Re-Phil: Former south street spot Phil’s Pub to reopen near Ritan Park
- When South Bar Street – where the new Sanlitun Soho will soon open – slid into the gutter more than four years ago, a few spots endured at the…
Category Archives: Phil’s Pub
Another one bites the dust: Phil’s Pub closed
Phil’s Pub, the friendly neighborhood bar just south of the old Sanlitun South Street, has closed. Reader EB informed me Friday that she noticed the pub’s sign gone. On closer…
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…
BB29: Opening Shots
A darkened door greeted me at Icehouse on Thursday night and further investigation revealed that this bar – the first to fly in blues bands from Chicago, the home for…
Beijing Boyce XXV: Opening Shots
John Bull Pub has officially closed and will reopen as Tim’s Texas BBQ in late October. Sequoia Cafe next door remains open. / The show is over for Icehouse‘s live…
Beijing Boyce XXV: Mailbag!
Email: “I think you may have saved me something in the region of 300 to 400 RMB by telling me how badly overpriced Face is. A girl I had a…
Beijing Boyce XXIV: Opening Shots
These are the nights to enjoy a drink on a rooftop, deck or patio, and my favorite spots remain Pavillion and Stone Boat Cafe, with other good options being Drum…
Something about Sanlitun
When Sanlitun South was razed last year for redevelopment – incidentally, nary a single foundation has been laid on that plot of land where two-meter high weeds now stand guard…
My two kuai: Pre-TBJ awards bar picks
that’s Beijing announces its annual bars and clubs awards tonight. Below, in capital letters, are the places I think deserve to win (all in my extremely humble opinion, of course)….
All about placement: World Cup venues
Here are (mostly) brief write-ups on the various venues at which I’ve watched World Cup games. BROWNS Germany vs. Costa Rica: This place was wild during the game and the…
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…
Beijing Boyce XIII: Opening Shots
Popular bartenders George Zhou and Echo Sun left Midnight bar two weeks ago, following a run-in with management, about six months after they left First Cafe, following a run-in with management….
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