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Lively location is perfect for passing time
By Yang Di |
March 6, 2011, Sunday
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Situated between Beijing Road W. and Wuding Road, much of this section of Jiaozhou Road is occupied by small shops, restaurants and grocery stores. But a recent visit discovers the unexpected and the obvious with new lifestyle options. Allow yourself a treat at the chic urban eatery Downstairs or the popular chain Wagas, or try out the Shanghai soup dumpling and Suzhou-style noodles in one of the local eateries along the road. Don't miss the tiny, old Shanghai No. 2 Watch Factory shop for its vintage Shanghai Watch or the modern design Tourbillon watch. Walking along Jiaozhou Road, one can sense the liveliness of a Shanghainese neighborhood but also enjoy a Western lifestyle.
Shanghai No. 2 Watch Factory Shop
It is an easily missed, extremely tiny, old store at the corner of Jiaozhou and Wuding roads. But it sells the classic Shanghai Watch and Baoshihua Watch, which has piqued interest among lovers of the original Chinese watches from the 1970s and 80s. Unlike those fancy, prestigious watch boutiques on Nanjing Road W. and Huaihai Road, the vintage-look Shanghai Watch and Baoshihua Watch are piled high in small baskets, a "unique" watch-shopping experience. The most appealing 1970s-style manual-wind Shanghai Watch is priced 280 to 350 yuan. Since Shanghai Watch's owners began repositioning the brand toward the luxury end of the market, the shop features new designs such as a 6,500-yuan classic Tourbillon watch and a limited-edition manual-wind watch priced at 3,500 yuan.
Opening hours: 9am-4pm
Address: 343 Jiaozhou Rd
Le Tour Traveler's Rest Youth Hostel
Tucked inside a lane on Jiaozhou Road, this youth hostel has developed into an intimate, charming oasis inside the building of a 1930s towel factory. After a one-year renovation, the 3,000-square-meter hostel was opened in 2008 by Jane Chen, who established her first Le Tour branch on Bailan Road. It features 70 rooms with different shapes. A standard double room is priced at 200 yuan, a twin-bed room 240 yuan and a three-bed room 330 yuan. The place is about backpackers and young people connecting with each other so the public spaces are extremely spacious and warm. The first floor features a cozy library, a reading room, a space for table tennis and snooker. The top-floor restaurant and bar also has a roof-top terrace with a far more personal atmosphere which is hard to find in budget hotel chains. Backpackers choose Le Tour for its central location, warm atmosphere and low budget.
Address: No. 36, Lane 319 Jiaozhou Rd
Tel: 6267-1912
Downstairs
Situated inside Urbn hotels, this chic eatery offers simple, honest fare inspired by organic, sustainable farm-to-table freshness. Eco-friendly materials have been incorporated in the space design, including a lovely outdoor setting, to provide a look and feel conducive to relaxation. A three-course dinner costs about 300 yuan per person without drink. Recommended dishes include 30-day dry-aged, grass-fed Wagyu beef with leaf salad and tomato jam (480 yuan), sautéed and roasted field mushrooms with gnocchi and sage (95 yuan) and black cod (180 yuan). Downstairs is also a popular brunch destination at weekends and an ideal place to enjoy a drink with friends on a cool summer night.
Opening hours: 6:30am-10:30am (breakfast); 11am-2:30pm (weekday lunch); 11am-3pm (weekend brunch); 6pm-10pm (Sunday to Wednesday dinner); 6pm-10:30pm (Thursday, Friday dinner)
Address: 1/F, Urbn Hotel, 183 Jiaozhou Rd
Tel: 5172-1300
Easyoung Yoga
Easyoung Yoga provides yoga sessions for those looking for a way to take a break from the stresses of life. Sisters Jolly Jiao and Tina Jiao opened the venue four years ago and currently have more than 300 members. The yoga space creates instant tranquility with the use of earthy-tone colors and offers hot, hatha, ashtanga and flow yoga classes as well as pilates and belly dance. The most popular classes are physiotherapy and fragrance yoga. Physiotherapy is designed for office workers who usually suffer neck, shoulder and back pain while the fragrance yoga class uses essential oils and candles creating a relaxing ambience for yoga students. The 12-month (no class limit) card is 4,988 yuan; six-month card 3,200 yuan; three-month card 2,200 yuan. A trial session costs 120 yuan and a personal training class is 300 yuan.
