Nineties Flashback: Foreign Babes in Beijing
Don’t worry Jiexi. I’ll get Nightman tickets somehow… – American Rachel DeWoskin played the vixen in a 1995 TV drama called Foreign Babes in Beijing that was seen by as…
Category Archives: Big Easy
Top five Beijing bars: Natasha McKenzie’s all-time favorites
Florida native Natasha McKenzie has been exploring the bar and restaurant scene since moving to Beijing a decade ago. (And of late, has developed a fondness for Strongbow Cider.) I…
The World of p3wong: Beijing and the Bloody Mary
Some like it hot, some like it spicy, and p3wong likes her Bloody Mary to be both, and with a pinch of celery salt to boot. Friday night, we chilled out in…
Beijing Boyce XXIV: Opening Shots
These are the nights to enjoy a drink on a rooftop, deck or patio, and my favorite spots remain Pavillion and Stone Boat Cafe, with other good options being Drum…
Beijing Boyce XXIII: Mailbag!
Email: “Your comments on Rui Fu suggest powers of observation so weak that you would no doubt have trouble matching socks, finding Waldo or counting the fingers on one hand,…
Beijing Boyce XXII: Opening Shots
China Daily reports that Louisiana-themed The Big Easy will be chai’d on Sunday. Chaoyang Park authorities voided the bar’s 13-year lease, signed in 1998, in order to make space for…
My two kuai: Pre-TBJ awards bar picks
that’s Beijing announces its annual bars and clubs awards tonight. Below, in capital letters, are the places I think deserve to win (all in my extremely humble opinion, of course)….
Beijing Boyce XIV: Opening Shots
Ex-First Cafe, ex-Midnight bartenders George Zhou and Echo Sun will launch Q Bar on Sanlitun North, near Beer Mania, with the soft opening due in early May. Backed by…
The Big Easy: Difficulties behind the bar
The Big Easy faces imminent destruction and this apparently has instilled a sense of futility in the bartenders. Agent Red Wolf, EC, GZ and I visited two Saturdays and found…
Beijing bar bubble?
A lot is made of the growing number of clubs on Gongti West Road, which has risen from zero to ten in less than a year, and includes Babyface, Cargo,…
Beijing Boyce VIII: Closing Shots
I don’t understand why Big Easy (Chaoyang Park, south gate) doesn’t get more exposure. The layout, bands, bar grub and Bloody Marys are all good. I’ve been there a half-dozen…
Brewery Tap: Blue Castle Bar
Who would have thunk that a pub in an apartment complex (Blue Castle) could be so snug? This long and narrow place features two floors, with the upper level accessible…
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