Centro: Provides happy hour value, protects your nuts
Centro, the first bar I visited when I moved to Beijing over a decade ago, offers good happy hour value. Two martinis, and well-made ones at that, for 80 kuai? That strikes me as around the […]
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Parachute club: Four hours of free booze at DB Cooper on Saturday
“DB Cooper” the man hijacked a Boeing 727 in 1971 and — after ordering the passengers off, the authorities to load USD200,000 on, and, once back in the air, the skeleton crew to stay in […]
Smoke show: The Bar takes over By the Tree, opens BBQ joint
The guys at The Bar have turned downstairs neighbor By the Tree into the city’s newest meat lover’s joint, one not surprisingly named The Bar-B-Q. While pizzas will still be available from The Tree downstairs, the hungry […]
Hole foods: Bagels available from Traitor Zhou’s
Where to get bagels now that Tavalin is closed? One option is from Traitor Zhou’s. Max Levy, known for his work at Okra, is making bagels to order. For the moment, these are only available around […]
Temple Restaurant Beijing is open — and promoting China wine — as usual.
Much chatter these days about Temple Restaurant Beijing and whether or not it is open, given Chinese media reports that unregistered private clubs operating within temple grounds in Beijing are being or will be shut down. […]