Category Archives: Switch

Last call for burgers.

Lights out: Switch! Grill to close Friday, Switch! Cafe business as usual in Shunyi

It seems like less than a year ago that Switch! Grill opened at Dongsishitiao. Actually, what am I talking about: it was less than a year ago, in March, with a…

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New Year’s Eve in Beijing: Jello shots, English bubbly, rockabilly & Dancing Ayi

New rule: Any New Year’s Eve that starts with getting a piping hot microwaved Mom ‘n’ Pop shop burger (for use as a hand warmer only) and ends with eating…

Bird up! Win four-course turkey dinner for six at Switch! Grill

UPDATE: We did a random draw for this one. I asked Ivan Matic of Moment Cafe to witness the process and make the pick, under the watchful of the even…

Canada Grade-Eh Week Q&A: Switch’s Adam Goodman on maple syrup-glazed ribs, Caesars, and more

~ A bunch of Beijing restaurants with Canadian owners, managers or chefs will participate in Grade-Eh Week from June 25 to July 1 by featuring foods with a Canuck theme…

Sunday at Switch: RMB120 all-you-can-eat ribs, fries and greens, plus wine, beer deals

Ever tucked away a half-dozen plates of food and a few bottles of bubbly during Sunday brunch, had a short nap, and awakened to feel a tad famished? Yes? Congratulations,…

Chill grill: Switch pops its collar at Dongsishitiao

Switch Grill “popped its collar” last Friday night and officially opened its new digs in the Regentdale Center, just behind Swissotel at Dongsishitiao, thus completing the move from the 798…

Hot dog! Switch restaurant to open Billy K’s Lemonade Stand

- Some might call them hot dogs, others might call them handheld cardiac arrest units, but I call them delicious. Look for Switch restaurant in the 798 district to formally…

Lunch for 6500: Culinary Capers thinks inside the box

I spent a night with catering company Culinary Capers last month at its restaurant — Switch in the 798 art district — as the team put together 6500 box lunches…

Gobble Gobble III: Win turkey dinner plus oysters, wine from Culinary Capers

Update: As usual, I asked someone to oversee the draw, which involves writing each participant’s name on a piece of paper, scrunching up the papers, and then picking one of…

The old Switcheroo: Caterers Culinary Capers to open restaurant in 798

- Canadian catering company Culinary Capers will open a restaurant in the Super Ganbei space in the 798 art district in Beijing. The place will be called Switch, appropriate not…