By Jim Boyce | Italian wine bar Vesuvio is mere days from erupting onto the scene opening atop sibling restaurant Bottega in Sanlitun’s Nali Studio. Vesuvio offers a snug warmly lit space with a bar […]

By Jim Boyce | Michael Ohlsson of Dada has been at work for months on an organic and biodynamic wine bar in the hutongs and his vision is slowly coming into focus. While the bar, […]

By Jim Boyce | Maovember 2016 kicked off its annual campaign on Friday at XL Restaurant & Bar, then followed it up by spending the weekend at The Beijinger Pizza Cup. The launch party raised […]

By Jim Boyce | One of our Beijing’s most thoughtfully arranged wine portfolios will soon have a new home. Mali Wine Cellar opened just over five years ago near Ritz-Carlton in Guomao before moving to […]

By Jim Boyce | Beijing has no shortage of bars with ably created classic cocktails, Edison lighting, historical kitsch, and dark wood and brick interiors. Is there any reason to get excited about another such […]

Ladies and gentlemen, get your (real or fake) mustaches ready: Maovember 2016 launches this Friday, October 14, at XL Restaurant & Bar and thus kick offs a month-long campaign to support Library Project and Good […]

By Jim Boyce | Heads up, Canucks! Watch the feathers fly as the Jays host the Orioles in the MLB American League wild card game. Catch all the action Wednesday from 7 AM at Irish […]

By Jim Boyce | Sips and bites, sips and bites, get your sips and bites! Yeah, that’s all the excitement I can generate at the moment because it’s 2 AM, I’m tired and I just […]