Category Archives: Mexican Wave

Mexican Wave: Riding off into the tequila sunset

It opened in 1990 about the same time as Frank’s Place, is the longest-standing non-hotel bar in the city (I’m talking about spots that have not changed locations), and has…

Yes, sounds delicious, but I don’t feel like corn-fed songbirds today

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,…

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…

Mexican Wave: Since, uh, 1988

M-dawg and I decided to check out Charlie’s, the oldest bar in town, but since it was closed for renovations, we visited another “old timer” in Beijing – Mexican Wave….