NYCs hottest cocktail bar is flying to LA for a boozy two-night takeover

Double Chicken Please is bringing its bizarrely brilliant food-inspired cocktails, hot honey chicken and buzzed-about bartending magic to West Hollywood this month.New York’s cocktail crown jewel is packing its shakers and heading west — giving Angelenos a taste of its wildly inventive booze-fueled madness.The wildly inventive Lower East Side bar ranked among the World’s 50 Best Bars, is packing up its cocktail wizardry for a two-night-only takeover at Ardor (9040 Sunset Blvd) on Aug.13 and 14.From 6 p.m.

to 10 p.m., the acclaimed Gotham watering hole will take over the upscale spot’s menu with six exclusive cocktails — giving Los Angeles drinkers a chance to sip some of the city’s most talked-about creations without booking a flight across the country.And these aren’t your average vodka sodas.Ever since its 2020 opening, the trendy establishment has built its reputation on turning familiar foods into mind-bending cocktails — think cold pizza, Japanese noodles and even dessert classics transformed into liquid form.California's top news, sports and entertainment delivered to your inbox every day.

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Never miss a story The City of Angels pop-up will serve up the “Tomajito,” a mojito’s wild cousin loaded with tomato vine, tomatillo, mint and makrut lime leaf, alongside the “Papaya Salad,” a tequila cocktail that somehow turns fish sauce tamarind, kumquat cherry tomato and coconut into a surprisingly sippable concoction.Also making its West Coast debut: the “DMV,” a savory vesper twist where gin and vodka meet olive, fennel and makrut lime leaf, and the “Dorayaki,” a cocktail tribute to the Japanese sweet treat with bourbon, amontillado sherry, red bean, corn, barley tea and lychee.Because apparently your favorite childhood snack wasn’t safe from the cocktail shaker.Co-founder Faye Ch...