Beijing Boyce

In the BB33 piece “Readers Writes,” 17 people named their favorite Beijing bars. Here is one of three responses to that piece, as published in the most recent newsletter. (To get the newsletter, email beijingboyce@yahoo.com with “Eat, Drink and Be Merry” in the subject line.)

H. MOE, Scottish, 18 months in Beijing

Favorites
Bus Bar: My favourite bar in Beijing often gets overlooked (or looked down on), and granted the toilets are skanky, but they serve cheap, cold beer, the staff are friendly and nonjudgmental, and it’s the only place I know that’ll play Bob Marley on repeat for three hours, just because we asked them to.

Honorable mentions…
Cheers, although the beer’s not the cheapest in town and the band are far too bloody loud, it gets respect for playing “My Sharona” practically every weekend.

Candy Floss: Excellent summer drinking

Shooters: But only before 10 PM, cos that’s when the drinks are ridiculously cheap and all the school kids haven’t arrived yet (still doing their homework).

The jia chang cai place next to my house: It’s not really a bar, but they serve cheap cold beer, chuan’r and it’s always rocking well into the early hours