Sticky: Eat, Drink and Be Merry
This site shares info about Beijing bars and restaurants from a consumer perspective. It doesn’t aim to be comprehensive but to give one person’s view of a slice of the scene. Check out my lists […]
Month: December 2017
Get down | Pop-Up Beijing’s final weekend features flea market, all-day happy hour
Pop-Up Beijing wraps up an impressive three-year run this weekend with a Christmas flea market on Saturday and all-day (and likely all-night) happy hours on Sunday. See below. I’ve posted here about Pop-Up’s imminent closing as well […]
Final word | City Weekend says “farewell” to Beijing
With nearly two decades of publishing under its belt in our fair city, City Weekend issued a simple “Farewell Beijing, we will miss you all!” today. Linked to a clip from the Sound of Music. (Yes, […]
Heaven was closed | Plus 10 other Beijing bar visits
By Jim Boyce | Last night’s mission: visit the new First Floor. Revised mission after visiting 1F: check out other veteran Beijing bars and bar people in the Sanlitun-Gongti bar scene. A quick recap. The mommy […]
First Floor 2: Double the size, half the fun
The new First Floor is a sprawling something-for-everyone venue in Sanlitun Soho that now needs to attract that everyone. Last night, as on my first visit a few weeks ago, I found a sparse crowd […]
The new bar | Jack Zhou, Ah Jian to team on cocktail joint
By Jim Boyce | I can’t manage to follow the bar scene within a mile radius of BB HQ in the Gongti-Sanlitun zone let alone what’s happening in the entire city. But there are people […]
Happy hump day hours | Eight deals to make mid-week most excellent
By Jim Boyce | It’s Wednesday, you’ve made it halfway through another working week, and it’s time to celebrate with food and drink. Good-value food and drink. Check out these deals. (If you know of […]
Hot stuff! Indian Nayal fends off Liberian, Mexican rivals for Beijinger chili pepper title
By Jim Boyce | Fiery foods and heavy workouts both release pain-numbing endorphins, so it seems fitting that bodybuilder Ankit Nayal won the Beijinger Chili Pepper Eating Contest on Saturday. Even more harmonious: Nayal hails […]