1, Gui Street

Gui (Guǐ) Street is located in Dongzhimen, the second ring road, west of the Dongzhimen overpass, west to the east end of the Jiaodaokou East Street . The street is also a wonderful place to showcase the capital's cuisine.

Gui Street is surrounded by many embassies, which makes it easy for foreign tourists and foreign staff in Beijing to savor authentic Chinese cuisine. Every year, Gui Street generates tens of millions of dollars in profits from foreign guests. In this one-kilometer street, more than 150 commercial stores account for 90 percent of the food service industry, and I'm afraid it's hard to find a second restaurant in the capital with such a high density of restaurants.

So Guijie is also known as Beijing's restaurant street. When you visit late at night, the bustling Guijie is brilliantly lit and will surely make you feel another great charm of Beijing.

2. Ping'an Avenue

Ping'an Avenue, which runs from Beixiaoyue Street westward to Factory Bridge, is a key conservation area of old Beijing. Especially Zhang Zizhong Road to Shichahai area, so the Beijing Municipal Party Committee and the municipal government, determined to this unique national cultural connotation and the ancient capital of the Ming and Qing dynasties style characteristics of the section, to focus on the protection of the renovation and reconstruction.

The old courtyard houses preserved and constructed on both sides of the street are decorated with gray walls and green tiles, vermilion and red doorways, Soviet-style paintings and stone gate piers, creating a simple, elegant and ancient style of the Ming and Qing Dynasty capital.

Ping An Street and Shichahai Scenic Area are the best places to carry out hutong tours and taste the cultural flavor of old Beijing. There are many scenic spots in this area, including Zhang Zizhong Road, Duan Qirui Government, Princess Hejing's Mansion, Dr. Sun Yat-sen's Pavilion, Bell and Drum Towers, Beihai, Shichahai, Guo Moruo's Former Residence, the Former Residence of Soong Ching Ling, the Prince Gong's Mansion, and the Official Garden.

Ping An Avenue is lined with restaurants, one after the other, and is bustling with activity at meal times. Due to its proximity to the Lotus Market, in the evening, many diners like to have dinner on Ping'an Avenue and then fold into Houhai on the way, enjoying a kind of coziness in those gentle bars. Since many of the restaurants are built on the former sites of original royal palaces and mansions, dining on Ping'an Avenue also carries a bit of historical flavor.

3, Guang'anmen Gourmet Street

Guang'anmen Gourmet Street, which starts from Liuliqiao in the west and ends at Hufangqiao in the east, is a gourmet shopping street that has emerged with the transformation of the South City. Counting the many restaurants on this food street, it is found that this food street is dominated by spicy flavors.

Above reference? Baidu Encyclopedia - Gui Street

Above reference? Baidu Encyclopedia - Ping'an Street

The above reference? Baidu Encyclopedia - Guang'anmen Food Street