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Sips & bites: Opening night at Modo, bagel chips at Tavalin, plus Cheers, Niajo and Migas

Modo returned to the dining scene last night with a more intimate space, a menu that ranges from soups, sandwiches and salads to quiches, burgers and crispy pork belly, and…

Beijing bar for sale: Start your very own joint in Tongli Studio

Ever dreamed of owning a bar in the midst of a high concentration of 10-kuai drink joints, street food vendors, motorized rickshaw drivers, green laser sellers, helium-filled Winnie the Pooh…

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Remodoled: Modo reopens as a deli today at 6 PM

Modo is at long last re-opening in Sanlitun Village months after being forced to remove its second floor by property management at the formerly named Swire Sanlitun Village, presently named…

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Pours and pics: Photos from the first Beijing Beer Geeks Festival

I barely made the first annual Beijing Beer Geeks Festival, showing up sweaty and tired and direct from the airport with luggage in tow last Friday night to find the…

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Kiss the Cod: A Beijing Screech-In, plus CCBC, 4corners parties for Canada Day 2013

“Give someone a fish and you feed him / her for a day. Get that same person to kiss a fish and you’ll laugh forever.” — A. Blogger Thousands Hundreds…

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Comedy Club China: Ryan Ha revealed + show Hilton Beijing show this Friday

Will Ryan Ha of Comedy Club China eat 12 Aussie-style pies? One of the pressing questions of our time, one he answers below as he promotes the club’s upcoming event…

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Bantu: Sardinian style at Beijing’s newest Italian restaurant

The potential of new Italian restaurant Bantu shone through yesterday as we spent nearly three hours enjoying lunch in this place’s spacious and well-organized confines. AH and I decided on…

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The Hockey Bar: Puck drops on Beijing’s newest watering hole

The Hockey Bar opened Friday night with a party that — based on talks with several inside sources — saw patrons guzzle beer like water, at least one person receive…

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Beijing Craft Beer Festival 2013: Check out this brew and food lineup…

Last month, I described the upcoming second annual Beijing Craft Beer Festival as about as “can’t miss” as beer events get in our fair city. Now that I have seen…

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Sips & bites: Two Guys are peachy, plus Simon Ge, Ming II, 4corners, Bantu & Pinotage

~ Two Guys and a Pie has added fruity fillings for the summer. “Lightly sweetened, fresh, peach pieces, wrapped in our buttery pastry and lifted with a hint of ginger”…

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New at The Fu: Summer wheat Fubeer, foot longs and fancy drinks

~ Fubar is heading into the summer with a lineup of new drinks and eats. Next week, this Workers Stadium drinking den will add its own summer wheat brew —…

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Hockey Bar in Beijing: George Smith on the official opening party, The Penalty Box, hip Czechs & more

The puck drops on The Hockey Bar this Saturday night as Beijing gets its first drinking hole dedicated to The Best Game You Can Name. I shot a bunch of…