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...place to start an early weekend or end a late one, John Harvard’s Monday Night is the spot to eat, socialize and be drunk among fellow undergraduates. It’s where an under-21 crowd joyfully mixes with their over-21 counterparts and where cheap beer and half price appetizers lure hungry, overworked students...
...Over in the University District, check out Space for Information, tel: (86-10) 6279 1280. You can carry your beer into the screening room for free shows of classics and art films at this student hangout. A mixed crowd of Chinese and foreigners fill the large tables and leaf through the shelves of books. Frequent talks by writers and filmmakers make this cozy, wood-floored nook a tiny slice of Harvard Square in Beijing...
...Finally, get primitive at Banpo Beer Hut, tel: (86-10) 6525 5583, the little grotto that can. Named for the Neolithic settlement outside Xi'an, this underground pub on central Wangfujing Street is so bad it's great. Sip a Tsingtao on the heated platform beds, necessitated by the chilly air-con. The friendly staff is in on the joke, hyping the primordial kitsch while urging you into the karaoke cave. Chest thumping accepted; hair pulling discouraged...
...beer of choice is Yanjing, served in frosted, oversize mugs, but the adventurous might like to try a shot of the home-brew wine. Finally, dance off the meal with the waltzers at the park across the street or walk to Starbucks a few blocks away...
...Brew (yanjing.com.cn) Foam Home Yanjing's official website opens with a techno-driven splash page, but the contents lose something in translation. Beer that's "clear and limpid with white fine foams" sounds more poetic in Mandarin. But there are introductions to several varieties of beer and a short history of the company...