza recipe: 30 ml cheese-and-burnt-toast tequila, 10 ml lime-basil cordial, 5 ml oolong tea honey, 40 ml clarified tomato water, 15 ml egg white, shaken and strained into a chilled low martini glass; garnish is a custom edible rice-paper print of a hand…
  13. 13R-WIKIDCPWikipedia article · Double Chicken Please Wikipedia page with opening, founders, awards
  14. 14R-OFFICIALOfficial website · doublechickenplease.com story and about sections
    • EV-03Opened November 13 2020; founders the founders; design team the designer and Eye a founder; two rooms: FREE RANGE (front) and The Coop (back)
    • EV-94Two spaces: Free Range (front casual, walk-in, taps); The Coop (back, reservation-only); food-inspired cocktails
    • EV-125Operating hours by day; kitchen closes before bar closing
    • EV-126Most capacity in back room is walk-in; Resy-booked capacity limited
  15. 15R-W50BAward listing · World's 50 Best Bars official rankings 2022-2025
    • EV-822022: No. 6 Disaronno Highest New Entry; 2023: No. 2; 2024: No. 14; 2025: No. 41
    • EV-83North America's 50 Best Bars 2023: No. 1; 2026: No. 35
  16. 16R-STARCHEFSInterview feature · StarChefs profiles of the founders with background
    • EV-92The opening executive chef: Executive Chef Double Chicken Please 2020-2023; prior Le Bernardin, Eleven Madison Park, O Ya, Blue Hill
    • EV-223Feature on Cold Pizza development: parmesan infused into reposado tequila, basil into lime cordial, tomato juiced into tomato water with oolong honey; 'deeply toasted brioche infused overnight into the parmesan-tequila base' for browned-butter notes; a founder quoted: 'Toast…
  17. 17R-PODCASTPodcast interview · Bartender at Large Episode 368 with a founder, October 23, 2023
  18. 18R-REPORTERGOURMETInterview feature · Reporter Gourmet profile of a founder with career history
  19. 19R-THEPEAKSGMagazine feature · The Peak Magazine on a founder and Double Chicken Please
  20. 20R-ALTOS23Award announcement · Altos Bartenders' Bartender Award 2023 to a founder
  21. 21R-INSIDEHOOKNews article · InsideHook coverage of a founder winning Altos award 2023
    • EV-228Review of the Free Range 'Plinko'-style interactive cocktail menu (a founder: 'It's time to bring something tangible back that you can interact with'); Fxxking Little Brain described as tequila, coconut, popcorn, banana and walnut with 'half a walnut frozen inside' the ice,…
  22. 22R-BARBIZMAGInterview feature · Bar Business Women's History Month Q&A with a founder
  23. 23R-SLAMunicipal record · NYS SLA active liquor licenses
  24. 24R-DOHMunicipal record · NYC DOHMH health inspection reports 2024-2026
  25. 25R-DESIGNDesign firm · Kushner Studios project portfolio entry
  26. 26R-WEBSITEOfficial website · doublechickenplease.com about and visit pages
    • EV-220Live text-only menu for Free Range and The Coop: 12 Free Range cocktails and a full Coop appetizer/main/dessert cocktail list plus Cheers and Classics sections; full ingredient lists and prices for all current cocktails; mocktail versions noted for several drinks; no pour…
    • EV-230Front Menu PDF headed TAPTAILS (numbered #1-#13, $7-15, #SHOT $8, five neat spirits) and Back Menu PDF (Waldorf Salad Aberfeldy $17, Mango Sticky Rice, NY Beet Salad, Red Eye Gravy, Japanese Cold Noodle $17, Butter Raisin Biscuit, French Toast, DCP Shot $8; Classics set A:…
    • EV-1101New text page: Front Room Menu 'A casual industrial space serving cocktails on tap with seasonal twists', 11 Taptails ($10-17); The Coop Menu in Appetizers/Mains/Desserts/Classics? layout with Shroom Ceviche, Thai Curry, Custard Bun; sparkling wine $16; full spirits list;…
    • EV-1104Last capture listing Taptails: 11 numbered tap cocktails and 'cocktails on tap with seasonal twists', one day before the redesign boundary (2024-10-08). Coop list unchanged.
