Minty
26 Mao'er Hutong,
Dongsishitiao
帽儿胡同26号
138-1022-2787
Open 1pm to 12am, daily
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This one-room, hutong bar and café serves beer, coffee and simple, reasonably priced cocktails to cool locals and itinerant expats. They even serve a singular strawberry mint home-brewed liquor of their own design. A community hangout with the occasional folk music show, Minty is the neighborhood bar Dongcheng has long been missing.
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Hearth and Home
When former actress Pu Sha Sha started this bar as a hobby, she admittedly didn’t know the first thing about running it. But, this one-room establishment tucked away in Dong Cheng’s hutong soon hits its mark as an eccentric spot for cool locals and itinerant expats seeking drinks. The bar is crammed with tables, couches, armchairs and even a low-to-the-ground Japanese chabudai. During the day, free Wi-Fi attracts patrons seeking a tranquil place to do work and surf the Internet. Most nights at 9pm, patrons can be found sipping Tsingtao (RMB15) and cocktails (RMB 20-30) while taking in live music by ethnic Buyei percussionists or Chinese singer-guitarists. The adventurous can try the light homebrewed liquor (RMB 25) available in strawberry-mint or pineapple-pepper. A smattering of movies are projected on the large wall on Mondays and Thursdays. Bar-goers and musicians alike are mostly a mix of the owner’s friends, and Pu Sha Sha is the primary bar keeper most nights. Minty’s early (midnight) closing time reflects the sense one gets at Minty that he’s just sharing a drink at a friend’s home.
Jacob Spring