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Meatballs and Modern Furniture: IKEA Opens 3,000sqm Dream Location Across from Jing'an Temple

IKEA has finally addressed the worst thing about IKEA; the fact that it's not five minutes from...

Our Favorite Art Shows This Month: July 2025

A vivid mix of emotion, art, and humanity.

A New Ice Cream Shop Opens, with Neon Colored Soft-Serve

You know summer season is properly on when new ice cream shops start to pop up like mushrooms....

Yongkang Lu Alumni Sushi'O Closes, Pain Chaud Opens New Jing'an Temple Spot

The wheel turns and the legacy of Yongkang Lu continues to be written. Long-lasting sushi spot...

Three Buddhist Temples Reopen Just In Time for the New Lunar Month

Tuesday is the first day of the sixth lunar month marking a new moon! Typically, Buddhists make a...

14 Questions for the Woman Behind Shanghai's Super Popular Ice Cream

Anne-Catherine Guilloux is a co-founder of, and the Director of Ice Cream Affairs, at Luneurs, a...

Climbing the Walls: Five Gyms for Rock Climbing and Bouldering

Betas, rock problems, chalk bags, lead climbing, toe holds and more.

Tacolicious Closing Original Location, The Tequila Must Flow

Controversial taco shop (is that a shell made of... cheese?) Tacolicious is closing up its...

Charlie's Expansion: Taking Over Tsui Wah Space, Going Into Found 158

Burger and wanghong Cantonese empire Charlie's (the Canto arm is Yang Lao Tu) is on a tear....

The St Cavish Longform Guide to Suzhou: Eat, Sleep, Eat Again

Checking out the neighborhood.

Class as Usual, Public (and Some Private) Schools to Start September 1

School’s out for summer, but for Shanghai kiddos, not forever. After returning to classroom...

The Apartment Returns After Three-Year Hiatus, Yuppies Rejoice

This city operates on such an accelerated timeframe that the nostalgia cycle isn't thirty years,...

Shanghai Grows China’s Best Peach. This is Its Fascinating History.

Shanghai's honey nectar peach has an illustrious past.

A Dozen More Brunches for Summer. With Full Menus!

See the actual, full brunch menu from 10+ more places.

Here Are a Handful of Places to Celebrate the Quietest French National Day in a While

The cries of "vive la France" are a little muted this year, judging by our events section. Still,...

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