2009 Apr 27 Wrecking Balls: Super Bar Street To Be Demolished
According to a number of sources, including local boozehound-cum-newshound Beijing Boyce, the likelihood is that Super Bar Street will be knocked down by June. Apparently, since the good ol' US of A relocated its embassy down there the residents have been living on borrowed time. Whether the street will be missed is open to debate, and you've a couple of months in which to do so. Until then get down to the infamous market or any of the fine restaurants and spend, spend, spend.
Calls to The Beijinger client establishments Monday confirmed that notices were distributed last week that tenants had two months to move.
While many of the street's ramshackle dives will probably not be missed, a few of its establishments -- Biteapitta comes to mind -- are veritable Beijing institutions and we have a feeling they'll land on their feet in nicer digs.
For more details on Super Bar Street's impending demise check out Beijing Boyce's post here.
We'll miss this bar the most (not):
(photo culled from blogger Curt Carpenter's post at http://curtcarp.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!933A5EAB3FE1E27D!222.entry)
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