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I have not yet recovered from the closing of The Den and now news comes the same fate awaits Ichikura, yet another place that would make my list of top-ten all-time favorite Beijing bars. My first visit […]

So you’re stuck in Beijing for Christmas and bummed about your sorry life. My friends, there are lots of chances to get into the spirit, including tonight. First, get to the Sanlitun area by about […]

Facing my first deadline-free day in months, and a fully charged battery after 13 hours of sleep, I decided to go with the flow yesterday and that ended up involving habaneros chicken, Sexy Biscuit beer, […]

Nothing will replace the 24-hour-per-day booze-guzzling pub grub-gulping people-watching scene of The Den. Yet, now that this veteran bar has closed, we must somehow go on. Thus, here are six nearby options for the post-Den era. First, a […]

After surviving six weeks longer than expected, veteran establishment The Den closed for good on Sunday after some 18 years of business. The place was packed as fans piled in for last orders and to reminisce. Those […]

The seventh annual Grape Wall Challenge featured a battle of the bubbly as ten Chinese consumers blind-tasted a dozen sparkling wines at TRB Bites on Sunday. The judges tried wines from five nations — Australia, France, Germany, Italy […]

Gung Ho! recently hosted a pizza and baijiu party in Beijing that featured two bottles sourced by bowtie-wearing co-owner John O’Loghlen from his father-in-law’s collection, a bottle of New Zealand’s Taizi, and a wide range of pizzas for […]