Death & Company

433 East 6th Street | East Village | built 1861

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The lot about 1940
About 1940. Via 1940s.nyc
The lot about 1985
About 1985. Via 80s.nyc

The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.

Written with AI from the source each entry cites, then fact-checked.

  1. 1860

    Frank Hoffman leases an Astor lot and builds a five-story tenement, one of a row of five

    The lot was part of the large East Village holdings of John J. Astor and passed to William Astor at his death. It was first leased in 1860 to Frank Hoffman, who had the building put up. Tax records show it was one of five similar buildings erected together on lots 37 through 41.

    “The lot was first leased to Frank Hoffman in 1860 who had this building erected. Tax records show this was one of a row of five buildings, lots 37-41.”

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

  2. 2007

    January

    Death & Co opens its cocktail bar, later credited with helping lead the craft-cocktail movement

    Owners David Kaplan and Ravi DeRossi started the bar in January 2007. It became known for a long menu of about 50 drinks, which was cut to 30 in late 2016. Wikipedia credits it with helping lead the craft-cocktail movement.

    “Established in January 2007, the bar is owned by David Kaplan and Ravi DeRossi. The bar helped lead the craft cocktail movement.”

    Source: Wikipedia

  3. 2007

    Bartender Phil Ward invents the Oaxaca Old-Fashioned at Death & Co

    Phil Ward, a bartender at the bar, combined reposado tequila and mezcal with Angostura bitters and agave syrup in 2007. Owner David Kaplan had brought in bottles of Los Amantes Joven mezcal for the bartenders to experiment with, and Punch credits him with naming the drink. Mezcal was little used or understood in bartending then, and the cocktail was an immediate hit.

    Source: punchdrink.com

  4. 2011

    Bartender Joaquin Simo invents the Naked and Famous at Death & Co

    Simo created the cocktail in 2011 while working at the bar here. Wikipedia's article on Death & Co. also lists the Naked and Famous among the drinks the bar originated.

    “Joaquin Simo created the naked and famous in 2011 at the Death and Company cocktail bar in New York City.”

    Source: Wikipedia

  5. 2014

    October 7

    The Death & Co team publishes a recipe book drawn from eight years behind the bar

    David Kaplan, Alex Day and Nick Fauchald released Death & Co: Modern Classic Cocktails on October 7, 2014. It set down the recipes for more than 500 cocktails invented at the East Village bar over eight years, along with service techniques and notes on the bar's culture. Drawings by Tim Tomkinson illustrate the volume.

    Source: coolhunting.com

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