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What's Open and Closed 2: Restaurants and Bars
Following up on our earlier post, here's a guide to where you can and can't eat and drink over the New Year holiday.
Firstly, a few things you need to keep in mind if you're going out eating or drinking over Chinese New Year:
1. Many venues, especially neighborhood Chinese restaurants, will be completely shut down for the entire week-long holiday.
2. Many places will be closed for at least a couple of days and/or operating shorter business hours than normal
3. Many venues will be short-staffed - don't be surprised if service and standards are below-par (sloppy service? Beijing? Never ...)
The basic message: Wherever you plan to go, call ahead to confirm that they will be open.
To give you an idea though, we've checked in with a few bars and restaurants to put together this far-from-comprehensive list of who's open and who's closed (and when) over the Chinese New Year week:
All-Star and Bling
Both are currently closed for renovation until further notice
Agua
Closed Feb 2-3
Apothecary
Closed Jan 31-Feb 7
Bang! Bang!
The bar is open for business as usual, but the kitchen will be closed Feb 3-4
The Bookworm
Closing at 6pm on Feb 2, then back to business as usual on Feb 3
The Brick
Business as usual
Colibri
Closed Feb 2-4
Enoterra
Business as usual, with RMB 299 Spring Festival platter plus bottle of wine
Flamme
Closed Feb 2-4
Fubar
Business as usual
George's
Business as usual, with dumplings being made in the bar and shared around on the evening of Feb 2
Great Leap
Business as usual - open Thu-Sat evenings
The Green Cap
Business as usual
Grinders
Opening hours as usual, but kitchen open only at night 5-11pm. Menu limited to soup, salad and sandwiches
Gung Ho! Pizza
Deliveries available only from 11am-2pm and 5-9pm during holiday week
The House
Six nights of parties, Feb 2-7
Kro's Nest
Closed Feb 1-2, open 4pm-midnight on Feb 3-5, back to business as usual on Feb 6
Le Petit Gourmand
Closed Feb 2-4
Let's Burger
Closed Feb 1-7
Luce
Closed Feb 1-8
Luga's
Business as usual
Lush/Pyro
Opening hours limited to 11am-9pm during holiday week
Maison Boulud
Closed Jan 31-Feb 3
Modo
Closed Feb 1-3
Mosto
Closed Feb 1-6
Niajo
Closed Feb 1-7
Paddy O'Shea's
Open every day, but opening later than normal - around noon-1pm
The Pavillion
Business as usual
Pomme O'Shea's
Business as usual
Salud
Both branches business as usual
The Stumble Inn
Business as usual
Union
Closing at 5pm on Feb 2, then back to business as usual on Feb 3
For more venues, including information on opening times at Jenny Lou's, Element Fresh and more, see Global Times' list here.
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Re: What's Open and Closed 2: Restaurants and Bars
Every Hu down in Beijing Liked Spring Festival a lot...
But the Laowai Grinch, who lived just north of the third ring road, Did NOT!
The Grinch hated Spring Festival! The whole Spring Festival season! Now, please don't ask why. No one quite knows the reason.
It could be his head wasn't screwed on just right.
It could be, perhaps, that his shoes were too tight.
But I think that the most likely reason of all May have been that his heart was two sizes too small.
But, whatever the reason, His heart or his shoes, He stood there on Spring Festival Eve, hating the Chinese,
Staring down from his apartment with a sour, laowai frown at the warm lighted windows below in their town. For he knew every Chinese down in Beijing beneath Was busy now, hanging 福倒了wreath.
Grinch: And they're hanging their red lanterns!
He snarled with a sneer,
Grinch: Tomorrow is Spring Festival! It's practically here!
Then he growled, with his Laowai Grinch fingers nervously drumming,
Grinch: I MUST find some way to stop Spring Festival from coming!
For, tomorrow, he knew...
...All the Chinese girls and boys would wake bright and early. They'd rush for their fireworks! And then!
Oh, the noise! Oh, the Noise! Noise! Noise! Noise!
That's one thing he hated!
The NOISE!
NOISE!
NOISE!
NOISE!