    • EV-1105First capture after the redesign: 'FREE RANGE Menu ... cartoon-inspired cocktails', ten named drinks ($19-21), no Taptails and no 'on tap' wording; Coop adds Cheers (DCP House Shot $9) and Classics? Cherry Hemingway, Reverse Manhattan, Pear Bamboo, Dirty Margarita, Sazerac,…
    • EV-1111Home-page captures of 2020-12-29 and 2021-03-30 and every capture before 2021-09-23 carry only a 'menu' link and opening hours; no menu text or menu file is archived before the 2021-09-23 /menus page. Negative evidence for a published list in 2020-2021.
  27. 27R-RESYReservation platform · Resy venue listing and availability
    • EV-05The Coop bookable for parties up to 6; availability shown 6 days in advance at midnight
  28. 28R-VINEPAIRPress article · VinePair interview with a founder, November 2020
    • EV-06Opened November 13 2020; two sections: front bar casual, back bar intimate classy; outdoor seating minimal (two tables for four); tap cocktails during pandemic with to-go options
  29. 29R-BLDGMunicipal record · NYC property shark and zoning records
  30. 30R-BARBIZTrade publication · Bar Business magazine bar tour
  31. 31R-WIKIReference · Wikipedia entry for Double Chicken Please
  32. 32R-PLUTOMunicipal record · NYC PLUTO lot and building database
  33. 33R-DOBBISMunicipal record · NYC DOB BIS (pre-DOB NOW) job filings
  34. 34R-DOBNOWMunicipal record · NYC DOB NOW job filings
  35. 35R-RESY-OPERATIONSReservation platform blog post · Resy blog analysis of Double Chicken Please operations, peak hours, wait times, and capacity metrics
    • EV-120Peak occupancy periods: 5-7 PM (early dinner rush), 10:30-11 PM (late night); approximately 350 covers per night across both rooms
    • EV-121Average wait time range 90 min to 4-5 h; party size 2-4 optimal
  36. 36R-BLOT-VISITHospitality blog review · The Blot review with detailed dwell time and occupancy observations from 2026 visit
  37. 37R-SLIGHTLYPRETENTIOUS-VISITRestaurant review blog · Slightly Pretentious review with specific visit timing, dwell and crowd observations
    • EV-12440+ people in queue at opening on Friday December; indicates ~100% occupancy imminent
  38. 38R-SOCIAL-SEARCHSocial media and review aggregation · TikTok, Instagram, and travel guide aggregation showing wait times by day and timing patterns
    • EV-127Typical Friday wait 45-90 min; extreme waits up to 3 h possible
  39. 39R-PRICE-REVIEWSMulti-source review aggregation · Yelp, Restaurant Guru, Eat My Critique, and Restaurantji review text mining for per-capita spend
    • EV-130The '$33/person' figure EV-128 folded into its $30-48 range is food-only -- no cocktails in the itemised order -- so it understates a drinks+food per-cover figure and should not anchor the reconciled spend on its own
  40. 40R-SGDISTDistributor · Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits (NYC regional office)
  41. 41R-BREAKTHRUDistributor · Breakthru Beverage (New York)
  42. 42R-WINEBOWDistributor · Winebow Group (specialty and wine importer)
  43. 43R-BALDORDistributor · Baldor Specialty Foods (NYC produce and specialty supplier)
  44. 44R-RESTDEPOTDistributor · Restaurant Depot (wholesale club, NYC locations)
  45. 45R-ICEARTEquipment/Supplier · Ice Art or similar NYC specialty ice supplier
  46. 46R-DRINKSINTLTrade publication · Drinks International 'Menu of the month' feature on Double Chicken Please
    • EV-221Trade feature on the Coop's 'dishes as cocktails' concept ('hacking design' principles); lists Cold Pizza ingredients (Don Fulano Blanco, Parmigiano Reggiano, burnt toast, tomato, basil, honey, egg white) matching the current menu; no garnish or technique detail given
