Month: December 2015

Nothing will replace the 24-hour-per-day booze-guzzling pub grub-gulping people-watching scene of The Den. Yet, now that this veteran bar has closed, we must somehow go on. Thus, here are six nearby options for the post-Den era. First, a […]

After surviving six weeks longer than expected, veteran establishment The Den closed for good on Sunday after some 18 years of business. The place was packed as fans piled in for last orders and to reminisce. Those […]

The seventh annual Grape Wall Challenge featured a battle of the bubbly as ten Chinese consumers blind-tasted a dozen sparkling wines at TRB Bites on Sunday. The judges tried wines from five nations — Australia, France, Germany, Italy […]

Gung Ho! recently hosted a pizza and baijiu party in Beijing that featured two bottles sourced by bowtie-wearing co-owner John O’Loghlen from his father-in-law’s collection, a bottle of New Zealand’s Taizi, and a wide range of pizzas for […]

Update: Tim’s has been granted a one-month extension by the authorities and will remain open until the end of January. Update: Here’s the press release from Tim Hilbert at Tim’s Texas Bar-B-Q “Due to PRC […]

Rare is that place where you can drop by for a glass of wine, end up knocking back a bottle or three, and wake the next morning groggy of head, foggy of memory and cuddling […]

About six weeks ago, when word spread that The Den would close, I went there for lunch on what was reportedly going to be its last day. As I ate my first last meal (the […]