A Down-to-Earth Crowd: The Stumble Inn Opens in the Village

What was once a bar in a Lucky Street basement has reopened – finally – in Sanlitun Village. It’s tempting to paint this as a rags-to-riches story, but then the original Stumble Inn was a fine little bar in itself. The elements that made Shane O’Neill’s bar a fleeting success in 2009 are recast here across a two-story space whose large windows give the place a “bright lights, big city” feel.

The pool table, dart board and flat-screen TVs are all upstairs, inviting some punters to draw comparisons with the Rickshaw. With 101 beers (from RMB 25), a huge cocktail selection (RMB 35 upwards) and racks of liquor, The Stumble Inn is more of a drinker’s bar than the Rickshaw was, but it should pull a similarly down-to-earth crowd of sports fans and fun-seekers as Kris Ryan’s bar did in its day.

Completing the job are a terrace, menu of solid bar favorites, and Wi-Fi to capture daytime slaves to the laptop. A quiz night, happy hour and other promotions are forthcoming. Just one question: Now that the Village has a few decent bars, will they stop barricading the place off at night?

Good for: A one-stop world tour of beer
Also try: Paddy O’Shea’s, Frank’s Place

The Stumble Inn
Daily 10am-2am. S3-31, 3/F, Sanlitun Village South, 19 Sanlitun Beilu, Chaoyang District (6417 7794)
朝阳区三里屯北路19号三里屯Village南区3号楼3层S3-31

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