Category Archives: 1/5

Beijing bar crawl: D Lounge, 1/5, Saddle, Maggie’s, Salud, and more

After a hard week spent working on my computer screen tan, I met The Village Grouch for a drink last weekend and ended up on a bit of a pub…

Tuesday night pub crawl: 1/5, Tun, Maggie’s, Goose n’ Duck, The Den

A Tuesday night pub crawl is usually a bad idea, but sometimes – as with meteor strikes, power outages, and wedgies – it just happens. Such forays are increasingly rare…

Sips and bites: Frantoi Celliti, Klubb Rouge, TUN, Press Club Bar

It might be game finito for Italian joint Frantoi Celliti after only a few months on the scene. An email by the owner to customers cited problems ranging from personal…

Freaky Friday: Green T. House, 1/5, Drei Kronen, Sequoia, Tun, Aperitivo, Ichikura, Q

Last Friday ranks among those days that start with a wine tasting at 11 AM, when our taste buds are supposedly at their best, and end the next morning at…

1/5, Mesh, Tun: Over-service, two-for-one, Hendrix

After checking out the China Open on Thursday, p3wong and I headed to Sanlitun for some post-match libations. A quick summary: – 1/5 bar (1949: The Hidden City) If spots…

High five: Pre-Games fun at The Saddle Cantina, Well Bar

All drinks, half price, midnight to midnight – August 5 sees the final Cinco de Drinko at The Saddle Cantina. What better way to warm up for the Olympics than…

Weekend Wrap I: Makoto, 1/5, Tun, Smugglers, China Doll, and more

Oh, it doesn’t matter what they say in the papers ‘Cause it’s always been the same old scene There’s a new band in town But you can’t get the sound…

Coming soon – 1949: The Hidden City

This is the fourth in a series of posts on places that I have recently toured and that are projected to open over the next few months. Previously: The new…