Category Archives: Pure Girl

Sanlitun shakeup: Kai to be chai’d, Pure Girl in Tongli Studio, Bar Blu to do food

Word is that the strip of bars that includes Shooters, Butterfly, and Kai Club will bite the dust in the next few months and that the facing strip that includes…

The Olympics are officially over: Pure Girl is back

Remember when – almost exactly a year ago during the lead-up to the Olympics – a raid in Sanlitun saw the series of bars known as Pure Girl shut down…

‘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,…

Drug raid in Sanlitun sees more than 20 arrested

A China Daily article titled “Beijing police nab 8 foreigners suspected of drug trafficking” states that more than 20 people were nabbed in a Sanlitun raid last night: Police in…

Could it be… Pure Girl 5?

Expect more than a few people to mosey on down to The Saddle tomorrow as the place rides into the sunset. Skyrocketing rent appears to be the key culprit for this spot begun by Kris…

Readers’ Writes I: Don, Olli, Eddie and Jason

Welcome to Readers’ Writes week, starring the collective wisdom of 17 fellow bar-goers who answered my survey about their favorite Beijing drinking holes and the city’s general nightlife scene. They…