Ten redefined retro coffee shops in Beijing take you into a retro literature and art petty bourgeoisie cafe.

To take a break from the fast-paced urban life with a kind of retro nostalgia and look at our relationship with the city may be the feelings we evoke from the bottom of our hearts whenever it is cold. Today, we recommend ten retro-themed coffee shops hidden in every corner of the capital. It is not easy to find a coffee shop hidden in the city, but it belongs to people with real intentions. Redefinition, is to operate with sincerity, not deliberately made pile up, but rooted in feelings, patient selection, with the real time baptism of texture, to the years with enthusiasm.

1 | check notes

Return to the era of the Republic of China

Hidden in the hutong contrast, China and the West mixed into a harmonious retro style. The moment you walk in, you will be attracted by the nostalgia of the whole yard. This is a place worth exploring to feel and smell, different locations in the store, different tables and chairs, you can see different scenery. In contrast to the last collection of essays written by Zhang ailing, the sentence "the more you are afraid of losing something, the more you will lose it" is like a golden needle in the shopkeeper's heart. Moved fleeting, great beauty is eternal. In the era of fast consumption, shopkeepers want to select by heart and make by hand, whether it is coffee food, film photography, art and music, and collect everything that is afraid of loss, worthy of treasure, emotion and story. And she also hopes that all the people who come here can regard this as the warmest corner of the city. If you are interested, every time you sit in a different place and look at the world from a different point of view, you will feel a rare interest.

Control record

No. 8, Bei er Tiao, Jiaodao, Dongcheng District, Beijing

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2 | BANANA banana peel

The mash-up hidden in Wangjing restores the ancient times.

In the commercial Wangjing soho, BANANA banana peel is a little different. As long as you pass by, you will be caught by the monkey at the door and come into the store, where a comfortable smell of retro European life is coming to you. The dining table transformed by the old sewing machine of the last century is right next to the window, and the simple prismatic ceramic tile echoes the design of the whole shallow industrial era. I have my mind everywhere, and this light and retro style will certainly make you feel funny. Tony, the chef of banana peel, is the designated chef for the French director of Wolf Totem, traveling north and south with the crew. From the beginning, this place has not been defined as a simple place to eat and drink. The host expects that this is a pleasant space, where eating and drinking can make you happy, read a book, listen to a few songs, and feel the slow flow of time.

BANANA banana peel

Room 2109, 1st floor, Wangjing SOHO Tower 2, 10 Wangjing Street, Chaoyang District

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3 | soloist coffee

Hutong coffee brimming with antique flavor

Soloist is opened in the old hutong of Qianmen. The shopkeeper fell in love with the old building in the hutong at first sight and specially retained the original wooden beam and brick structure when decorating, thus adding more transparency to this place. In the tall Loft space, materials such as metal and wood coexist, while antiques such as church chairs, mechanical clocks and globes are wrong. Chairs and lamps are the most widely used collections in the store. The shopkeeper specially selected 28 oak church chairs from different churches from England, with the handmade texture of that era and an elegant curve from every angle. The hutong's home is short, and the Western-style retro style is in harmony here. It is a place with "contrast, white space, rhythm, and opening and closing". On the drip rack created by the shopkeeper, which is like a laboratory test tube rack, the aroma of coffee overflows, like an antique smell from the old days.

Soloist coffee

No. 39, Yangmei Zhuxie street, coal city street, Xicheng district

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4 | Cafe Clark

Qing Jian Japanese style retro

The common scene of Cafe Clark is that there is a refreshing Jazz in the store, with three or five tables of guests scattered around the seats, chatting and reading on the Internet. The hustle and bustle of the outside world is shut out, and this small cafe with every detail becomes a small world of its own. Clark, the shopkeeper, is picky and runs the whole shop with a monastic heart, ranging from ceiling fans and lights to doorknobs, each of which he has found retro when he travels around. The menu in the store is only a short piece of paper, and Clark reduces everything to simplicity and directness. If you are lucky, you can taste the hand impulse and siphon that clark is good at. Siphon pots, a product of the steam age, have long been abandoned in the tide of efficiency in the upgrading of new equipment in Europe, but they are popular in Japan. In clark's eyes, the process of siphon pot making coffee is like a Japanese tea ceremony, and each cup is like a ceremonial practice. This is a store that hides too many surprises. If you are careful enough, there will be a new harvest for each arrival.

