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Over ten years of articles critiquing this city we live in, from activity lists to deeper culture reads.

[Shanghai Famous]: Gregory Smith, Musician and Leader of Cotton Club

2021-02-19 - By Alex Panayotopoulos

From past to present, one man's journey through Shanghai's music scene. Read more...
World of Beer Is the Latest F&B Victim of COVID

2020-12-15 - By Alex Panayotopoulos

World of Beer , the big sports bar slash tap room on Fumin Lu (and then on Shiji Dadao ),... Read more...
Guinness Gatehouse Closes Less Than a Year After Opening

2020-11-20 - By Alex Panayotopoulos

Word is that Guinness Gatehouse has closed. Their phone number is suspended, and people working with them have confirmed it's shuttered. Not for renovation. Fully... Read more...
What Does Brewdog's "Cathedral of Craft Beer" Look Like?

2020-11-19 - By Alex Panayotopoulos

The Scottish brewery finally makes it over here. Read more...
Beer, Wine, Sake: Places and Classes Where You Can Learn About Booze

2020-11-16 - By Alex Panayotopoulos

Lessons in drunkenness. Read more...
Chestnuts are the Best Nuts, and This is Where You Should Buy Them

2020-11-11 - By Alex Panayotopoulos

It's chestnut season. Apparently? From around October to about April, chestnut vendors set about preparing the little brown nuggets (they're called li zi, 栗子), seeds of the deciduous beech trees in the genus of Castanea, for cracking and... Read more...
The New Jing'an Food Hall with Pizza, Caipirinhas, Ramen, a Bar and More

2020-11-11 - By Alex Panayotopoulos

New locations of Joe's Pizza, Boteco, Heat, Xibo, Zeitgeist and pop-up Curry Gaeng! Read more...
Here Are 11 New Bars to Drink at for 11/11

2020-11-10 - By Alex Panayotopoulos

So many — too many? — new bars. Read more...
World's 50 Best Bars Is Out and Sober Company Is Number 42, So You Know, Drink There

2020-11-06 - By Alex Panayotopoulos

If you buy into that sort of award hype, that is. Which I do! The World's 50 Best Bars did their annual awards shindig last night,... Read more...
The Green Card is the Holy Grail of Chinese Visas. Here's How It Works.

2020-11-05 - By Alex Panayotopoulos

Never have to renew your visa again! How hard could it be? Read more...
Oh Sweet, You Can Call Didi on SmartShanghai's WeChat Mini-Program

2020-11-03 - By Alex Panayotopoulos

New features, fresh out of the pack! You might have noticed that we recently added Didi's ride-hailing service into the SmartShanghai Mini-Program. It's pretty straightforward: find a venue in the SmartShanghai Mini-Program, scroll down and... Read more...
Tsingtao Opens A Brew Bar in Jing'an

2020-10-31 - By Alex Panayotopoulos

Tsingtao — ol' reliable at banquets, hotpots and sidewalk FamilyMart parties, unless it's those little brown bottles in which case get out of here — has opened a flagship looking spot on Yuyuan Lu. It's called Read more...
Two Options for Last Minute Halloween Costumes

2020-10-30 - By Alex Panayotopoulos

Oh crap Halloween is like, tomorrow. Read more...
The Story of Grant Buchwald, The Pearl's Papa G

2020-10-30 - By Alex Panayotopoulos

Photographer, theater runner and professional Redbeard, it's Grant-oh! Read more...
Cocktail and Pasta Bar Arch Closes, Turning Into Atelier Izakaya

2020-10-28 - By Alex Panayotopoulos

Cocktail bar Arch has closed! The northern-most bar of the Tastebuds empire shut its doors, putting an end to that particular run of high-brow... Read more...
Shanghai's Original BBQ Pit Master Returns With Bubba's Food Co.

2020-10-24 - By Alex Panayotopoulos

Ken Walker reintroduces the Bubbacue. Read more...
Gin & Juice Wants To Be Shanghai's Temple to the GnT

2020-10-22 - By Alex Panayotopoulos

With my mind on my tonic and my tonic on my mind. Read more...
Daniel An's Taste Buds Turns 5, Free Hot Dogs and Guest Shifts From Every Bartender Ever

2020-10-21 - By Alex Panayotopoulos

How quick they grow on an all-alcohol ( and now hot dog ) diet. The Taste Buds group started... Read more...
Lucky You Cafe is a Hong Kong Canteen With a Hint of Chinatown

2020-10-20 - By Alex Panayotopoulos

But how sticky is the General Tsao's Chicken? Read more...
RIINK 2.0 Is Bigger, Better and (Most Importantly) Now In Jing'an

2020-10-15 - By Alex Panayotopoulos

The fan-favorite roller disco migrates to Shankang Courtyard and adds daytime options. Read more...

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