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Expo Pub Crawls: Totally worth the 90RMB ticket

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Photo taken by Jackson Lowen
On Thursday, thanks to the organizational capabilities of a certain Atlantic/Foreign Policy writer + Shanghai blogger, we had a grand old time at the Shanghai Expo drinking ourselves silly. For those of you who prefer pubs over pavilions, the Expo grounds actually offers up a smorgasbord of wine and beer from around the world. Morgan over at SmartShanghai has already done a write up of all the places we hit that night, so you should check that out. But here are a few tips of my own for a perfectly debaucherous night at the Expo:
  • Eat the meat pies at the Porterhouse if you're planning on drinking for a while. They are 65RMB with chips, which is about the price you'd get them for at the Bulldog on Dongping Lu anyhow. I didn't, which is why I'm in a picture dressed up as a giant Guinness draft.
  • Also, an alert: The Ireland Pavilion is surprisingly not worth going to as a drinking destination, and the Porterhouse is not actually even near it. If you want to find the Porterhouse, head to the Polish Pavilion, it's right next door.
  • Don't drink the cheapest bottles at the Moldova Pavilion. Just don't.
  • We didn't get a chance to hit the Cuba Pavilion this time around, but the entire thing is basically a bar and, if you can make time for it, it's worth going to too.
  • Another one we unfortunately didn't have time for was the Belgian Pavilion's Belgian Beer Bar, though since we were already seven or eight drinks in, that's probably a good thing.
  • The best deal for drinks was most definitely the Chile Pavilion's Pisco's. They were 25RMB a glass and absolutely delicious, and there was even a two-for-one on the Sours.
  • We have a video of the after-party at the Angola Pavilion (though we've heard now that quite a few pavilions take turns hosting their own - ask an Expo employee, they know where it's at). Yes, your Expo experience can in fact last into 3 in the morning. Just be sure YOU can last that long, long cab ride home.
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By Elaine Chow in on July 25, 2010 12:00 PM

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  • Black Dynamite

    i've heard guinness described as a beer with a full body, but no one ever mentioned the delicate, bird-like ankles and unsubstantial wrists.

  • Daffyduckinhollywood

    So the expo bars are open until 3 A.M.? Is entry to the expo grounds continued that late as well?

  • Also, the bars seem to close at 10 pm, too. Maybe some stay open a little later, but mostly you're looking for the after-hours parties past 10 pm.

  • Elaine Chow

    Nope, you've got to get in before... I believe it was 9pm. The gates close then and the only way to go is out.

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