Category Archives: Brick

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Shuangjing swing: A trip to Main Street, Brick, Ashen, Bang Bang, Vanda Room

Visits to Shuangjing have been few and far between this past year but I recently headed that way for the Australia Day event at pizza joint Bang! Bang! and used…

Head case: Grinders to start Saturday night quiz (get the answers here)

- Grinders is not only the latest place to start a pub quiz but also the first in recent memory to book it on a Saturday night (8 PM), that…

Must Tries Series: Lee Mitchell of The Brick

After a short break, the Must Tries Series is back, and who better to restart it with than the always affable lovable incorrigible [insert word here]ble Lee Mitchell of The…

Shuangjing swing: Hot tubs at Grinders, Terminators at Brick, turkey at Bang! Bang!

With newcomers Bang! Bang! Pizza and Grinders, with diverse and longer-standing spots such as The Brick, D Bar (Renaissance Hotel), and Unconditional Love Coffee (nice beer and whiskey collections), and…

The Brick: Lee Mitchell to take over Shuangjing’s watering hole

From the tasty cocktails and ten-kuai PBR to the chicken burritos and donkey pizza, from the cool music and flicks to the small patio out front and wall-to-wall chalkboards upstairs,…

The Brick: Ten-kuai PBR, donkey pizza, President Mao, and more

- Pabst Blue Ribbon “tall boys” for RMB10. You don’t see that every day in Beijing but such is life at The Brick (map) during its happy hour. And one…