Sips and bites: Stone Boat, Klubb Rouge, Pepe’s, Union, Kiosk II, Fubar, and more
Some happenings from the past week or so. As always, click the word “map” beside each venue to get its map, or to get its address sent to your phone…
Some happenings from the past week or so. As always, click the word “map” beside each venue to get its map, or to get its address sent to your phone…
The sports bar rivalry in the Sanlitun-Workers Stadium corridor is bound to intensify now that Glenn Phelan (formerly Pavillion, Browns, Frank’s Place, and Paddy O’Shea’s; currently The Stumble Inn) has…
Some readers assume this blog wields influence in the Beijing bar scene. True, a glowing review might inspire up to a handful of people to visit a given bar; the…
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…
Quiz time! I was invited to a Grand Marnier event, heard it would include an interactive cocktail making session, and brought my drinks recipe book so I could ask the…
In response to this post about Element Fresh on Monday, regular commenter The Village Grouch asked, “How about doing a wrap-up of recent Shanghai entrants to the Beijing market and…
Birthday bashes, going-away parties, returning friends, and visits to places both new and old made last weekend a busy one. Here are some quick notes. But first, fond farewells to…
Although closed since March, Maggie’s still ranked as the second most popular search on this blog over the past month. (And I’m long overdue in mentioning this Newsweek post that…
Eleven PM, just ten days after an opening bash that saw people flank to shank, and Klubb Rouge is… empty? Well, not totally – about 20 patrons are scattered on…
I checked my site stats last night and found that new places represent most of the top-ranked searches made on the blog. In case anyone is interested, here are the…
Let me use the analogy of male and female orgasms to respectively portray the décor of Klubb Rouge and China Doll since these nightspots, which held pre-openings of sorts last…
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