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New ChickaLicious Location Will Serve As Prototype for Nationwide Expansion

Dough'Ssants for miles and miles.
Dough’Ssants for miles and miles. Photo: ChikaLicious/Facebook

Chika Tillman and Don Tillman say their forthcoming West Village ChikaLicious Dessert Club will open in the old Café Henri on October 1. It will be open seven days a week and have separate bakery sections and a sitdown bar, and the format will serve as the “prototype” for the “national rollout of ChikaLicious,” says Don Tillman. With international stores already in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Seoul, Hong Kong, Bangkok, Jakarta, and Tokyo, Tillman says, “We started small, and now it is time to let it fly.” The home of the Cronut-esque “Dough’Ssant” and Speculoos cinnamon-butter buns is also planning a Williamsburg location, set to open November 1, 2015, in an as-yet-unidentified boutique hotel. [Bedford + Bowery, Related]

New ChickaLicious Location Will Serve As Prototype for Nationwide Expansion