This Sunday Marks the Last Day for Hutong Favorite Más
Today we're exceptionally sad to hear that Más, one of our longtime favorite hutong cocktail bars, will be closing its doors by the end of this week. The bar will be open from Wednesday through to Sunday (Apr 26-30, closed Tuesday), with Sunday being its last official day.
The bar, which has been well regarded for its cocktails, good-value happy hours, great food, openness to the LGBT crowd, and amazing hutong atmosphere, was always the place to go for a strong daquiri, a fun chat, a Cuban sandwich, or some of the best tacos in town.
The owners' involvement in Beijing's community stretched beyond making cocktails, also hosting markets, events, and rotating art exhibits.
The Más crew sent us this message via WeChat to explain their decision:
For five beautiful years, Más was our life. It was much more than a business, as our regulars & close friends all know. But sadly, with all these recent, glorious "renovations," we've got to move on, even if we are licensed. Beijing is no longer the city Ariel and I fell in love with 10 years ago. We will happily continue on elsewhere.
Más will reopen Wednesday, April 26, and close down for good this Sunday, April 30. Sunday we will sell off everything to fundraise for our next projects. Come by and have a drink with us amongst the rubble.
Adios Más!
We love you all!
Ariel & Ross & Jungle & Chao
So head to Más this week, buy some Más memorabilia for your living room, and help send Ariel and Ross off in style as they head off to start their new venture in Cambodia (Phnom Penh to be precise). We wish them all the best in their future endeavors and hope they will stop by to visit us again soon. Más, you shall be missed!
Photo courtesy of Ross Harris, Ken
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