Gulou sips and bites: Alba, Amigo, Paper, and Salud
I made one of my relatively rare visits to Gulou on Monday. (RMB30 mid-afternoon cab ride from Workers Stadium, with heavy traffic near the destination.) Some notes on places visited:…
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Action Jackson: Affable bar man moves from Salud to Tun
From the former Golden Elephant to Shut Up, Just Drink, bar man about town Jackson Bai has worked in about a dozen places since arriving in Beijing just over nine…
Socket to me: Salud, Kro’s, or Goose & Duck for best outlet?
- So, I just bought a new cord for my computer and one of the prongs is round and that generally makes it harder to find an outlet at restaurants,…
Salud’s Jackson Bai: The T-shirt contest, plus Q&A
- T-shirts don’t make and deliver themselves, people! So, if you want to join the T-Shirts for Jackson contest, please deliver your short-sleever to the bar man pictured above at…
Buy for Bai: The ‘T-shirts for Jackson’ campaign at Salud
- Jackson Bai is one of the coolest guys in the local bar scene. He is personable, he keeps the homemade rum flowing at Sanlitun Salud (map) and… he always…
Top five watering holes: Samantha Ma on Tun, Red Moon, Xiu, and more
Every night is ladies night – well, almost – for bar explorer Samantha Ma. Here are her five favorite spots to go in Beijing. (See more top fives here.) Tun…
Beijing bar crawl: D Lounge, 1/5, Saddle, Maggie’s, Salud, and more
After a hard week spent working on my computer screen tan, I met The Village Grouch for a drink last weekend and ended up on a bit of a pub…
Hold the Champagne: Better ways to drink your RMB700 in Beijing
A pair of incidents this past week made me think again about value-for-money drinks in Beijing… One: A visit to The Beach (map) at Block 8 where a bottle of …
Top five Beijing bars: Music lover, hutong runner, and dive bar fan Alex Lopez
In the latest installment of the watering holes series, Alex Lopez gives his top five places to grab a drink in Beijing. Lopez is a self-described local music lover, hutong…
Weekday walkabout: Lugar, Salud, Chocolate, Maggie’s, The Den
Mondays nights should mean a relaxing meal, perhaps a drink or two, and turning in early. Unless you end up with DJ Chunky, Dr Doom, Mr Brau, and B-Daze. Then…
Top five watering holes: Jon, Jackson, Richard, Adam, Andy of RandomK(e)
RandomK(e)’s “Waiting” cover Locally based band RandomK(e) recently released its first CD “Waiting” with a launch party at Mao Livehouse. According to the band’s MySpage page, “RandomK(e) was formed in…
Top five watering holes: Andrew Schorr and Ellis Rahhal
Note: This is the first post on this blog to include pop-up maps (click the word “map” listed beside each place) and the ability to forward bar addresses to your…
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