The Grouch goes third person: Visits to Apothecary, Luga’s, Fubar, Maggie’s, Union
- A special report by regular contributor The Village Grouch, who not only went on a Saturday night pub crawl, but also – in the spirit of wrestler The Rock,…
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Top five watering holes: Bjorn Stabell
In part nine of this series, Bjorn Stabell, founder of “agile software development company” Exoweb, shares his top five places to eat and drink in Beijing. Actually, he’s gone that…
‘The New Sanlitun’: Openings, closings, confrontations
Sanlitun North lived up to its rep as an infamous nightspot this past week, which is unfortunate given some of the fun places in the area – The Tree, Kokomo,…
Sunday with Special K: CSL, Saddle, Smugglers, and more
With his “I’m Beyonce” episode a distant memory, I hit the town with Special K on Sunday. Here’s a roundup of spots we visited that, on second reading, kind of…
Forget a free lunch, I have money
They say there’s no such thing as a free lunch. But you can go hungry even if you have money. I popped into The Rickshaw yesterday at noon for Taco…
Sips and bites: Expat Show, Saddle, The Boat, and more
Some bits and bites, sips and slurps from the local scene… Expat Show Beijing continues tomorrow (10 AM-6 PM) and Sunday (10 AM-5 PM) at China World Trade Center. Its…
Sanlitun roundup: Lugas, Saddle Cantina, 1949, Kokomo / China Doll
It sounds like the Kokomo / China Doll standoff is over for now. Two co-owners of Kokomo told me last Thursday that Tongli Studio management fixed the damaged lighting console…
First Saddle, now Shooters?
Hot on the heels of a rough ride for the former owners of The Saddle (now known as Lugas), it sounds as if Shooters is having employee-landlord woes. This appeared…
Back in the Saddle?
According to an SMS going around town, The Saddle: Luga era – officially reopens this Saturday night with half-price drinks. This comes two weeks after the burrito and beer spot…
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