  47. 47R-RESYBLOGEditorial blog · Resy 'Right This Way' editorial blog covering Double Chicken Please's food menu
  48. 48R-COCKTAILARIUMRecipe database · Cocktailarium published cocktail recipe database
  49. 49R-DEALER-PREPManufacturer/dealer catalogue · Web dealer pricing for commercial immersion circulators, chamber vacuum sealers, cold-press juicers, dehydrators, ice machines and draft-dispense hardware
  50. 50R-CODE-DCPBuilding/fire code reference · NYC Mechanical Code and UpCodes annotated guidance on commercial kitchen exhaust, fire suppression and grease management requirements, applied here because on-camera frying/dredging confirms on-site cooking
  51. 51R-VINEPAIR-BUILDOUTVideo interview · VinePair 'The Buildout' with the founders on opening, funding, space, and early operations (1:15:00)
    • EV-306Mortgaged family home twice during COVID to keep project alive after investor withdrawal; original site size goal was smaller, current space ~115 Allen is roughly double desired
  52. 52R-FIVEDRINKS-160Video interview · Five Drinks Or Midnight Episode 160 with a founder on career, operations, and philosophy (34:17)
  53. 53R-TOMA-EP6Video interview · Toma Sessions Episode 6 with a founder (May 2020, pre-opening) on draft cocktails and bar operations (1:34:39)
  54. 54R-YELPReview platform · Yelp business page: listing, guest reviews and guest photo pool, one publisher
    • EV-50Free Range counter service configuration; soda tap installation visible; bar seating arrangement; guest interaction with draft cocktails
    • EV-128Per-capita spend range $30-48; median ~$35
  55. 55R-DCP-2020-OPENINGVenue-printed menu card (photographed by multiple Yelp reviewers) · Opening-era combined card (Food + numbered Drinks, room unlabelled) - 2020-12-31
    • EV-500Only sighting. Food: Chicken Sandwiches, Plant Based Sandwich, Friends, Sweets. Drinks numbered #1-#14 plus #SHOTS, no drink names. Six weeks after the 2020-11-13 opening; room not printed on the card.
  56. 56R-DCP-COOP-2021-CLASSICSAVenue-printed menu card (photographed by multiple Yelp reviewers) · Coop/back-room cocktail card, flat 'Cocktails/Classics/Spirits' layout, Classics set A (Martini, Old Fashioned, Daiquiri, Negroni, Tommy's Margarita, Spumoni) - 2021-07-30 to 2021-12-29
  57. 57R-DCP-COOP-2022-COLDPIZZAVenue-printed menu card (single Yelp sighting) · Coop cocktail card, Cold Pizza added, Classics set B (Hanky Panky, Sazerac, Moscow Mule, Whiskey Sour, Jungle Bird, Tommy's Margarita) - 2022-02-19
  58. 58R-DCP-COOP-2022-BACKROOMVenue-printed menu card (photographed by multiple Yelp reviewers) · Coop cocktail card, 'Back Room' branding + tagline debut, Key Lime Pie added, no Classics section in frame - 2022-10-28 to 2023-04-03
    • EV-503Two guests, same 10-item list (Waldorf Salad, Japanese Cold Noodle, NY Beet Salad, Mango Sticky Rice, Red Eye Gravy, Cold Pizza, French Toast, Butter Raisin Biscuit, Key Lime Pie, DCP House Shot). Only French Toast moves, $18 (Oct 2022) to $19 (Apr 2023); every other price…
  59. 59R-DCP-COOP-2023-CLASSICSTRIOVenue-printed menu card (photographed by multiple Yelp reviewers) · Coop cocktail card, same 10 items + new 'Classics?' trio (Aviation, Reverse Manhattan, Moscow Mule) - 2023-04-30 to 2023-07-07
  60. 60R-DCP-COOP-2024-CLASSICSIXVenue-printed menu card (single Yelp sighting) · Coop cocktail card, same 10 items at Jul-2023 prices, Classics? expanded to six (adds Dirty Margarita, Sazerac, Americano Americano) + wine by the glass - 2024-03-10
    • EV-505Only sighting. Yelp caption 'Menu for the back room'. Adds a sparkling wine by the glass and a '20% gratuity on parties of 6+' footer.
