{"id":18292,"date":"2025-12-10T07:43:34","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T23:43:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=18292"},"modified":"2025-12-10T07:43:34","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T23:43:34","slug":"why-are-so-many-hong-kong-bars-closing-in-2025-insiders-explain-concerning-trend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=18292","title":{"rendered":"Why are so many Hong Kong bars closing in 2025? Insiders explain \u2018concerning\u2019 trend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/1280x720\/public\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2025\/12\/09\/1da78e94-ae25-45b4-a5f0-752224ba6506_9c31239b.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Hong Kong\u2019s bar scene is going through trying times, with a wave of major closures rocking the industry\u2019s heart in Central this year.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Liberty Exchange Kitchen &amp; Bar\u2019s 15-year run came to an end on March 14, followed by speakeasy Stockton, which closed in May after 12 years in business. Then, The Envoy called it a day in June after nearly a decade.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The Daily Tot, a Caribbean-inspired bar, closed its doors on December 2. The fan favourite was known for its focus on rum, cocktails and fine spirits in homage to Royal Navy sailors\u2019 tradition of drinking a \u201cdaily tot\u201d of rum.<\/p>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">Similarly, speakeasy <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Foxglove<\/span> is set to close by the end of this year. The bar, which has been hidden behind an elegant umbrella shop on Ice House Street for the last 10 years, draws customers with its 1950s-inspired glamour, contemporary <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">dim sum<\/span> and nightly live jazz music.<\/div>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">\u201cI always enjoyed watching people\u2019s faces light up when they discovered the umbrella that unlocked the secret door \u2013 a childlike wonderment as customers discovered what felt like a new world,\u201d says <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Shakib Pasha<\/span>, a co-director of Foxglove.<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cThe best thing we can do is give as much notice as possible,\u201d he adds.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/food-drink\/article\/3335698\/why-are-so-many-hong-kong-bars-closing-2025-insiders-explain-concerning-trend?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hong Kong\u2019s bar scene is going through trying times, with a wave of major closures rocking the industry\u2019s heart in Central this year. Liberty Exchange&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18293,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[722,2211,2787,3569,5352,5231,7400],"class_list":["post-18292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bored-interesting","tag-bars","tag-closing","tag-explain","tag-hong","tag-insiders","tag-kong","tag-trend","wpcat-33-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18292"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18292\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}