Category Archives: Revelations

Grab a java II: Pacific Coffee

Hot on the heels of an executive decision to expand my “hood” – hey, if Champagne producers can do it, why can’t I? – I’m revising my recent list of…

Grab a java: Coffee in my hood

As I shuffled the street pre-coffee one recent morning, my synapses fired briefly and inspired this thought – if someone asked me to suggest places in my Sanlitun-Workers Stadium hood…

Party patrol: Revelations, Sambal Urban, The Rickshaw

Open since December in the ex-Browns location, Revelations held its official launch party Wednesday night with live music, tango dancers (meow!), a draw, and free drinks (for those uninterested in…

Weekday parties: Sambal Urban, Revelations, Kokomo, Rickshaw

A bunch of parties going on this week… Sambal Urban will hold an “opening cocktail party” on April 23, 8:30-11 PM, with DJ Huang Weiwei, VJ G.org and art by…

Sunday with Special K: CSL, Saddle, Smugglers, and more

With his “I’m Beyonce” episode a distant memory, I hit the town with Special K on Sunday. Here’s a roundup of spots we visited that, on second reading, kind of…

Forget a free lunch, I have money

They say there’s no such thing as a free lunch. But you can go hungry even if you have money. I popped into The Rickshaw yesterday at noon for Taco…

Revelations 7-8: Let there be value

Since opening in December in the old Browns spot, I have eaten lunch at Revelations seven or eight times. This place, to put it lightly, offers some heavy-duty value.Yes, Revelations…

Ciro’s Pomodoro: As its slogan goes, ‘Expect the Unexpected’

They say first impressions are everything, but with Ciro’s Pomodoro, I can also provide second and third impressions. Ciro’s is a global chain of Italian restaurants that held the “soft…