  61. 61R-DCP-COOP-2025-RESTRUCTURED-AVenue-printed menu card (photographed by multiple Yelp reviewers) · The Coop, redesigned course-structured card (Appetizers/Mains/Desserts/Cheers/Classics?), NY Beet Salad + Butter Raisin Biscuit era, Classics? fully replaced (Dirty Margarita, Strawberry Bloody Mary, Kiwi 20th Century, Earl Grey Vieux Carre, Osmanthus Bronx, Cardamom Blood & Sand) - 2025-05-02 to 2025-07-22
  62. 62R-DCP-COOP-2025-RESTRUCTURED-BVenue-printed menu card (photographed by multiple Yelp reviewers) · The Coop, course-structured card, Melon Prosciutto replaces NY Beet Salad and Dorayaki replaces Butter Raisin Biscuit - 2025-11-21 to 2026-02-20
  63. 63R-DCP-COOP-2026-PAPAYAVenue-printed menu card (single Yelp sighting) · The Coop, course-structured card, header now legibly reads 'The Coop'; Papaya Salad added, Key Lime Pie's spirit relabelled - 2026-05-24
    • EV-508Only sighting. New appetizer Papaya Salad $22 (Patron Silver, peanut, fish sauce, tamarind, kumquat, cherry tomato, coconut, clarified milk); Key Lime Pie now lists 'Stonefruit' where prior editions printed the branded product 'The Plum, I Suppose'.
  64. 64R-DCP-FOOD-2021-TORPEDOVenue-printed menu card (single Yelp sighting) · Shared/late-night Food card, 'Bolognese Torpedo' era - 2021-07-30
    • EV-509Only sighting. Chicken Sandwiches (Salted Duck Egg $14, Hot Honey $13, Bolognese Torpedo $13), Plant-Based Tofu $11, Friends (Macaroni Salad $8, DCP Chicken Liver Mousse $14), Bar Bites Popcorn Chicken $10, Sweets Le Big Mac $9 (collab Patisserie Fouet).
  65. 65R-DCP-FOOD-2021-GRILLEDCHEESEVenue-printed menu card (photographed by multiple Yelp reviewers) · Shared/late-night Food card, 'Bolognese Grilled Cheese' era (renamed from Torpedo) - 2021-08-27 to 2022-02-19
  66. 66R-DCP-FOOD-2023-MOCHIDONUTVenue-printed menu card (single Yelp sighting) · Shared Food card, Mochi Donut and Koji Cucumbers added, Baby Gem Lettuce added - 2023-04-03
  67. 67R-DCP-FOOD-2025-SHIITAKEVenue-printed menu card (single Yelp sighting) · Shared Food card, Shiitake Mushroom Poppers moved onto this card, sauce add-ons for Popcorn Chicken, higher prices across the board - 2025-11-21
    • EV-512Only sighting. Hot Honey $18, Salted Egg Yolk $18, Bolognese Grilled Cheese $17, Mochi Donut $22, Tofu $16, Koji Cucumbers $9, Baby Gem Lettuce $14, Shiitake Mushroom Poppers $17 (new to this card - previously only on the Coop/DCP Dinner tasting card), Popcorn Chicken $13…
  68. 68R-DCP-DINNER-2021-AVenue-printed menu card (single Yelp sighting) · DCP Dinner (Coop food-tasting) card, Celtuce Salad/Gold Bar Squash Gnudi/Lobster Roll era - 2021-07-30
  69. 69R-DCP-DINNER-2021-BVenue-printed menu card (single Yelp sighting) · DCP Dinner card, Black & Yellow Fig Salad era, Stuffed Chicken Wings added, Lobster Roll and Gnudi dropped - 2021-08-27
  70. 70R-DCP-DINNER-2021-CVenue-printed menu card (single Yelp sighting) · DCP Dinner card, Badger Flame Beet Salad era, Kampachi & Washugyu Tartare added - 2021-12-29
  71. 71R-DCP-DINNER-2022-AVenue-printed menu card (single Yelp sighting) · DCP Dinner card, Hen of the Woods/XO Razor Clams/Skate Fish/Cornish Hen Roulade added, oysters renamed East Cape - 2022-02-19
    • EV-516Only sighting. Badger Flame Beet $15, Crispy Baby Artichokes $16, Shiitake Mushroom Poppers $18, Hen of the Woods $22 (new), East Cape Oysters (3/half-doz/doz $12/$23/$46), Blue Crystal Prawn Ceviche $20 (+prawn head tempura $9), Kampachi & Washugyu Tartare $22, XO Razor…
  72. 72R-DCP-FREERANGE-CARTOONVenue-printed menu card (photographed by multiple Yelp reviewers) · Free Range drink card, cartoon-rollercoaster design (header DRINK, footer badge FREE RANGE) - 2024-10-18 to 2025-11-28
