Shanghaiist: The Oval Sports Bar on Dingxi Lu

Dan

Fri, 20 Oct 2006 08:14:55 +0800

WARNING: Saw Peter recently and he said he had been forced out by the ownership. He said The Oval is still a good place to go ... if you like "hookers and disco lights."

yu888

Tue, 12 Sep 2006 11:06:26 +0800

ah yes, the evils of gentrification... My take is if the gentrification brings in better food outlets then great, but if its more of the same but more pricey, than no thanks. For now though, things are looking up. Still a very local street, but with the upcoming opening of Club Nu around teh corner who is heavily mraketing for at least a 40% "foreigner" clientele, maybe this area will change...

Mr Skin

Mon, 11 Sep 2006 22:18:31 +0800

Sure, a super fancy one will.

Dan

Mon, 11 Sep 2006 22:16:29 +0800

Sports bars attract pretentious people?

EJ

Mon, 11 Sep 2006 22:10:40 +0800

I used to live on Dingxi. It WAS a great street. A nice mix of laowai and upwardly mobile Chinese. Now all the bloody pretentious people who should stay in their little enclaves around Plaza 66 have moved in. Geeze. First a Starbucks and now a sports bar. Aren't there enough foreigner ghettos without destroying a perfectly nice local street? Bah humbug!

yu888

Mon, 11 Sep 2006 14:20:10 +0800

Quan Viet Nam is actially quite good. Given that its around teh corner from ShanghaiExpat's new offices, several staffmembers of ours have been over trying out some of the different places. One other notable place includes BaGuoBuYi, the Sichuan place with eth Maks changing show nightly during dinner. We have been anxiously awaiting the opening of The Oval so...yehaaa! And oh, nice pool hall there in that building too.