Operation Baozza | Comfort food and convenience stores?
By Jim Boyce | I lost touch with the Baozza Boys after they closed their Sanlitun Soho venue, just down the street from my place, a few months back. But I caught up with them […]
Month: September 2017
Wrecking bar | Dump trucks and backhoes part of Sanlitun nightlife
By Jim Boyce | Usually it’s people that get wrecked in Sanlitun. But this nightlife area was the one getting the treatment last night. I entered the side door at Groovy Schiller and emerged a few […]
Pizza Cup 2017 | Best pies, beers and butter tarts
By Jim Boyce | Pizza and beer and sun and fun. Plus butter tarts. Good times during the second day of the annual Pizza Cup. I’m amazed, given the city’s political climate, that The Beijinger […]
Ramo to go | Fangjia Hutong favorite moving to Lido
By Jim Boyce | Yet another Fangjia Hutong bar / restaurant is on the move as Ramo just announced it will wrap up a three-year run this weekend and then relocate to Lido. Get your fill […]
Full house | Check out the Mayweather-MacGregor crowd at Paddy O’Shea’s
By Jim Boyce | I just posted about the community created by sports bar Paddy O’Shea’s. A major slice of that community came out to watch the recent Floyd Mayweather-Connor MacGregor fight and led to what […]
Beard mania! | Farewell to Thierry de Dobbeleer this Sunday
By Jim Boyce | Beer Mania legend and beard aficionado Thierry de Dobbeleer is leaving Beijing after 16 years. He wrapped up his final day of work last week and will head off after a final Beer […]
11 of clubs | Sports night at Paddy O’Shea’s this Friday
By Jim Boyce | The success of sports bar Paddy O’Shea’s is largely due to the community spirit it creates, one constantly raised by co-owner Paul Rochon. An ability to show most any sport from most […]
Fang-tastic | Second birthday dovetails with new venue
By Jim Boyce | Look for Fang Bar to celebrate its second birthday in a new venue this Saturday. Opened in September of 2015, it is the latest to relocate from Fangjia Hutong after the […]