    • EV-517Eleven guests over thirteen months photographed this one printed card; drink names never change (What's Up Doc?, The Pooh, Anyone Can Cook, Space Dog, The Grand Lotus, P.U.T.S., Side Kart, The Poison Apple, Ogres Have Layers, Forbidden D'ohnut, Pocket of Sweet), so this is…
  73. 73R-DCP-FREERANGE-FOODVenue-printed menu card (photographed by multiple Yelp reviewers) · Free Range food card (reverse of the cartoon drink card): Oysters, Beetroot Monakas, Lobster Shiso Tempura, Pig's Blood Cake, Stuffed Chicken Wings, The Chicken & The Egg, Egg3 Dog, Oolong Pudding - 2025-04-11 to 2025-11-21
    • EV-518Three guests, unchanged prices across seven months confirmed by direct re-transcription at Apr and Sep: Oysters (1/2 dozen) $18, Beetroot Monakas (2pcs) $14, Lobster Shiso Tempura $17, Pig's Blood Cake (2pcs) $13, Stuffed Chicken Wings (2pcs) $16 (sticky rice/thai…
  74. 74R-DCP-FREERANGE-MEDALLIONVenue-printed menu card (photographed by multiple Yelp reviewers) · Free Range drink card, new design: solid red/orange background, one drink per medallion - 2026-02-20 to 2026-09-11
    • EV-519Three guests photographed this card, replacing the cartoon design: Early Bird $19, Tipsy Tulip $21, Cuppa Sunshine $22, Gilded Orchard $22, Double Bubble $21-22, Grapefruit With a Grudge $21, F**king Little Brain $22, Holy Shishito $22, DMV $21, Space Dog $21 (recipe now…
  75. 75R-DCP-FREERANGE-GAMECARDNon-menu insert · Free Range drinking-game insert (not a menu: a 12-prompt die card headed FREE RANGE) - 2026-02-20
  76. 76R-DCP-RECEIPT-2023-08-15Receipt · Toast (toasttab.com) guest receipt, not a menu card - 2023-08-15
    • EV-521Double Chicken Please, 115 Allen Street, table B1, ordered 8/15/2023 5:13pm: 1 Butter Raisin Biscuit $20.00, 1 Salted Egg Yolk $16.00, 1 Waldorf Salad $19.00, 1 Le Big Mac $11.00; subtotal $66.00, tax $5.87, tip $30.00, total $101.87. Corroborates EV-504's Jul-2023 prices on…
  77. 77R-RESTAURANTGURURegional review platform, structured field · Restaurant Guru's own structured price-per-person field for the venue, plus per-review structured price sub-fields
    • EV-131Venue-level per-person spend brackets $30-$90; the two reviewer sub-fields bracket a light walk-in visit ($20-30, consistent with Free Range) against a heavy multi-course visit ($100+, consistent with The Coop and close to EV-521's tax/tip-inclusive total of $101.87)
  78. 78R-TRIPADVISORReview platform, structured field · TripAdvisor's price-range category ($ tier) for the venue
    • EV-132Coarse categorical corroboration that per-person spend runs above $50, not in the $30-40 range
  79. 79R-INFATUATIONEditorial review site · The Infatuation's venue review and price-range category ($ tier)
    • EV-133Independent editorial corroboration of a top-tier ($50+) per-person price category
  80. 80R-CB3-2018-213-2NDAVEMunicipal record · CB3 30-day SLA notice for 213 2nd Avenue, Oct 2018 - Double Chicken Please's first, unpursued proposed address
  81. 81R-CB3-2017-115ALLENMunicipal record · CB3 30-day SLA notice for 115 Allen Street, prior tenant Hill and Dale, Jan 2017
  82. 82R-CB3-2013-115ALLENMunicipal record · CB3 liquor license questionnaire and floor plan for 115 Allen Street, prior tenant Hill and Dale, Dec 2012/Jan 2013
  83. 83R-CB3-2019-115ALLEN-DCPMunicipal record · CB3 30-day SLA notice, questionnaire and Full Board resolution for 115 Allen Street, Double Chicken Please transfer application, May-June 2019 (one hearing, three documents)
  84. 84R-NYDOSMunicipal record · NYS Department of State corporation and business entity open dataset
  85. 85R-BIZPROFILEBusiness data aggregator · bizprofile.net entity summary page, secondary source corroborating NYS DOS data
