Like its local rival Spark, Haze is located in an area that isn’t a traditional nightlife hotspot. But the same could have been said of the venue that made the Haze crew’s name, the original White Rabbit on Lucky Street. If the crowd comes (and the taxis come to take them home), this stylish, minimalist basement will undoubtedly become one of Beijing’s few decent electronic clubs.

So The House, fun while it lasted, didn’t transform Beijing nightlife. Part of the problem was that we believed it could. So let’s avoid making similarly outlandish claims for Lantern – what matters is that Beijing has one more decent electronic music venue.

Some longtime Beijingers may wax nostalgic about Song Music Bar & Kitchen, the artful electronic venue that formerly occupied the basement space of The Place. Wait until they meet its shiny new replacement. Since opening day, Spark has been teeming with Beijing’s better-looking twentysomethings.

Revolution is the latest bar in the Fubar-Grinders stable, opening up again tonight (they had an opening party on Saturday night but have been resting up since then) in a little space on the street running along the west side of Yashow. Long-time Fubar barman Xiao Ming is running the place, with Fubar kingpin Chad Lager taking a back seat on this one. With Factory and Revolution, a couple of cafes and Nearby the Tree sitting at the northern end of the strip, I’m calling Yashow west the new Beiluogu Xiang. See if that catches on.

Run by the same people as Mix, this three-story club consciously attempts to fuse the trademarks of Gongti nightlife (bottle service, table charges and spotless design) with the less commercial playlists of clubs like Lantern.