Panjiayuan (South East Third Ring Road)-潘家园

Popular optical shop in Beijing, selling quality eyewear and sunglasses at competitive prices and offering additional services such as professional eye-sight tests, consultations, glasses repair, and guaranteed after-sales service.

The shop stocks a selection of notable brand eyewear such as Masunaga, Matsuda, Ptolemy 48, Silhouette, Play, Ports, Essilor, and Kawakubu as well as more mainstream options from the likes of Armani, Oakley, Gucci, Zeiss, and Monster. There's also a range of handmade wooden and bamboo framed sunglasses.

A small museum that has occasional photography exhibits from local artists as well as a library for local historical documents.

The provincial government restaurant of Shaanxi, serving well-known dishes like roujiamo and biang biang mian.

Beijing Yadan offers professional eye tests, and good quality optical glasses and sunglasses at competitive prices.

This Beijing-based chain's claim-to-fame is that they are the first to offer 24-hour delivery, though their six locations are scattered around the city, so you'll have to call to see if they reach you.

Sanyuanqiao, Jinsong/Panjiayuan, northeast of Hongmiao, and Chaoyang Lu outside the 5th Ring are the areas most likely to reach Beijinger readers' homes; two other location are on the west at Fuchengmen and Fengtai.

Most shops are take-out and delivery only.

Opened in June 2015, the OCAT Institute is a non-profit research center dedicated to the history of art and its related discourses and a member of the OCAT Museums.

Sells authentic Tibetan furnitures, carpets and handicrafts, with antique pieces and reproductions. Showroom opens everyday for visiting. To visit the warehouse for more selections, call for reservation.