Tag Beijing bar

It’s a long story, and one we’ll share at another point, but we’ve moved on from our management of 12sqm Bar in downtown Beijing. We’d like to take this opportunity to thank all of our regulars, customers, tourists and friends and family for making our experience as bar operators one of the most thrilling and rewarding jobs we’ve ever had!

Mike and I on our final day at the bar, a bit sad but full of amazing memories! (above).

Mike has one final beer and I mix a final cocktail at the bar. Happy times, great memories! (above).

Thanks again to everyone who helped make this the amazing, life-altering experience that it was!

We’ve had the bar for a month now, and so far things are going well. We’ve made a few changes to the place that we think is helping, and already we’ve had a record month (ha ha). Below are some pictures of the bar, and more will follow. I’m also redesigning the menu, and we’re adding more seating. Of special interest, we bought fish for the vacant tank, so we have angels floating around the bar now. Nice.

That’s the front o the bar at night.

Also the bar at night (above).

Here is a better shot of the “Family Table” area. It seats seven expats or about twelve locals.

And a shot of the bar, if you look closely Mike is in the background. He’s drinking Baileys. Feel free to slap him for that when next you see him.

More photos were loaded onto the 12SQM Facebook page, and of course to the www.twelvesqm.com website.

As many of you already know, Mike and I have taken over management of the famous 12SQM bar in Beijing. Once Beijing’s coziest (read: smallest) bar, it’s now a massive 44SQM and contains enough space for some pretty awesome events and parties.

Mike and Lauren have managed the bar for less than two weeks and already their combined happiness index has risen (ironically just as S&P are downgrading every country on the planet).

Lauren has been hard at work creating the 12SQM Website: http://www.twelvesqm.com. Check it out, let us know what you think.

Meanwhile, Mike has been busy actually running the bar. He’s taking inventory, stocking daily, managing customers and running the bar. He’s been a 12SQM superstar! And to top it all of today he was interviewed by Beijing’s largest expat magazine. Snazzy.

You’ll find more photos on the website, and we’ve also launched a Facebook Fan Page so you can share your thoughts about the bar and, as always, keep up on the gossip.

We’re extremely excited to be hosting the Beijing Book Smugglers book club at the bar, as well as the last SinoScuba dive meeting. We’re all for adventure, and 12SQM is a travel-themed bar full of treasures the former owners and ourselves have gathered over years of traveling around the globe (well, portions of it anyway). Most of our clientele are travelers themselves, and they pop in for a drink and then walk out at 3am recommending the pub to their friends. We’re proud of this traveler pedigree.

See you all soon!