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 […]
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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 […]
Paddy O’Shí’s: 10 promos as Beijing’s top sports bar marks 10 years!
By Joyce Bim | Our event research team has dedicated hundreds if not thousands of hours analyzing promotion ideas for Beijing’s best sports bar, Paddy O’Shea’s. Because that venerable venue will mark its 10th anniversary on […]
Steps and the City: Mike Wester Reflects on His Intimate 900-km Beijing Walk
By Jim Boyce | Mike Wester will finish a month-long 900-km walk for charity today that gave him a renewed sense of Beijing. Here are eight thoughts inspired by his million-plus step mission for Maovember. […]
Mao down! Wrap up Maovember with Paddy O’Shea’s tonight!
The official Maovember closing party at Paddy O’Shea’s is always epic fun and tonight is poised to be the best ever. You can expect: Two bands. CHEERS mulled wine, Jameson picklebacks and Orchard Pig cider, all proceeds […]
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 […]
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 […]