Blog Tag - Dirty Bar Street

Former Sanlitun Bar Street Reopens With New Look
Sanlitun Bar Street is back, and it’s… definitely different. It’s as if the old Sanlitun Bar Street got itself together, went to school, moved to the...
First Floor, Last Remnant of Bar Street, Announces Closure
2020 may be over, but its aftershocks are still felt in the capital as yet another longstanding establishment falls victim to the difficulties of the...
Veteran Italian Café Aperitivo Calls It Quits in Sanlitun Soho
Though the Aperitivo team put up a noble fight, the veteran Italian café quietly ended its decade-plus run last week. A recent visit to their...
Ace Café Forgets How Rooms Work, Deliver Decent Coffee Anyway
When you’re seeking out a café, what kind of place do you have in mind? If you're looking for a spacious spot with comfortable seating where you work...
Sweet Potatoes Go Gourmet, Spelling Out Dirty Bar Street's Demise Once and For All
[UPDATE]: This pop-up has since shut down. As if it weren’t enough for Dirty Bar Street to be beautified, with nearly every sleazy bar and...
Dirty Bar Street Shakeup Continues With Forthcoming Closure of La Pizza Branch, Razing of Nightclubs
Dirty Bar Street continues on its march towards complete upheaval. During a recent visit, we noticed that the demolitions that kicked off roughly a...
New Dirty Bar Street Club Aurora is a Fun Throwback to the Beijing Underground of Yore
If you’re invited for a night of clubbing in Beijing these days, that usually means hitting up glitzy joints like Sir Teen or Lantern, or heading to...
Cleaning Up Nice: City Bookstore Opens on Sanlitun's Formerly 'Dirty' Bar Street
After a months-long renovation, Sanlitun Bar Street came back to public attention with a brand-new look. Newly laid pavement and extended green...
Spiffed Up Dirty Bar Street Gets Surprisingly Upbeat Reception
Lush, freshly planted flowers. Wide, manicured walkways. A perfect place to take your date for a stroll. All of these descriptions would never, ever...
Clear Cut: The Tree Among Latest Crop of Soon to Be Closed SLT Businesses
Longstanding Beijing restaurant and bar The Tree will soon be uprooted, along with a number of other mainstays on the west side of Sanlitun's...
The Clean Up of SLT's Dirty Bar Street Continues
Efforts to clean up Sanlitun's Dirty Bar Street have been ramped up considerably, as laborers erected scaffolding on both its west and east sides...
Kokomo's Rooftop At Risk of Closing After This Weekend; Owners Open New, More Secure Space In Rec Room's Former Digs
[UPDATE, Aug 9] Since the publication of this blog, we've found out that a demolition crew arrived and used a crane to destroy Kokomo's terrace....
Dirty Bar Street to Be Cleaned Up By Beijing's Ongoing Brick Laying
Brick piles have been spotted yet again in a popular Beijing alley, leaving owners of its street level businesses to sweat. This time it's Sanlitun...