Category Archives: Beijing

Beijing Boyce XXIV

BEIJING BOYCE XXIV Opening Shots: Zing by Doodoo, Bookworm, Browns, Q Bar, Phil’s, Raj, and Stone Boat We Got Email: John Bull Pub, Maggie’s, and No One Likes to Read…

Beijing Boyce XXIII

Opening Shots, with Saddle, Pavillion, Q Bar We Got Mail, with Rui Fu, W Sports Bar, Red Ball Bar, The Big Easy From Sing Sing to Beijing: Bar Hopping with…

Beijing Boyce XXII

Opening Shots, including The Big Easy, Berber N, and Mojito First Impressions: Rui Fu A Wine Glass of Any Other Shape Wine Notes Closing Shots, including Kitchen Confidential, Whisky and…

Beijing Boyce XII: The Shanghai edition

with Big Bamboo, Blue Frog, Senses, Zapata’s, Cotton’s, South Beauty, and two dozen more spots, as well as three conversations: What About Bob?; Musical Chairs; and Shaky, Not Stirring. OPENING…

Beijing Boyce XI: icehouse, Browns, the bar bubble, and more

Opening Shots First Impressions, with icehouse, Schindler’s, Faraway Cafe, Press Club, Fish Nation and South Beauty No Blues for Browns Beijing’s Bar Bubble We Got Mail Closing Shots OPENING SHOTS…

10 Commandments of Booze

A New Year brings new hope and to help upgrade Beijing’s less-than-spectacular drinking scene, tbj humbly offers some resolutions for bar managers, employees and patrons. Of course, there are exceptions…

Beijing Boyce IX

Opening Shots, including Sanlitun South renaissance, Neo Lounge reborn and Beijing Cheese Society Beijing Saturday Night: Beer Mania, Browns, Palms, Nashville and Maggie’s Live from Oregon: Pinot Noir Mexican Wave…

Beijing Boyce VIII

Opening shots, including Zeta Bar, wining about Beijing and the plunger search Belgian Beer Bliss Past Midnight? Roach, get out of my pizza! First Impressions: Saddle, Palms, The Pomegranate, Liqueur,…

Beijing Boyce VII

Opening Shots: Riverside Cafe, Le Quai, The Bookworm Torres Wines, and more First Impressions: American Café, Brewery Tap, Café Pause and Shin Yeh We Got Mail Parting Shots: New Year…

Beijing Boyce VI

IN THIS ISSUE Opening Shots Be a Funky Santa First Impressions: Nashville; 5:19 Twinkle, Twinkle Sparkling Wine Zing: The Sequel Maligayang Pasko! Kat and John Come to Town We Got…

Beijing Boyce V

In issue V: Grande Move for Le Petit Gourmand Dirty Deeds (Qingdao Cheap) Maggie’s: See and Don’t Be Seen Chillin’ at Pavillion We Got Mail Final Sips Plus: A Boy’s…

Beijing Boyce IV

Welcome to issue four. This one features: Pavilion: Random thoughts on Beijing’s newest bar Live from New York: The Cheese Vixen Clash of the cabs: Phelps vs. Shafer Tying one…