These Bars & Restaurants Survived the Great Brickings of 2017
By Noelle Mateer
We reported on them closing. It's only fair we report on them re-opening, too. The following bars and restaurants were victims of Beijing’s citywide brickings this spring. Here, a lowdown on pub-and-grub resurrections.
(For the purposes of this article, we’ve decided not to count places that reopened in the same location after closing temporarily. For a list of those, just... walk around Dongcheng district. Sigh.)
MoxiMoxi
Fried pitta and beef at MoxiMoxi
Where it moved: From Fangjia Hutong to nearby Beixinqiao Santiao.
Who's going: Beijing's Israeli expat community (which is bigger than you think it is); hutong hipsters.
Good for: Eating an entire bowl of hummus in one sitting.
Daily 11am-12am, 22 Beixinqiao Santiao, Dongcheng 东城区北新桥三条22号 (158 0168 0406)
The Tiki Bungalow
Where it moved: From Jiaodaokou Beisantiao to... Jiaodaokou Beisantiao (across the road, behind a cement wall).
Who's going: You, apparently (That’s Beijing readers voted Tiki their Bar of the Year in our 2017 Lifestyle Awards).
Good for: Waking up the next morning in a lei and a straw fedora, not sure of how the night ended.
Mon-Sat, 6pm-late, 46 Fangjia Hutong (enter by Peiping Machine Brewing on Jiaodaokou Beisantiao) 方家胡同46号院D座2107-2108(从交道口北三条胡同进)
Anchor Bar
Where it moved: From a bare-bones spot on Xingfucun Zhonglu to a larger, nicer Yoolee Plaza location.
Who's going: Members and allies of the LGBTI community.
Good for: Catching a game (Anchor screens soccer matches).
Daily, 5pm-late, 1/F North Side of Yoolee Plaza, 21 Gongti Beilu, Chaoyang 朝阳区工体北路21号永利国际购物中心北侧1/F
Andy's Craft Sausages
Where it moved: From a stand-alone shop by Yashow to a pop-up kitchen in XL Bar.
Who's going: Meat lovers; anyone opposed to the concept of #fitfam.
Good for: Clogging your arteries and enjoying the process.
Daily, 11am-6pm, 1-022, Building 4, 12 Xindong Lu, Chaoyang 朝阳区新东路12号院4号楼1层1-022室 (135 2128 5636)
Rager Pie (now Hutonger Pie)
Where it moved: From a tiny shop on Fensiting Hutong to an even tinier shop on Zhangzi Zhonglu.
Who's going: Weirdos (we mean this lovingly; the pie shop formerly known as Rager has one of the goofiest cult followings in Beijing).
Good for: Pie, obviously – both savory and sweet.
Daily, 9am-8pm, 35 Zhangzi Zhonglu, Dongcheng 东城区张自忠路35号(WeChat: 13693171850)
Aperitivo
Where it moved: From Sanlitun “Dirty Bar Street” (RIP), to Sanlitun SOHO.
Who's going: The chefs of all your favorite Italian restaurants when they get off work.
Good for: Aperitivos (that's Italian for ‘aperitifs’); spritzes (that’s an Italian aperitivo).
Daily 10am-2am, G/F, Bldg 6, Sanlitun SOHO, Chaoyang 朝阳区三里屯SOHO6号商场6115号 (6417 7793)
Revolution
Where it moved: From north of Yashow to Xingfuercun.
Who's going: Old China hands who like to say, "I've been going to Revolution for years!"
Good for: Craft cocktails; meeting old China hands who like to say, “I've been going to Revolution for years!”
Images by Vivian Liu and Yoav Vollansky
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