Tex-Mex Beijing | Good value + food coma = new Lucky Lopez
By Jim Boyce | While the sign for the new Lucky Lopez has been up a while, this Tex-Mex joint only just opened in the alley beside Nearby the Tree and behind Yashow Market in […]
Month: August 2016
Sips & bites | Salsa Caribe turns 12, plus Doner Kebab, Lucky Lopez, Mr Shi’s Dumplings
By Jim Boyce | It appears Sanlitun SOHO was too hot to handle for Satan’s Hot Dogs and now replacement Doner Kebab will give it a try. We’ll see if that foosball table sticks around. […]
Best shots | Dropping first-place fantasy football league cash at Paddy O’Shea’s
By Jim Boyce | The Premier League season is back and, due to lucky picks and The Prime Mover’s grace, I topped our 127-team Paddy O’Shea’s league—tied with Huxley of Nanjie Bar—the first week and […]
Give a Crap Report: Sweaty nuts, urinal accuracy & forgotten drinks
By Jim Boyce | I recently resurrected Must Tries, a series where the Beijing bar and restaurant trade reveals its favorite foods and drinks. Now I’m bringing back Give a Crap Report, which explains how […]
Hockey in Beijing | BIIH sign-up this Friday at Irish Volunteer
By Jim Boyce | Following the Olympics is nice and all but what’s better than a bit of hockey-related sporting news in the middle of a sweltering Beijing summer? Two bits of hockey news! One, […]
Sips & bites | Jack Zhou’s new joint plus Slow Boat, Trouble, Mongolia & Union
By Jim Boyce | Beijing bar veteran Jack Zhou, known for his stint in The Tree empire and projects such as Shooters, 1F, The Bar and Groovy Schiller’s, says he’ll open a new place mid-September. […]
It’s all in the reflexes | Baijiu, Baozza and Big Trouble in Beijing
By Jim Boyce | Get ready for baijiu, baozza and Big Trouble in Beijing on August 9. Here’s the lineup of Q Bar festivities for World Baijiu Day. THE BAIJIU Starting from 6:30 PM, try […]
Crack a bottle | Beijing’s newest bar Mimi e Coco is cool and opens tonight
By Jim Boyce | Beijing has lots of dimly lit dark-paneled speakeasy style bars staffed by black tie-adorned mixologists making decent drinks in robotic style for connoisseurs wearing flip flops and cargo shorts and requesting […]