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[On The Radar]: Ala Town, The New Laowaijie

One Laowaijie, two Laowaijie, three Laowaijie, more!

[On The Radar]: Arch, Peking Inn, Bar Mixato

Three very different approaches to drinking out there in the city.

[On The Radar]: Heritage by Madison

Austin Hu returns to sit-down restaurants with a green-tinted vengeance.

[On The Radar]: Bleu Bar, Devil's Share and Dassai Bar

Three (four?) new places to contemplate the bottom of your glass.

[On The Radar]: Paul Pairet's Cafe, Polux

The chef of Ultraviolet does a restaurant for the rest of us.

[On The Radar]: Beef Steak & Kawaii Cake

A classic US steakhouse lands in Hongkou and a Japanese cakery gets extra-cute in Xintiandi.

[On The Radar]: Nightclubs by the Numbers

Pseudo-underground club 44kw burrows into Found 158 while 83BANDS takes over the former Monkey...

[On The Radar]: The Best of America

Corporate America discovers China. This week, entries from Red Lobster, KFC's new healthy...

[On The Radar]: Rye & Co

A new lounge, bakery and bistro from the Nest people, offering hard-to-pronounce Danish...

[On The Radar]: What's Going On at Julu 758

We check out another F&B complex on Julu Lu that ends in 58! This one goes up, where the other...

[On The Radar]: Bird Ryu and UP

Reverent yakitori and good-time nightlife vibes in this week's edition.

[On The Radar]: Y's Kitchen and The Odd Couple

Nouveau Shanghainese from a hometown chef and an 80s-themed, throwback cocktail bar from the...

[On the Radar]: The Chinese Ultraviolet: Liangshe

When is a copy more than a copy? Four hours of contemplation, dinner and drinks included.

[On The Radar]: Three New Burgers

The Butcher's Club, Stack, and Love & Salt try to smack a patty past our grumpy dining goalie....

[On The Radar]: Ministry of Crab

A Sri Lankan institution lands in People's Park with the biggest, most outrageous seafood this...

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