Funky Town

Chengdu


Tiny, hole-in-the-wall bar where three people constitute a full house. There's a single sofa inside and a table and couple of chairs on the pavement outside, and the whole thing is held together by skateboard and street art stickers and attitude. The best part of it is that people can bring along any vinyl they like and they'll play it.


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