Opening Shots 31, Part 1: High-end Hardships
High-end hardship: The closing of RBL, including Chicago blues bar Icehouse, was just a hint at the trouble faced by big, upscale, multipurpose establishments in this city, including numerous visionary…
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Beijing Boyce XVI: Opening Shots
Razed. Chai’d. Bye bye’d. Beijing’s three-meter salute to drinking – the Sanlitun beer mug — was not only a dispenser of cigarettes, gum and beer, but also a reference point…
A Beijing Saturday night
Last Saturday night was supposed to entail getting together with friends for a few drinks. Instead, it turned into a bar-hopping marathon. I don’t typically stay out until the wee…
Palms: Mall martinis
This bar in Palm Springs Apartments’ mall apparently is being positioned as an alternative to Centro. Palms is smaller and snugger than Centro, though in both places you have to…
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