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What Historic Bangkok Bars Do We Have Left?


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13 hours ago, bartender100 said:

Immortalized in Christopher Moore's book, and yes I was probably right behind you at closing time.

 

To be fair I don't mind popping in there now on quiet nights

 

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I read one Christopher G. Moore book and it was so riddled with spelling mistakes and grammatical errors I never bought another one.

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12 minutes ago, josephbloggs said:

I read one Christopher G. Moore book and it was so riddled with spelling mistakes and grammatical errors I never bought another one.

I think when he started writing books a spell checker was an expensive add-on to the word processor. ???? 

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Thanks for passing an afternoon while in ASQ.

How could we have this thread without mentioning Bernard Trink?  Nite Owl.

He was an integral part of the bar scene, but unfortunately went on past his sell-by date and ended up a rambling old fool.

There was a small book of memories of Patpong, based on Trink's memories.  I had a copy many years, and moves, ago.

Remember the "Siam Lek," anf "Malaysia" coffee shops.  The last resorts for unfined bar girls.

What will result post Covid is anyone's guess, but it will not bee the same.

Covid has allowed the Amart  to settle old scores and kick out some of the dirty farang that were polluting their country, and it will let them clear out most of the bars, so their massage parlours will flourish.

Cjhawala's travel agency in Patpong?  A great place for cheap flights to anywhere

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23 minutes ago, Robin said:

Thanks for passing an afternoon while in ASQ.

How could we have this thread without mentioning Bernard Trink?  Nite Owl.

He was an integral part of the bar scene, but unfortunately went on past his sell-by date and ended up a rambling old fool.

There was a small book of memories of Patpong, based on Trink's memories.  I had a copy many years, and moves, ago.

Remember the "Siam Lek," anf "Malaysia" coffee shops.  The last resorts for unfined bar girls.

What will result post Covid is anyone's guess, but it will not bee the same.

Covid has allowed the Amart  to settle old scores and kick out some of the dirty farang that were polluting their country, and it will let them clear out most of the bars, so their massage parlours will flourish.

Cjhawala's travel agency in Patpong?  A great place for cheap flights to anywhere

I liked the first part of your comment.

But then when you tell us about the Amart I had to think what you wrote about the sell-by-date and ...

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1 hour ago, Robin said:

Thanks for passing an afternoon while in ASQ.

How could we have this thread without mentioning Bernard Trink?  Nite Owl.

He was an integral part of the bar scene, but unfortunately went on past his sell-by date and ended up a rambling old fool.

There was a small book of memories of Patpong, based on Trink's memories.  I had a copy many years, and moves, ago.

Remember the "Siam Lek," anf "Malaysia" coffee shops.  The last resorts for unfined bar girls.

What will result post Covid is anyone's guess, but it will not bee the same.

Covid has allowed the Amart  to settle old scores and kick out some of the dirty farang that were polluting their country, and it will let them clear out most of the bars, so their massage parlours will flourish.

Cjhawala's travel agency in Patpong?  A great place for cheap flights to anywhere

Chawla, I guess you mean. I think she moved on from the cheap flight market many , many  years ago; turned her focus onto being more of a business and first class specialist for the local Silom/ Sathorn corporate account market.

If you want a cheap deal to Sydney via Bali with a couple of hops along the way , maybe not the place for you, anymore, but if you want a great deal in business or first , for a trip to Europe , nobody was better in Bangkok, my opinion.

I am not sure she will bother rebuilding her business after COVID, she is not short of money and has some valuable properties in the area. The travel business was more of a hobby, in recent years, at least that was always my impression.

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4 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

That is statistically unlikely - but of course not impossible.

I like to think one pandemic in my lifetime should be enough.

 

I'm thinking you're not much younger than me, and I've lived through five or six.

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One place I haven't heard mentioned yet was my personal favourite bar, The Den in Suk Soi 12. It was a big place with a square bar in the middle which had a shark tank above it. There were lots of small cosy seating areas which could be made more private by pulling the muslin curtains around. It had a real Gentleman's Club feel to it. Nice clean ST rooms were next door. I had many happy times in there.

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9 hours ago, jaiyenyen said:

One place I haven't heard mentioned yet was my personal favourite bar, The Den in Suk Soi 12. It was a big place with a square bar in the middle which had a shark tank above it. There were lots of small cosy seating areas which could be made more private by pulling the muslin curtains around. It had a real Gentleman's Club feel to it. Nice clean ST rooms were next door. I had many happy times in there.

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is this still open?

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1 hour ago, HashBrownHarry said:

is this still open?

Unfortunately, The Den closed about 4-5 years ago. I understand that the landlord wanted the land back. It was demolished and something else stands there now.

I think there's still one in Pattaya.

Pattaya seems to have many 'Gentlemens' clubs. I can't work out why they have never been popular in Bangkok.

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11 hours ago, jaiyenyen said:

One place I haven't heard mentioned yet was my personal favourite bar, The Den in Suk Soi 12. It was a big place with a square bar in the middle which had a shark tank above it. There were lots of small cosy seating areas which could be made more private by pulling the muslin curtains around. It had a real Gentleman's Club feel to it. Nice clean ST rooms were next door. I had many happy times in there.

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I knew a sexy small girl called Pim who supposedly worked there. She was the perfect girl until she found a reason to complain. That was LOUD.

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1 hour ago, jaiyenyen said:

Unfortunately, The Den closed about 4-5 years ago. I understand that the landlord wanted the land back. It was demolished and something else stands there now.

I think there's still one in Pattaya.

Pattaya seems to have many 'Gentlemens' clubs. I can't work out why they have never been popular in Bangkok.

yeah there's one on Soi Pothole in Pattaya, it's not all that tbh IMO.

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