Category Archives: Goose and Duck

Socket to me: Salud, Kro’s, or Goose & Duck for best outlet?

- So, I just bought a new cord for my computer and one of the prongs is round and that generally makes it harder to find an outlet at restaurants,…

Weekend ahead: Cat music, Canada Day, Neo Lounge, and more

The prayers of The Village Grouch* have been answered: Black Cat Bone and DK and the Hellcats will team up this Saturday night from 10 PM at 2 Kolegas (map)….

Motor City vs Steel Town: Detroit-Pittsburgh NHL showdown at The Irish Volunteer

The Irish Volunteer (map) became the unofficial hockey home for a good swath of the city’s Vancouver Canucks* fans  as well as a few Chicago Black Hawks and Washington Capitals…

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…

Lace ‘em up: Goose and Duck plans to show NHL games

Remember last fall when Cafe St. Laurent (now Boheme) announced it would screen NHL hockey on Sundays, then pulled the ultimate “delay of game” and never showed a single match?…

A Giants victory: Don’t blame the Patriots, blame The Sweater

Before I give a wrap-up of Super Bowl viewing venues… The New England Patriots lost the game – as well as the first 19-0 season – and it is easy…

Yes, but what about Bosh?

A marathon session with our company’s annual report last week has the ”YES, we’ve seen progress, BUT the following needs to happen” attitude oozing from my pores. In that vein, here’s part…

Readers’ Writes II: Oliver, BH, Stella and Chelsey

Welcome to Readers’ Writes week, starring the collective wisdom of 17 fellow bar-goers who answered my survey about their favorite Beijing drinking holes and the city’s nightlife scene. They include…

BB30: Opening Shots

Phil, of Phil’s Pub fame, has returned to Beijing for good after a long stint at Q Bar in Qingdao . / Sequoia Cafe in Sanlitun is drawing a fun…

One hundred and forrrrrrty!

“I will be having my birthday soon and want to find a bar with a darts board that we can use. Where are the best ones now? All I know…

Beijing Boyce XXIV: Closing Shots

City Weekend has published a Restaurant & Bar Guide that not only is good, but also is free! I have long griped about City Weekend, including to the managing editor,…

And the TBJ bar award winners are…

Bar and club owners and employees were out in force at the Kunlun Hotel two weeks ago for the annual that’s Beijing awards. More than 30 establishments took home prizes…