Monthly Archives: January 2011

Must tries: Jade Gray of Gung Ho Pizza

This is part fourteen in the Must Tries Series that asks people in the Beijing bar, restaurant, and wine business to give us their recommendations. This time up: Jade Gray…

Flipping out: Time Out ranks 20 Beijing pizzas

Time Out magazine takes on a topic this month about which most people I know have strong opinions: What is the best pizza in Beijing? I’ve seen people flip out…

Sips & bites: Refresh’s happy hour, Flamme’s new bar, Fubar’s higher prices, plus George’s, Union, 1F

Notes from visits around Sanlitun and Workers Stadium. I’ll have a separate post on a pair of trips to Shuangjing… Refresh: My 10 percent discount card is seeing lots of…

Must tries: Olav Bauer, Zach Lewison, Marty Handley of Kro’s Nest

This is part thirteen in the Must Tries Series that asks people in the Beijing bar, restaurant, and wine business to give us their recommendations. This time up: Kro’s Nest…

Must tries: Tobias Demker of Purple Haze

This is part twelve in the Must Tries Series that asks people in the Beijing bar, restaurant, and wine business to give us their recommendations. This time up: Tobias “Tobi”…

Super Bowl in Beijing: Super List of where to catch The Big Game

The Super Bowl inspires hundreds of NFL devotees, fair-weather fans, and seekers of an excuse to guzzle early morning beers to get together and watch American football in Beijing. This…

New look, new name: The Pomegranate to re-launch as Pomme O’Shea’s on Friday

One of Shunyi’s oldest drinking holes, The Pomegranate, has undergone renovations and will reopen tomorrow night as Pomme O’Shea’s, a play on the old name and that of sibling Irish…

Must tries: Stephen Rocard and Stephanie Zhou of Mao Mao Chong

This is part eleven in the Must Tries Series that asks people in the Beijing bar, restaurant, and wine business to give us their recommendations. This time up: Stephen Rocard…

Sips & Bites: Chinese New Year, Flamme, Grinders, The Loop, 1F, Tun

Plenty of restaurants and bars will close during Chinese New Year for everything from a few days (Agua on February 2 and February 3) to ten days or more (Beer…

Must tries: Steven Zonneveld of Ned’s

This is part ten in the Must Tries Series that asks people in the Beijing bar, restaurant, and wine business to give us their recommendations. This time up: Steven Zonneveld…

Sips & bites: Mokihi, Gung Ho, Ole, CN Witness Club, Khan Baba, Tun

Many cocktail fans will know mixologist Motonari Uchiyama from Twilight, Apothecary, and the former Er. Now he is involved in Mokihi, a new drinks and whiskey venture–and a tiny one…

Must tries: Jordi Valles of Spanish restaurant Agua

This is part nine in the Must Tries Series that asks people in the Beijing bar, restaurant and wine business to give us their recommendations. This time up: Chef Jordi…