Bar, Café entertainment in Běijīng
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Lush
Whether they’re quaffing coffee or slamming beers, Chinese and foreign students camp out here around the clock. Lush also hosts events every night, from movies on Monday and live bands on Friday, to a wildly popular open-mic night on Sunday, making it one of the epicentres of Wudaokou life. Happy hour runs from 6pm to 10pm.
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Gingko
A slightly schizophrenic blend of a bar, cafe, restaurant and live-music venue, this place is clearly anxious to cover all the bases. It works best as a bar and cafe – the coffee is good – but it’s also a nice, intimate location to hear the bands and musicians of all varieties that take to the small stage a couple of times a week. There’s Guinness and a reasonable selection of wine, as well as a far more impressive range of snacks – from croquettes to mussels, paninis and pizzas – than is usual in a Běijīng bar.
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Stone Boat Bar
A lovely, low-key bar, at its best on a summer evening, the Stone Boat has mellow live music and an outside area where you can sip your drink beneath the trees of Ritan Park. During the day, it’s an equally pleasant cafe. To get here after the park shuts, tell the guards at the south gate where you’re going and they’ll let you in.
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Aperitivo
This Italian-run bar attracts the Euro-crowd, thanks to the continental cafe–like vibe, lengthy wine list and small terrace shielded from the street by some artfully placed shrubs. Inside, it’s less appealing but it does offer bar food.
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No Name Bar
The first, and still the best, of the bars that have sprung up around Houhai’s shores, the No Name is an easygoing, mellow joint, where you can sit in a rattan armchair and watch the world pass you by through the large windows.
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