Double Chicken Please tops North America's 50 Best

05 May, 2023

By Shay Waterworth

Double Chicken Please has been crowned the best bar in North America following a live awards ceremony of North America’s 50 Best Bars, sponsored by Perrier, held on 4 May.

The ceremony took place in Hacienda Los Picachos in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, and the New York-based bar rose 16 places from last year to top the list.

“I truly don’t know how to feel. We really weren’t expecting this,” said GN Chan, one of Double Chicken Please’s two Taiwanese co-founders. “We didn’t prepare for this moment,” added Faye Chen – DCP’s other founder. “We’re still so new to the New York bar scene and we’re finding our feet, so to be awarded this is such an honour.”

Set in New York City’s Lower East Side, the bar has been on the rise since opening in 2020. It was listed No.6 in The World’s 50 Best Bars ranking, earning itself the Disaronno Highest New Entry Award as a result.

The runner up for 2023 was Mexico City’s Handshake Speakeasy while Katana Kitten of New York completed the podium. Meanwhile last year’s winner, Attaboy, came in at No.13.

One of the newcomers to the list in 2023 was Rayo, based in Mexico City, and Drinks International recently caught up with founders Tito Pin-Perez and Álvaro García to discuss the batr's rise.

In total there were 14 Mexican bars in the list while the US accounted for 28, and within that were an impressive 12 venues based in New York, more than any other city.

THE LIST

1	Double Chicken Please	New York City
2	Handshake Speakeasy	Mexico City
3	Katana Kitten	New York City
4	Licorería Limantour	Mexico City
5	Jewel of the South	New Orleans
6	Dante	New York City
7	Overstory	New York City
8	Kumiko	Chicago
9	Café La Trova	Miami
10	Thunderbolt	Los Angeles
11	Zapote Bar	Playa del Carmen
12	Civil Liberties	Toronto
13	Attaboy	New York City
14	Employees Only	New York City
15	Bar Pompette	Toronto
16	Baltra Bar	Mexico City
17	Rayo	Mexico City
18	Mace	New York City
19	Botanist Bar	Vancouver
20	Hanky Panky	Mexico City
21	El Gallo Altanero	Guadalajara
22	Sabina Sabe	Oaxaca
23	Arca	Tulum
24	La Factoría	San Juan
25	Café de Nadie	Mexico City
26	Kaito del Valle	Mexico City
27	Herbs & Rye	Las Vegas
28	Pacific Cocktail Haven	San Francisco
29	Martiny's	New York City
30	Death & Co (Los Angeles)	Los Angeles
31	Selva	Oaxaca
32	Atwater Cocktail Club	Montreal
33	Service Bar	Washington, D.C.
34	Sweet Liberty	Miami
35	Cloakroom	Montreal
36	Cure	New Orleans
37	Mother	Toronto
38	Milk Room	Chicago
39	Maison Premiere	New York City
40	Aruba Day Drink	Tijuana
41	Bar Leather Apron	Honolulu
42	Yacht Club	Denver
43	Bar Mordecai	Toronto
44	The Dead Rabbit	New York City
45	Allegory	Washington, D.C.
46	Clover Club	New York City
47	Brujas	Mexico City
48	Platform 18	Phoenix
49	Youngblood	San Diego
50	Milady's	New York City