Last night as I staggered down to Pier 6 a few sheets to the wind after a harrowing night in Wan Chai (following two hours at the absolutely superb Art 08 – you can still go, and should) and noticed “something coffee” out of the corner of my eye.
Where the poster was, there used to be an excellent institution called Beer Bay famous for its gin and tonics – the relationship between the ingredients being GIN GIN GIN GIN GIN GIN GIN GIN/ tonic. The tonic was a mere splash, an afterthought. And cheap? Don’t know how that company made a living. Anyway, like all good HK institutions it had to go to the big rent-collecting hell-hole in the sky, and for ages there was just a metal gate where the g&t used to be.
But now – another bloody Pacific Coffee, I thought in my drunken state and gnashed my teeth in disgust. Walking closer however, I saw that it was in fact Uncle Russ coffee that is to replace every island dweller’s favourite watering hole.
So that’s okay then.
Fear not, the Beer Bay is still at Pier 4.
Oh really? Great!!! For the time being anyway. I’m sure the rent nazis will get them soon.