Mifan or Mafan: El Nido

Hutong favorite beer bar El Nido has risen from brickening ashes. Laowai mourned its death after the razing of Fangjia Hutong’s bars last year, but 2018 is a new chapter, and El Nido has reopened within the confines of The Other Place (another hutong hangout – apologies if you live in Chaoyang and don’t understand this paragraph). The imported draft beer selection is equal parts inventive and delicious – though pricey for your average Yanjing-swilling hutong hipster (RMB50 and up). El Nido 2.0 also boasts an extensive whiskey menu, and the perfect courtyard to swill it in.

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