I went to new wine bar Veloce in 1949: The Hidden City for a drink last Friday night. I have to admit, I was flagging a bit after a wine tasting and a jazz concert earlier in the evening, thus my not...
The sauce has hit the pan in China View as pizza joint Yummy Box is now going by the name Yummy Home. (Hey, for some people, a box is a home.) A recent Weibo message from the Yummy Box account inform...
Attention beer fans in search of further nourishment: a Beijing branch of Southern Barbarian is due to soon open in Baochao Hutong, just off Nanluoguxiang, and will not only stock around 80 beers but...
The Royal Moma Yacht Club (RMYC) held its Gilligan’s Island-themed shindig this weekend, led by Commodore Adam “Deep Six” Goodman and CFO Nick “Poopdeck” Papa. The afternoon i...
The Avocado Tree opened a branch today beside Home Plate BBQ — on the food street a block behind Kro’s Nest on Xiaoyan Road — and drew a large crowd for its first lunch. Tacos start...
Team Innuendo will have a field day with Home Plate BBQ stocking a rum made under the name of porn star Ron Jeremy. Then again, why bother when the label declares this is “the adult rum” ...
A six-pack of breweries will join forces this Saturday from 1 PM to 6 PM for the first Beijing Craft Beer Festival. This is shaping up as one of the most intriguing events on the city’s summer ...
The fourth pole-dancing contest at Zeta Bar offered everything one might expect: high-flying antics, revealing costumes, plenty of hooting and hollering, and diligent amateur historians taking hundre...
The closing of Emoland in Central Park has no doubt had residents there enduring sleepless nights / on their seat edges / creating discussion circles / chewing their fingernails and toenails as they ...
Beer Mania, Brussels and The Tree are teaming up with brew distributor Vandergeeten for a contest that includes, as a grand prize, two round-trip tickets to Belgium, five days of hotel accommodation ...
Back in October, I wrote about Project Tong Li (桶李), which came about after I tried the tasty 40-percent beer schnapps distilled at Drei Kronen 1308 and was able to acquire a 50-liter American oak ba...
The Royal Moma Yacht Club (RMYC) will show its lighter side this Sunday by holding a Gilligan’s Island-themed shindig at Café Carmelo in order to mark its darker side in the form of opening Mom...
About three weeks ago, I dropped off my severely damaged computer at a repair shop near Chaoyang Park West Gate in Beijing and found my severely stressed self walking south. I spotted the shop Cheese...
Look for it to be a summer of wine in the Sanlitun and Workers Stadium area, with bars and shops from Everwines, Sparkle Roll, California Grapes International and The Loop among those on the way. In ...
My only car accident in this city happened an hour before I judged a pole-dancing contest at bar Zeta in the Hilton Beijing. Coincidence? Maybe, but I will probably walk to the hotel this Saturday ni...
File this under: “News from another dimension, possibly involving the Bermuda Triangle, and possibly provided by guys wearing Bermuda shorts”. The Royal Moma Yacht Club (RMYC), introduced...
The esteem in which I hold Buffalo chicken wings is well-documented. Thus, I greet with a certain amount of delight news that one of the recently introduced lunch specials at Brussels Restaurant &...
Sparkle Roll, one of several new wine bars that will open in the Sanlitun-Workers Stadium zone, looks fairly close to completion. The walls and floors are done and some furniture is already on site. ...
Staying up late for football is a rarity for me but I found myself outdoors and watching the Champions League final in the wee hours of Sunday morning in Jianwai Soho. And despite the rain, the venue...
Mao Mao Chong will host a series of guest bartenders this week, says Stephanie Rocard. Here is the slate: Wednesday: Simon of Apothecary Thursday: Sophie of Flamme Friday and Saturday: Eddy of DRiNK ...
What if Frank Siegel never changed jobs and opened Frank’s Place? What if Henry Li had never moved to Beijing and started spots such as Vogue and Neo Lounge? What if George Zhou and Echo Sun ha...
I went past that strip due east of the The Silk Market the other day and it looks like Bleu Marine is the only survivor from among The Mexican Wave (which opened about the same time as Frank’s ...
Stretch your sea legs this Sunday as the tag team of aquatic amusement, Commodore Adam ‘Kiss the Cod’ Goodman and Chief Deck Swabber / CFO Nick ‘Poopdeck’ Papa, will launch th...
It can restore one’s faith in mixology when a libation invented by a long-dead Spanish king is both well-made and made available at an unexpected moment, and so it was with an Alfonso Special I...
The annual Taste of the Nations by Everwines, a brand of Torres, is my favorite portfolio tasting of the year. Not only does the company offer a great lineup, including some fantastic Australia wines...
Among the more common sports issues within an international crowd is the meaning of “football“. To some, it means the NFL, to others it means such fare as the Premier League and to still ...
As noted here, Erik Lorincz from the Savoy’s American Bar is in Beijing this week and making drinks at Champagne bar in the Fairmont Hotel. He’ll be behind the bar from 8 PM tonight and r...
Workers Stadium watering hole Fubar is looking to drag drinkers off the rooftops and into the speakeasy with a bunch of deals this summer, starting tonight. Here’s the info I have: Wednesdays, ...
For about a month, patrons at a bar called V Bar / Wei Bar in the Sanlitun Soho complex have emerged from their dim confines daily at about 6 PM to spray sparkling wine at each other. Why? Given the ...
Little Britain, the newest watering hole in Lido, will officially open on Friday. night. Expect a menu that includes bangers and mash, fish and chips, burgers and English breakfast. A pint of Guinnes...
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