Total downer | Pop-Up Beijing to close on December 10
By Jim Boyce | Pop-Up Beijing will close on December 10 after nearly three years as one of the city’s best home decor shops and one of its best food, drink and event spaces. Pop-Up’s […]
Sips & Bites
Punch drunk: Boxing Cat a new class of fighter
Our annual Maovember charity campaign is on now. Please support us! See our upcoming events here and ways to help here. By Jim Boyce | I asked Alex Acker of Jing-A Brewing at his 8×8 beer event last […]
Sips & bites | The second First Floor, Pop-Up Beijing, LM Plus
There’s a second First Floor in Sanlitun. The Tongli Studio veteran has been joined by a sibling in Soho, on the B1 level at the south end. It’s cavernous with a pool table, electronic dart […]
The world is your Croyster: Jing-A’s 8×8 China Brewing Project
By Jim Boyce | Craft beer is like Chinese wine: Confucius says one must suffer a sea’s worth of samples to find a few good drops. That’s what makes beer festivals helpful: an awful lot […]
Sips & bites: Boxing Cat Beijing, Sugar & Press Release
Three quick reviews from my first Saturday—September 28!—back from vacation: 1. Shanghai-based craft beer operation Boxing Cat launched a Beijing pop-up about a month ago in the former Okra / Traitor Zhou’s space directly across from […]
Sanlitun saunter | The new look of Tongli and area
By Jim Boyce | They say be careful what you wish for or you just might get it. Over the years, fans of Aperitivo, Luga’s and other venues on the Tongli strip have said how […]
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 […]
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 […]