Teddy Bear Family
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Teddy Bear Family

Teddy Bear Family is a well-loved and welcoming shrine to the humble ted where enthusiasts go to carefully stitch their own bears. The cosy nook festooned with teddies in a dizzying array of shapes and sizes sits just above the teddy bear cafe, a Thai restaurant,...
City Shop (Xujiahui)
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City Shop (Xujiahui)

This vast supermarket stocks pricey reminders of home. Stock up here on good-quality meat and bread, plus imported goods from cereal to sweets and candy. Some of the stuff takes a 400% markup — cereal is particularly killing — but the vegetables (grown on the shop’s...
Don’t miss this: Tomokazu Matsuyama’s exhibit is a little Nirvana
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Don’t miss this: Tomokazu Matsuyama’s exhibit is a little Nirvana

Colourful canvases that merge Japanese manga with European paintings, enlarged stainless-steel deer antlers with Cadillac wheels, sculptures inspired by Buddha and fashion magazines… Welcome to the world of Japanese-American artist Tomokazu Matsuyama. Born in Japan in 1976, Matsuyama finished his studies in Tokyo before moving to...
Canil
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Canil

For a 50RMB minimum spend you can chill out in this cafe in 1933 Old Millfun which has a host of dogs of all varieties wandering around befriending patrons (and hoping they buy them a dog treat for 20RMB). Venue name: Canil Contact: CALL VENUE Opening...
The Pearl
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The Pearl

This historic theater up in Hongkou was once a temple, then it was Chinatown, now it’s a bubbling club/lounge/bar regularly hosting cabaret theater shows. It’s a really beautiful old space with a gallery and theater boxes, with a real feeling of history in the wood, but...
Goose Island Brewhouse
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Goose Island Brewhouse

Goose Island’s 2-storey brewery, boasting 29 taps serving the Goose Island beers you’ve probably seen everywhere around town, it seems, as well as house-crafted brews. They’ve also got an “urban craft kitchen” rustling up grub like aged cuts of steak, house-cured pastrami, homemade sauce and various beer-infused dishes....
Big Bamboo
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Big Bamboo

Big Bamboo transports their tried and true formula — sports on lots of TVs, beers, bar games, big Western food portions. It’s one of the most popular sports bar chains in town with no frills drink and food deals matching major sporting events.  
Meow Don’t Care
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Meow Don’t Care

Tucked away in a small alley way on Xinle Lu, Meow Don’t Care can be difficult to find. It is a modest tea cafe that houses 8 resident cats. Newly opened in May 2018, the cafe is a fresh addition to the roaring area in Xuhui...