I gave the World Cup a red card after the Japan-Cameroon game for boring the life out of me. After a few days off, I got back to watching matches this weekend. Places visited… Friday night Serbia 1, Germany 0 Kiosk: Standing-room only crowd that included citizens not only of Serbia, the homeland of gregarious
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World Cup in Beijing: Kiosk, George’s, Ned’s, 1F, Aperitivo
- George’s opens tonight in the southeastern corner of Workers Stadium barely three months after the man in question, George Zhou, left as a co-owner of Q Bar a few blocks away. Last night, about 50 people were on hand to “soft open” this spot, just across from Le Quai, and while the menu only
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By George II: Zhou’s new cocktail joint to open tonight
The World Cup has been a nice diversion but now it is time to get serious about sports as the Los Angeles Lakers and the Boston Celtics face off in game seven of the NBA finals, with tipoff tomorrow at 9 AM. If, at season’s start, I had to pick two teams I didn’t want
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NBA fans in Beijing: Where to watch Lakers-Celtics game 7
Pyro: A branch of this Wudaokou staple has been planned for the Sanlitun area and the pizza joint set to open early next month in the old Alba restaurant spot in China View is or isn’t it, depending on who you talk to. It is if two sources, including one involved with another China View
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Sips and bites: Pyro Pizza, Tryst, 12SQM, Blue Frog
- A fixture on the scene after more than five years in Sanlitun South, first with the former First Cafe and Midnight Cafe, then as a co-owner at Q Bar, George Zhou plans to open his new spot, George’s, within the next two weeks. With the painting and flooring finished during the past few days,
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By George: Former Q Bar co-owner to soon open new venue
- Alfa held a “glitterati” party last Friday to mark its official reopening after its annual renovations. A few observations on the newest version of one of Beijing’s veteran party spots… Good: The air conditioners in the club downstairs were powerful and will keep the sweat factor down during busy times.
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The new Alfa: Design, drinks, and The Beautiful Elite
The Rickshaw is under construction and there is a whodoinit vibe surrounding the project: No one seems to know who has scooped up this space, which apparently has a rent of RMB800,000 per year and is nicely located across from the new Soho and at the crossroads of Sanlitun north and south. According to one
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A whodoinit: The Rickshaw under construction
Went to a friend’s place last night to help eat four kilos of ham just imported from Italy – not to mention guzzle lots of bruschetta, pasta, wine, and grappa — and saw this rooftop club from the apartment window. It is between Fortune Plaza and the new China World Tower Three, and is apparently
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Rooftop club in Beijing: Anyone know more about this place?
Sick of sitting on the street collecting coins in a can to buy a bunch of baozi when you could be leveraging your computer and culinary knowledge to eat for free?* Then check out this help wanted ad from The Beijinger for a dining editor. The powers that be there seek a native English speaker
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Eat, drink, and get paid: The Beijinger seeks dining, other editors
On my way to Phil’s Pub last night, I passed a massive glowing red facade that could be only one of two things: 1) The Ritan Park portal to the depths of Hell or 2) the entrance to a 260-room subterranean KTV. Then again, some people might consider these one and the same.
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Hell or Whitney Houston? 260-room Music Box opens beneath Ritan Park
If you have walked between Karaiya Spice House and Ganges Indian Restaurant on the third floor of Sanlitun Village, you have likely seen a yet-to-open spot called Queen’s Konditorei. I popped my head in earlier this week to find what looked like a nearly finished coffee shop with a staircase to a second floor. The
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Queen’s in Sanlitun Village: From Russia via Hong Kong with love
After an unusually lengthy winter, decks all over the city have been opening the past few weeks, from Q Bar to Kokomo, from Saddle to Frank’s Place, from Blue Frog to The Beach, from Nanjie to 1F. Not to mention Zhongyu Hanging Garden (see The Secret Garden of Sanlitun), which is being re-branded as Miss
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New on decks: SALT, Uama, Tun, The Former W, Parkside
OK, that post title might be a little misleading, but the thing is that Olaf Kristoffer Bauer aka “Kro” of Kro’s Nest fame says he wants to meet with the man with whom he started this chain of pizza joints, Yuan Jie, and with whom relations have been somewhat less than amicable of late. Bauer
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Kro’s Nest update: Partner wanted
Note: Click here for a map of The Pomegranate. A couple of weeks ago when people asked if I planned to go to the Strawberry Festival or the Midi Festival or the Blueberry Festival or the Chaoyang Park Festival or whatever music festival, I had a stock answer: I’d rather have a yard of barbed wire
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Rynostock 2010: Beers and bands in the Beijing ‘burbs
Superb night last Tuesday at Tryst with bartender Pat deciding to get out the maple syrup and make Knob Creek-based Old-Fashioneds and Manhattans. He also whipped up Breakfast Martinis and caramelized berries to go with some shots
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Tuesday at Tryst: Maple syrup, caramelized berries, Scottish invasion
Update: The full press release re ownership changes at Q Bar — I have yet to talk to George Zhou about the situation (by the way, I popped in to Q last night and it looked like business as usual — I tried an Alfonso Special, a Dirty Martini, and a GE, all of them
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Q Bar deal done: Echo Sun, Ralph Ziegenhorn buy George Zhou’s share
Union Bar & Grille in Sanlitun Village seeks entry-level employees to “learn the business from the ground up.” These include bartender openings: customer service experience a plus, English language skills required, and–this is my addition–Guinness-pouring skills essential.
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Job opening in Beijing: Union Bar & Grille seeks bartenders, more
Here are the unofficial results of the seventh annual The Beijinger restaurant awards, held this afternoon at Joy Luck. I typed them in when I wasn’t yapping with friends, sipping on beer, or giggling at quips by emcees Dominic Hill-Johnson of Plastered T-shirts and Ai Wan of Epic — I’ll list some of their best
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Beijinger restaurant awards unofficial results: Maison Boulud, Da Dong on top
Beijing Eats author Eileen Wen Mooney–who can obviously stand the heat, because she’s getting into the kitchen–has started Eileen Cooks. ”Classes are open to anyone who wants to learn how to cook Chinese and Western dishes and desserts,” she says. They are available four days per week, cost RMB600 for six, and cover “wholesome home cooking”–from
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First she eats, now she cooks: Get into the kitchen with Eileen Wen Mooney
- What makes a strong drink at Twilight so appealing is that you truly need one after navigating that SNAFU known as Jianwai Soho to get there. The continued lack of prominent signage at Chez Legoland amazes me, especially since the powers-that-be decided it smart to have a villa number 5 and a building number five
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Twilight cocktail bar: 360 degrees of drinking pleasure