  86. 86R-SBA-PPPFederal record · SBA Paycheck Protection Program FOIA loan-level data, all public mirrors and the direct data.sba.gov CSV files are one root
  87. 87R-SBA-RRFFederal record · SBA Restaurant Revitalization Fund FOIA grant-level data, all public mirrors including state re-publications are one root
  88. 88R-NYC-OPENDATA-DININGMunicipal record · NYC Open Data Open Restaurants Applications dataset (pandemic-era sidewalk/roadway seating)
  89. 89R-DOT-DININGOUTMunicipal record · NYC DOT Dining Out NYC Locations dataset, the permanent post-2023 sidewalk cafe licensing program
  90. 90R-NRAOPSNational industry survey · National Restaurant Association 2025 Restaurant Operations Data Abstract: 900+ operator labour-cost survey
  91. 91R-BEVSPOTVendor benchmark analysis · BevSpot empirical pour-cost analysis of aggregated bar-customer profitability data
  92. 92R-MSGETAOSEC filing · Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. 8-K exhibit disclosing Tao Group Hospitality segment financials (company-level bar/nightlife group)
  93. 93R-ONEGROUPSTKSEC filing / investor press release · The ONE Group Hospitality, Inc. (STKS) quarterly results: STK Steakhouse restaurant-level (four-wall) EBITDA margin
  94. 94R-KATALYSTSECAdvisory compilation of SEC filings · Katalyst compilation of FY2025 10-K occupancy-cost ratios for Texas Roadhouse, Chipotle, Shake Shack
  95. 95R-BIZBUYSELLBusiness brokerage listings · BizBuySell broker listings for independent NYC-area cocktail bars, with stated revenue and cash-flow/EBITDA
  96. 96R-STKCAPACITYTrade press / company site · Bizbash and STK Steakhouse location pages describing STK NYC units' seated vs. standing main-floor capacity
  97. 97R-BUSINESSBROKERNETBusiness brokerage listing · BusinessBroker.net listing for an independent Manhattan restaurant/cocktail bar, with stated seats and revenue
  98. 98R-PUNCHPress article · Punch drinks publication feature on the Coop French Toast cocktail
    • EV-18402022-08-31 feature on the French Toast cocktail: barley-tea-infused Grey Goose, toasted brioche-maple concentrate, whole milk, coconut water and raw egg blended and strained; house Oreo garnish; no quantities
  99. 99R-AUSBARTENDERTrade article · Australian Bartender report of the 2016 Bacardi Legacy winning recipe
    • EV-18502016-04-27 report of a founder's winning Bacardi Legacy entry Venceremos (the drink later renamed Japanese Cold Noodle): Carta Blanca, coconut liqueur, pineapple, cucumber and lime juice, a dash of sesame oil, shaken and strained; competition version, not the bar's current spec
  100. 100R-ITALICUS-CHALLENGECompetition entry · Art of ITALICUS Aperitivo Challenge 2024 winning entry Bergamot Nomad by a bartender on the team of Double Chicken Please, as published by the brand's competition materials
  101. 101R-SPIRITSBUSTrade article · The Spirits Business 'Cocktail stories' feature on French Toast, recipe supplied by the bar's PR manager
    • EV-19102024-03-11 (first published Sept 2023) recipe for French Toast supplied by the bar's brand marketing manager: 35 ml barley tea vodka, 60 ml French toast mix, 10 ml brown sugar syrup, shaken and strained into a flip glass with house Oreo; mix is 320 ml milk, 320 ml maple toast…
  102. 102R-DOBNOW-ELECMunicipal record · NYC DOB NOW electrical permit applications dataset (separate records from the Build job filings in R-DOBNOW)
  103. 103R-DEALER-MEPManufacturer/dealer catalogue · Dealer and supply-house list prices for water heaters, grease interceptors, plumbing fixtures, undercounter and back-bar refrigeration, filtration and backflow devices, retrieved 2026-10-02
  104. 104R-DEP-OPENDATAMunicipal record · NYC DEP open data: water and sewer permits and the catalogue of sewer datasets