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Sabina Brady's avatar

In an adjacent Dongzhimen neighborhood is the best coffee shop in Beijing, the Cafe du Bonheurs / 幸福咖啡馆 located right around the corner from the Dongzhimen transport hub, on the ground floor of the East Gate Plaza / 东环广场. Lovely quiet ambience, excellent service, good coffee, tea and food … and on some nights, intimate piano-bass jazz concerts.

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Yaling Jiang's avatar

My first favorite community cafe was Manner. Then there are a couple that didn't stick (Including Pace Coffee here: https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1008637). The owners constantly had to battle with rising rent, rising competition (and price war) while feeling exhausted manning the shop themselves.

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