Opening hours: 10am-10pm
Address: 182 Jiaozhou Rd
Tel: 6271-2423
Shanghai No. 2 Watch Factory Shop
It is an easily missed, extremely tiny, old store at the corner of Jiaozhou and Wuding roads. But it sells the classic Shanghai Watch and Baoshihua Watch, which has piqued interest among lovers of the original Chinese watches from the 1970s and 80s. Unlike those fancy, prestigious watch boutiques on Nanjing Road W. and Huaihai Road, the vintage-look Shanghai Watch and Baoshihua Watch are piled high in small baskets, a "unique" watch-shopping experience. The most appealing 1970s-style manual-wind Shanghai Watch is priced 280 to 350 yuan. Since Shanghai Watch's owners began repositioning the brand toward the luxury end of the market, the shop features new designs such as a 6,500-yuan classic Tourbillon watch and a limited-edition manual-wind watch priced at 3,500 yuan.
Opening hours: 9am-4pm
Address: 343 Jiaozhou Rd
Le Tour Traveler's Rest Youth Hostel
Tucked inside a lane on Jiaozhou Road, this youth hostel has developed into an intimate, charming oasis inside the building of a 1930s towel factory. After a one-year renovation, the 3,000-square-meter hostel was opened in 2008 by Jane Chen, who established her first Le Tour branch on Bailan Road. It features 70 rooms with different shapes. A standard double room is priced at 200 yuan, a twin-bed room 240 yuan and a three-bed room 330 yuan. The place is about backpackers and young people connecting with each other so the public spaces are extremely spacious and warm. The first floor features a cozy library, a reading room, a space for table tennis and snooker. The top-floor restaurant and bar also has a roof-top terrace with a far more personal atmosphere which is hard to find in budget hotel chains. Backpackers choose Le Tour for its central location, warm atmosphere and low budget.
Address: No. 36, Lane 319 Jiaozhou Rd
Tel: 6267-1912
Downstairs
Situated inside Urbn hotels, this chic eatery offers simple, honest fare inspired by organic, sustainable farm-to-table freshness. Eco-friendly materials have been incorporated in the space design, including a lovely outdoor setting, to provide a look and feel conducive to relaxation. A three-course dinner costs about 300 yuan per person without drink. Recommended dishes include 30-day dry-aged, grass-fed Wagyu beef with leaf salad and tomato jam (480 yuan), sautéed and roasted field mushrooms with gnocchi and sage (95 yuan) and black cod (180 yuan). Downstairs is also a popular brunch destination at weekends and an ideal place to enjoy a drink with friends on a cool summer night.
Opening hours: 6:30am-10:30am (breakfast); 11am-2:30pm (weekday lunch); 11am-3pm (weekend brunch); 6pm-10pm (Sunday to Wednesday dinner); 6pm-10:30pm (Thursday, Friday dinner)
Address: 1/F, Urbn Hotel, 183 Jiaozhou Rd
Tel: 5172-1300
Easyoung Yoga
Easyoung Yoga provides yoga sessions for those looking for a way to take a break from the stresses of life. Sisters Jolly Jiao and Tina Jiao opened the venue four years ago and currently have more than 300 members. The yoga space creates instant tranquility with the use of earthy-tone colors and offers hot, hatha, ashtanga and flow yoga classes as well as pilates and belly dance. The most popular classes are physiotherapy and fragrance yoga. Physiotherapy is designed for office workers who usually suffer neck, shoulder and back pain while the fragrance yoga class uses essential oils and candles creating a relaxing ambience for yoga students. The 12-month (no class limit) card is 4,988 yuan; six-month card 3,200 yuan; three-month card 2,200 yuan. A trial session costs 120 yuan and a personal training class is 300 yuan.
Opening hours: 10am-10pm
Address: 182 Jiaozhou Rd
Tel: 6271-2423
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