Cafe clark

No. 02, Building 19, Huafang Yicheng District, Qingnian Road, Chaoyang District

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5 | Radiance Cafe

Antique furniture shop-style lakeside cafe

The coffee shop is located in a corner of the Roman lake in Shunyi, located far from the impetuous area of the city, and the shopkeeper wants to give urbanites the serenity of the lake. All the furniture used in the shop is a real Western antique, whether it is pure wood heavy dining tables and chairs, or the enamel old lamps placed on the table, showing Western charm everywhere. All the table and chair furnishings are not the same, choose a group of the most pleasing to the eye is to sit down, really like it, and do not object to buying it directly. In addition to coffee, afternoon tea waffles are also recommended. The standard American style is softer and richer than the traditional Belgian waffles, and the taste is among the best in the capital. Choose a sunny afternoon and sit on the elegant table and chair here, with the sweetness of coffee and food, looking out of the window with a panoramic view of the lake.

Radiance Cafe

No. 7 left dike road, south bank of Rome, Luogezhuang, Shunyi district

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6 | Jazz Coffee No.1

Collector's Coffee Museum

Michael's autographed hat, Marilyn Monroe's hair, Bruce Lee's autograph, and various limited edition posters. Sir No. 1 is not so much a cafe as a miniature collection museum, which also reveals the boss's preference for retro nostalgic objects. The storefront layout is the style of the American jazz house, the dim light gives a texture of the years, and the high-quality old record player plays the singing of the years. Although the supplies are excellent, the price is not expensive, and the selection of tableware is quite like a coffee shop in the last century. Sitting here, as if facing a group of nostalgic bands holding saxophones and playing trumpets, is a kind of unserious enjoyment.

No. 1 Jazz Coffee 90-7 Guangqumen Nei Street, Dongcheng District

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7 | June Garden Cafe

Mistakenly enter Alice in Wonderland

Some people say that it is like a childish forest full of elves, others say that it is a museum with rich rhymes, while every corner of the June garden shows infinite brilliance, but no one can ignore it. The freshness and wonder in the store is waiting for everyone to discover and explore, and is full of the shopkeeper's extraordinary ingenuity and unremitting attempt. In addition to its distinctive amazing appearance, it can also peep into its incomparably rich inner world. The objects in the museum are telling their different stories, carrying the memories of travel and the longing of life in the world.

June Garden Cafe

2#A-123 of Longhu Tangning one District, Haidian District

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8 | 1901 Cafe Xi'an stores

Taste a cup of coffee in church

Perhaps because of the unique identity of the accessory building of the Xishku church, among the usual Jingyun shops, 1901 stands quietly with a bit of elegance. The baroque three-story gray building is well preserved, and the old wooden stairs complement each other at dusk. If the weather is good, the sun can be seen projected on the sturdy wooden tables and sofas through the trees outside the carved glass windows. Wooden benches, small attics, large bookcases, the mind will become slow and clear. In which, downstairs is still busy, and you, who have changed the state of time and space, will feel like a bystander in the city. At this time to a cup of coffee or dessert, hot air as if there is really such a familiar person, through time and space to talk with you.

1901cafe Xi'an store

101 Xi'an Mennei Street, Xicheng District (near Xishku Street)

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9 | Cherry retro Cafe

A retro coffee date with a celebrity

Cherry retro comes from a private house. Miss Coal Ball, the shopkeeper, tries to make it look simple and distinctive according to the original structure of the house. The retro decoration also makes the space have a bit of charm. Miss Coal gave this small storefront a natural partition with murals, such as Marilyn Monroe, where Van Gogh, the Beatles and Audrey Hepburn were the first to be occupied by Van Gogh, a large and soft sofa. I don't want to get up as soon as I sit down. A good transparent space, the glass lid sprinkled sunlight, Lin Lang antique old things, the old record player floated a nostalgic melody. Carry a cup of cherry mocha, let outsiders pass the car, and find some peace and quiet.

Cherry retro Cafe

No. 41 Dianmen west street, Xicheng district

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10 | inner cafe

An idyllic cafe in residential buildings

Inner cafe opened in the youth road residential building facing the street merchants, the small store compared with the lack of personality around the shops, more than an independent temperament from the soul. The overall space is Japanese plus pastoral style, each decorative painting, a small blackboard, a small candlestick, or a bouquet of flowers, under the ingenious construction of the young shopkeeper, quite warm as the taste of the living room at home. The ban on smoking in the store gives all those who come to the store a good rest environment. The quiet and soothing Japanese songs often played will make you want to stay here, order a cup of coffee and spend your time quietly. The shopkeeper's Gemini coffee is an exclusive secret, and there will be surprises. Everything is ready in inner, just waiting for you to go and stay.

Inner cafe

Room 02, Building 22, Huafang Yi City, Youth Road, Chaoyang District

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