Hello "fatboy". ( Your choice of names. lol )

Rest assured, we will arrive swinging! By the way, as the MD of the company, we will be partnering up our two of our honored investors:

IDG http://www.idg.com/www/home.nsf/home?readform

and SAIF http://www.sbaif.com/

for our soft opening to GIVE away FREE samples of our world famous Burgers, Salads, Salmon, Beer, and other select choice items! Stay tuned, and invite your friends via our email link after January 15th!

"Attention: Soft Opening" to "info@burger-bar.com".

Email requests received before January 15th can not be processed!

Limited entries on the first day due to celebrities from the movie industry, local officials and friends! But, don't despair, I will have a free week of samples and food out there!

Here is our location: No9 Dong Da Qiao Road, Chaoyang.
Enjoy!

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Thanks to our winners on weibo:

@小猪男孩
@LuHai_Liang
@王渊源John
@关于约瑟夫
@郑勇
@S这才叫主持
@Marc-Young

Enjoy the show!

Books by current and former Beijinger staffers

http://astore.amazon.com/truerunmedia-20

Well, sorry we missed this event as we will be opening in January at Fang Ciao Di! We have been voted the "best hamburger" in the USA, by Conde Nast, Food & Wine, Las Vegas Review Journal, St Louis Post, and many other magazines. See our press selection of over 2,900 magazines and newspapers including The Wall Street Journal. We are proud to be in Beijing and enjoy the competition!

www.burgerbarllc.com

and for the unbelievers:

http://www.cntraveler.com/daily-traveler/2012/05/best-burgers-national-hamburger-month-photos#slide=3

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Idly winding down the work week by surfing aimlessly here on thebeijinger.com?

You -- yes you, the one who never wins anything -- can win tickets to this Sunday's Elton John concert just by virtue of blowing off work this afternoon and wasting time here (that is, unless you are among the ranks of the unemployed, in which case perhaps you are not wasting your company's time here, but merely your own).

Anyhow, anyone want two tix? You need to read this post here and act on it before 5:30pm today!

http://www.thebeijinger.com/blog/2012/11/23/win-tickets-elton-john-if-you-act-fast

Books by current and former Beijinger staffers

http://astore.amazon.com/truerunmedia-20

Idly winding down the work week by surfing aimlessly here on thebeijinger.com?

You -- yes you, the one who never wins anything -- can win tickets to this Sunday's Elton John concert just by virtue of blowing off work this afternoon and wasting time here (that is, unless you are among the ranks of the unemployed, in which case perhaps you are not wasting your company's time here, but merely your own).

Anyhow, anyone want two tix? You need to read this post here and act on it before 5:30pm today!

http://www.thebeijinger.com/blog/2012/11/23/win-tickets-elton-john-if-you-act-fast

Books by current and former Beijinger staffers

http://astore.amazon.com/truerunmedia-20

Enoterra will have a Thanksgiving dinner on Thursday 22 November with a delectable three-course dinner. Featuring slow-roasted turkey, house-made cranberry relish and a pumpkin pie desert. Includes a paired bottle of Chateau Belair-Coubet wine. Dinner for two persons is RMB 588.

Just please be careful if you choose a live tree–many of the cheaper Christmas lights here run very hot (and are hence more of a fire hazard than usual). When you make the real/plastic decision, unless you're planning on have a Yule log burning for the holiday, take into account Beijing's extremely dry climate and poorly wired homes.

Another event for the list. The Wine Republic is hosting an Indian Thanksgiving at Tadka Rasoi in the Beijing Marriott Northeast. There's a five-course Indian feast paired with five fine wines from Australia's Yering Station. It's from 6.30-9pm and priced at RMB 398 per person. RSVP at 5869 7050 or
hao@thewinerepublic.com.

Jonathan White, Managing Editor the Beijinger/TheBeijinger.com

Dear Lauren !
Thank you very much for this report on Open Mic in Beijing. I've been there in October and found nice and active people at Lush(2*), VA Bar and 4 Corners. It was fun entering all these stages. Some pics you find at http://www.tommyblue.de/mw_us.html
I would like also to thank the local people e.g. Sam, Alex, Ben, ... for giving a warm welcome to an unknown german like me.
Kindly Regards, Tommy
PS: :H Would like to see more of these people on Facebook ...