Month: December 2016

Veteran bar man Jack Zhou, who got his start at The Tree and then co-opened venues such as Shooters, 1F, The Bar and Groovy Schiller’s, has taken over Nearby the Tree just behind Yashow Market and […]

Taste the air! At times like these, when a blanket of smog weighs on our fair city day after day, when it seems just a matter of time until the pollution index reaches one million parts […]

By Jim Boyce | Where to buy some decent Chinese wine for the holidays? I’ve received a slew of queries over the past few days so here are three picks for Beijing. EVERWINES. First with […]

Slow Boat and Great Leap have collaborated on a commemorative beer to honor the memory of Sam Cornthwaite, the co-founder of Good Works who died of acute pancreatitis in Beijing in September. Good Works sources coffee […]

Kenn Bermel of The Local is spreading his wings—or at least the sauce that goes on them. I first tried Bermel’s Buffalo wings in 2006 when he worked in the IT field and helped organize an afternoon […]

Much-missed legendary bar The Den closed one year today after nearly two decades of serving as everything from a sports bar to home of one of Beijing’s best happy hours to a place to grab drinks […]

By Jim Boyce | Sports bar Paddy O’Shea’s turns nine tonight and, despite a decor a bit worn, a location a bit secluded and competition a bit lot stiffer than when it opened, this place is at […]

The fourth annual Maovember charity campaign teamed thousands of people in dozens of venues in six cities. I’ve covered it in full at the official site and will do a few flashback posts here as […]