Thoughts on Sports: Thinking In Sports At Chaowai Soho

In the 2000 Mel Gibson movie What Women Want, an ad pitch for a Nike campaign rests on its tagline: “No games. Just sports.”

It implies that the games we play are stressful, while sport is paradoxically unwinding. I was pondering the distinction between a game and a sport when confronted with Thinking in Sports, a bar that makes no effort to weigh in on the argument.

Call ahead if you want to watch a movie with the wall projector or to play “Murder in the Dark”. There’s KTV, table football and even an occasional video game competition.

With multiple TVs showing live sport, you can celebrate/commiserate with bottled beers (RMB 26-40), Beijing beer on tap (RMB 28) and cocktails (RMB 38-98). Food includes a pizza the size of a coffee table (RMB 288), a “World Champion Burger” (RMB 98), and a “4x100” sandwich, which is a two-footer with four different fillings.

While eating a bowl of excellent potato wedges, I decided that a sport is just a game that requires exertion and a degree of superior physicality. Watching sports, playing games – this is where this bar excels. No distractions. Just enjoyment.

Daily 11am-1am. Unit 0162A, 1/F, Bldg C, Chaowai Soho, 6 Chaoyangmenwai Dajie, Chaoyang District (5979 1040) 朝阳区朝阳门外大街乙6号朝外Soho C座1层0162A号