By Jim Boyce | Popular Polynesian-inspired bar Tiki Bungalow should reopen in about a month, says co-owner Oliver Davies. This will be the third version of Tiki—let’s call it ThreeKi for now—following the original in Dongsijiutiao […]
By Jim Boyce | Maybe it’s a good thing The Burger Cup is in Beijing because this event and its “Wild West” theme might well have raised some rootin’-tootin’ cultural appropriation controversy back home. Chinese and Russian […]
By Jim Boyce | It’s not going out on a limb to say China has fake booze issues, whether for beer (see here, here, here, here and here), major spirit brands, like Johnnie Worker, or this perfect storm of wine […]
By Jim Boyce | When Mike ‘Dr Doom’ Wester of The Beijinger isn’t spearheading coverage of how bars and restaurants in our fair city are being bricked up but it won’t matter because we’ll soon […]
By Jim Boyce | I recently wrote about a six-week campaign by Element Fresh and California Wine Institute to promote labels from The Golden State. In short, all 38 Element Fresh outlets in China are […]
“Jazz-ya, a jazz bar, was started by Li Bo, 26. He has a Japanese partner, and the place has turned into a favorite hangout of Japanese businessmen and embassy staffers.” — Washington Post, 1996 By […]
By Jim Boyce | I just read that The Local will stop using straws for most drinks. Why? Because straws end up in the garbage and, in turn, as a threat to wildlife. Whole straws, […]
By Jim Boyce | As Beijing slides into sweaty weather, get soothing relief by staring at a sheet of ice filled with high-flying hockey players. It happens this Saturday as CanLife holds its sixth annual […]
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