Winners Of The 2nd Annual BJC Bar And Club Awards

(Image Katie)

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The winners circle includes: Great Leap Brewing, The James Joyce, Slow Boat, Atmosphere, Homeplate, 1F, Coco/GT Banana, The Den, a three-way tie between 3F, Haze and Spark; The World of Suzie Wong, Mix/Vics, Elements, Kokomo, Temple, 2 Kolegas, Cafe del Mar, Mesh/Punk, The Bookworm, Modernista, Propaganda.

That list is pretty representative of the city’s bar and club scene, I think you’ll agree (as long as you don’t live in Wudaokou). It turns out it doesn’t really matter what the categories are. We’ll break it down for you anyway:

Mr. Laowai (analyzed by Kelly Mason)

Most Likely to Encounter a Young Candide Who Believes He/She Will Change China for the Better

• Apothecary
• Flamme
• Great Leap Brewing (40.9%)
• Heaven Supermarket
• Paddy O’Shea’s
• Salud

Most Likely to Find a Jaded China Hand Who Hates Everything and Everyone

• Amilal
• Capital M
• The James Joyce (41.5%)
• Janes and Hooch
• Maison Boulud
• Susu

Most Likely to Spot Another Laowai Looking Pissed That You Also Know This “Hidden” Place

• Cu Ju
• Mai
• Mao Mao Chong
• Más
• Revolution
• Slow Boat Brewery Taproom (21.0%)

Place You’d Take Your Visiting Parents, But Probably No One Else

• Ala House
• Atmosphere (56.4%)
• Bar Veloce
• Centro
• CJW
• Glen
• Scarlett

Best Value Drinks for a Food Establishment

• Blue Frog
• Homeplate (26.1%)
• The Kro’s Nest
• Q Mex
• Tim’s Texas BBQ
• Union

Mr. Drunk (analyzed by Ginny Weasley)

Place You’ll Probably End Up, No Matter How Hard You Resist

• 1F (32.2%)
• Brussels
• Chocolate
• Latte
• Miga’s
• Smugglers

Best Place to Go if You’re a Government Official or Fu’erdai

• Coco / GT Banana (49.0%)
• Dao Club
• Domus
• Face
• Tang Club
• Tango

Most Likely to Encounter a Cockeyed Sot Who Harbors Bad, Bad Intentions

• The Den (72.3%)
• Grinders
• Luga’s
• Plan B
• The Stumble Inn
• The Tree

Most Likely to Physically Injure Oneself

• 3F (25.0%)
• Haze (25.0%)
• LAN Club
• Lantern
• Red Club
• Spark (25.0%)

Place That Opened Before the Olympics That, Against All Odds, is Still Open

• 12SQM
• Black Sun
• Nanjie
• Nashville
• Q Bar
• The World of Suzie Wong (30.6%)

Little Miss Dance (analyzed by Hannah Lincoln)

Best Place to Go If You’re the Type of Shameless Asshole to Take Advantage of Another’s Drunkenness

• Alfa
• Bar Blu
• Destination
• d Lounge
• Mix / Vics (58.1%)
• Salsa Caribe
• Xiu

Place You’re Most Likely to Get Shanked, Probably by Management

• 9.9
• Butterfly
• Cheers
• Elements (45.5%)
• Kai
• School Bar

Most Likely to Hear the Phrase “YOLO, Bitches!”

• The Brick
• Kokomo (40.5%)
• Lush
• Modernista
• Pyro
• Wu

Music That Doesn’t Suck. NOT Suck

• 2 Kolegas
• Hot Cat Club
• Jianghu
• MAO Live House
• Temple (32.4%)
• What Bar
• XP
• Yugong Yishan

Corollary: Music That Kind of Sucks

• 2 Kolegas (24.1%)
• Hot Cat Club
• Jianghu
• MAO Live House
• Temple
• What Bar
• XP
• Yugong Yishan

Mr. Sex (and drugs) (analyzed by Drake Moreau)

A Place You’ll Only Patronize if You’ve Been Drugged and Taken There in the Back of a Trunk

• Cafe del Mar (29.4%)
• Green Cap
• Frank’s Place
• The Irish Volunteer
• Little Britain
• Park Side Bar and Grill

Best Bathroom for Having Sex, Doing a Line, or, Most Likely, Both

• 2F
• Aperitivo
• Dada
• The Kro’s Nest
• Mesh / Punk (37.5%)
• Zeta Bar

Most Likely to Leave You with Blue Balls (or the Female Equivalent)

• The Bookworm (74.4%)
• The Box
• Cafe de la Poste
• Siif
• Twilight
• VA Bar

Best Place to Find a Date

• 4corners
• Great Leap Brewing
• El Nido
• Fubar
• Lush
• Modernista (37.8%)

Best Place to Find a Lay

• Chocolate
• The Den
• Latte
• Maggie’s
• Propaganda (37.8%)
• Pyro

Thank you to those who voted. All 50 or so of you.

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