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Over ten years of articles critiquing this city we live in, from activity lists to deeper culture reads.
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[The New Deals]: 3 New Deals at EQ, The Cut and Al's Place
Here's an idea: what if Mondays weren't soul-crushing returns to the meat-grinder, but instead a fresh start to a week full of adventure, joy, and the opportunity to save money on good food and drink? In the interest of that last bit, we present; BOGO Burgers at Al's Place , free finger food at
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Mini Mall on Maoming Bei Lu Gets Taco Bell, Charlie's, Xibo, and More
Do you have a restaurant? Everyone else has a restaurant. The flurry of openings on that renovated strip of prime real estate on Maoming Bei Lu is showing no signs of slowing down. In addition to the new not-crazy-far-away Taco Bell
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[On the Radar]: BRO WHITE CASTLE’S OPEN BRO
AYO. White Castles open! Puff, puff, pass! Read more...
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Cotton Club Closing, Milkshake Bar Coming Soon, Farine's in Hot Water
Hey, Shanghai. Can you space the news out a bit better? It's on-off-on-off with you, all the time. We've got Cha's back, something new in Amelia's place, a brand new concept from Charlie's Burger, Cotton Club's bowing out and you won't believe what happened to Farine (or at least you won't if this column is somehow the only thing you read). Salacious clickbait payoff after the... Read more...
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The SmSh (Ultimate) Guide to Shanghai Dive Bar Burgers
A intrepid trek through the dive bars of Shanghai in search for a nice circle of meat between two buns. Read more...
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[A Bunch of F&BS] Things You Didn’t Know About Are Opening in Hubin Dao and AB InBev Wants Your Soul
Hold onto your butts, diners and drinkers, we’ve got a million things to tell you and less than 800 words to do it. Way too much going on in Hubin Dao , finally some closures to report, the start of Restaurant Week, and the continued tale of AB InBev, Devourer of Souls. Get in after the jump. Read more...
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[On The Radar]: Fatburger, Amelia's, Opposite
A grab bag of the new and the new-ish. Here's what out there in the world this week Read more...
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[A Bunch of F&BS]: Fatburger Is Opening, Praise the Lord
The F&BS is pilling ceiling-high as we enter the busy season in Shanghai — Halloween partying right around the door, and then it’s (American) turkey time. And then it’s X-Mas (Wolverine’s birthday), and New Years Eve. Bring it on. Let’s speed through this. Let’s get 2016 over with already, my god. Read more...
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The New Cages Is Like a Heaven for Bros
…Well, maybe more like a Chuck E. Cheese for bros. But Chuck E. Cheese is basically like heaven right? Read more...
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The Best Time to Try One of Shanghai's Best Burgers: CU2's Gourmet Burger Deal
Burgers and cocktails... are kind of like socks and sandals. I mean, you could do it -- you could -- but it's awkward and strange, and you're probably just better off rethinking the whole thing. That's what makes Huaihai Lu spot CU2 kind of baffling; it's a cocktail lounge that happens to serve... Read more...
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[On The Radar]: Urban Diner, Tai'an Table, Xinle Mian Guan
This week's new venues: A diner at Joy City serving damn good nachos, a private dining club from Stefan Stiller, and a solid Shanghai noodle house on Jinxian Lu. Read more...
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The New Deal: Two Beers and a Burger for 88rmb at CU2
(In addition to reviewing fine French dining, we also enjoy discussing French burgers and beer.) So just across from Shanghai Library is this place called CU2 that makes really good burgers with steak trimmings from their other restaurants
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First Bite: Grinder (The Burger, Not The Hookup App)
On the more-gentrified-by-the-day stretch of Wuding Lu that crosses Yanping in Jing’an, there used to be a mediocre Vietnamese place called Pho Tastic . It closed a couple months ago. Now, the same owners of that spot have turned it in to a small space called
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Fast Food News: Three Fatburger Locations Coming To Shanghai
Just behind Boxing Cat Brewery in Sinan Mansions , a giant sign proclaims "The Last Great Hamburger Stand...World Famous Fatburger Coming Soon." The LA chain already has three locations in Beijing and another in The Venetian in... Read more...
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BurgerQuest: Must Grill's Tuesday Buy-One-Get-One
Every time we publish a burger deals wire, like we did last Monday , someone jumps in the comments section like "hey why didn't you include so-and-so's place" For example: "I am surprised to not see Must Grill burgers which amply deserve to be... Read more...
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10 Monday Burger Deals And 7 More Through The Week
Monday burger madness is back this year with some new players and some changes to long running deals. Click on the jump for an extensive list. Just the facts on a few good bargains around town. Read more...
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Caliburger Closed All Their Shanghai Shops But Continues To Expand Overseas
Pour out a lil' liquor for upmarket burger shop Caliburger -- they're done, in Shanghai anyway. While the In-N-Out clone recently opened in Seattle, and plans to open
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The Monday Burger Deals List And A Few Others
Burger deals -- can't stop won't stop. This has been a Monday institution in Shanghai for many years now, and we just called up and got the latest info. Here's most of the places slangin' buy-one-get-one burgers and other deals on dead cow flesh on Mondays and the rest of the week. Starting with the Monday deals, cocktail lounge Read more...
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[Tested]: McDonald's Build Your Own Burger
Use touch-screens to build their own burgers. We went to the McDonald's just north of People's Square last week to try this beast... Read more...
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[Eat It]: Donkey Burgers
Looking at chopped donkey, seeing common ground. An attempt to unite Hebei and Montreal with the help of a sandwich. Read more...
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