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…
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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…
OcTunber 1 party: Breakfast, parade coverage, cheap drinks
Just before last year’s Olympics, when an air of uncertainty hovered over the city, a guy approached as I passed The Bookworm and handed me a flyer that said, “One…
Hello Kitty, Chuck Norris, and nuclear reactors: The mother of all Beijing pub quizzes
- DJ Chunky and I made a last-minute decision to join the mother of all pub quizzes, organized by The Beijinger at Tun on Sunday night. We found the place…
Thursday & Friday booze deals: Saddle, Danger Doyle’s, Club Juicy Spot
Plenty of end-of-week drink deals about town, from the two-for-one drinks special on Thursday at Mesh (map) to ladies night on Friday at TUN (map). Here are a few newcomers:…
TUN: New happy hour, ‘Knowing me, knowing you” deal
Already known for handing out free booze to the fairer sex on Fridays, TUN (map) now has a new happy hour and another gratis drinks deal. I’m going on memory,…
Top five watering holes: Pete DeMola
I asked Pete Demola, best known as a weliveinbeijing.com dude and a dedicated follower of the live music scene, for his top five watering holes in our fair city. Says…
Top five watering holes: Shane Crombie
Shane Crombie is a digital brand strategist, organizer of the ‘First Thursday‘ monthly ad industry event, and regular contributor to localnoodles.com. Here are his top five watering holes and his…
Top Five Watering Holes: Ben Shaw
In part eleven of this series, Ben Shaw, who manages a start-up in Beijing and runs the Beijing Gourmand blog, lists his top five places to drink in the city….
New Year’s Eve: Tun, Q, The Den, and a handy resolution
Jet lag meant I tumbled out of bed at 9:30 PM on New Year’s Eve and got a late start on the festivities. But better late than never, as they…
Tuesday night pub crawl: 1/5, Tun, Maggie’s, Goose n’ Duck, The Den
A Tuesday night pub crawl is usually a bad idea, but sometimes – as with meteor strikes, power outages, and wedgies – it just happens. Such forays are increasingly rare…
Sips and bites: Frantoi Celliti, Klubb Rouge, TUN, Press Club Bar
It might be game finito for Italian joint Frantoi Celliti after only a few months on the scene. An email by the owner to customers cited problems ranging from personal…
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