Bar Street (closed)
彩塔街酒吧街
About this place
Closed as of 2007
Shenyang’s “Bar Street” is a few blocks featuring about 8-10 small bars, some restaurants, a pool hall, sauna/spa, and a few karaoke houses. At first glance it looks similar to bar streets in other cities such as Beijing and Shanghai, but you will quickly notice a big difference…a lack of customers! The restaurants around here are fairly well attended, but most of the bars often sit empty night after night. It seems unusual that the bars are not more popular, as most of them offer a pleasant atmosphere with outdoor seating and cheap beer on tap.
If you’re going out with a large group of friends, it can be fun to hang out here, especially when the weather’s nice. It’s also worth noting that Shenyang’s bars tend to rotate in popularity with the foreigners. Bar street may be very popular for a month or two, and then the crowd will move elsewhere.
How to get there: Bar Street is on cǎitǎ jiē (彩塔街) just south of the TV tower (彩电塔 cǎi diàn tǎ) and just north of the Exhibition Center (展览馆 zhǎn lǎn guǎn).
