Shijingshan's Moshikou Street fits jianbing, fried red-bean cakes, lard buns and lamb soup into a few doors; breweries sit further out in Chaoyang.
Hong 0871 in an industrial park in Beijing's east serves Yunnan cooking with ingredients shipped from the province, and a menu that changes regularly.
OrderStewed pig skin with red bean and preserved vegetable when available, and the Tengchong clay-pot dish.
TipIt sits a bit out of the way in an industrial park, and Ctrip lists free parking, so a taxi or car is the easiest way to arrive.
Michael's German Bakery in Cuigezhuang, Beijing, bakes German breads, rolls and cakes by hand, and The Beijinger's 2025 Christmas list names its stollen.
Worth the queueChristmas stollen
TipThe shop is closed on Wednesdays and shuts at 17:00; the phone number doubles as its WeChat contact, so message ahead for stollen before Christmas.
Hu's Xinyang-Style Lard Buns on Moshikou Street in Shijingshan, Beijing, sells lard buns filled with beef and scallion or pork belly with dried greens.
TryXinyang-style lard buns with beef and scallion or pork belly and preserved greens
TipThe district guide calls the buns a breakfast or a snack; Moshikou Street also has Fahai Temple Fried Cake King, so the two make one snack walk.
Fahai Temple Fried Cake King at 204 Moshikou Street in Shijingshan, Beijing, fries crisp rice cakes with a hot red bean paste filling from 06:30 to 15:00.
TryFahai Temple-style fried rice cakes with red bean paste
TipThe shop closes at 15:00, so go in the morning; the cakes use red beans simmered slowly into a fine paste and are fried to a golden crust.
Tuoling Whole Lamb Soup at 33 Moshikou Street in Shijingshan, Beijing, simmers lamb and bone into a milky broth with vermicelli, open from 06:00 to 22:30.
OrderA bowl of lamb soup with vermicelli and chilli oil, plus a shaobing stuffed with braised pork knuckle.
TipAdd a shaobing stuffed with braised pork knuckle, the pairing the district guide describes; the shop opens at 06:00, so it works for an early bowl.
Xiaohan Shandong Jianbing at 203 Moshikou Street in Shijingshan, Beijing, hand-spreads thin crisp multigrain pancakes at a stall open from 06:00 to 19:00.
OrderA Shandong jianbing, hand-spread with a thin crisp wafer, vegetables and the house sauce.
TipIt sits beside Fahai Temple Fried Cake King, which the district guide also calls a queue shop, so the two make an easy breakfast stop before 19:00.
Peiping Machine's Bird's Nest taproom on Moonlight Pier in Beijing pours 16 or more of its own beers, with a roof deck and a duck jianbing on the bar menu.
TipThe pier has indoor space plus seats along the water and on a roof deck; the Beijing Roast Duck Jianbing is the signature bite.
Jing-A's Xinchenli branch, opened at the end of January 2026 northeast of Beijing's Olympic Stadium, pours 26 of the brewer's beers with an outdoor patio.
TipIt is small beside Jing-A's other branches, so a table on the patio is the easier seat once the weather warms.
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