ballpoint Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 5 hours ago, Pottinger said: Yes, the ladyboy cabaret was a cinema before, I can't recall its name but I remember seeing The Bodyguard with Whitney Houston there with the g/f, must have been 1992. She bawled her eyes out. I of course remained stoical. The cinema was the Washington Theatre, for which the square was named. It later became Mambo, which then closed down, and the Sportsman bar briefly took the ground floor, before the building, and the square, was pulled down. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neeranam Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 I miss the Bourbon St restaurant 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post rott Posted April 12, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 12, 2021 I was in the Silver Dollar a few times, I like being in a bar that has a regular clientele. Also was in one a few doors down, cannot remember the Anerican style name but at that time it had an English manager. Once I was stupid enough to stay overnight, the room looked more like a building site. Pity about Washington Square, a place like that can never be re-created. All that happens now are plastic paddy bars plus Hooters and the like. I thought Bourbon St was still going, Covid permitting.? 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billd766 Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 19 hours ago, bartender100 said: This guy has done a great video on Washington, he is worth following, he sometimes goes to explore areas in Bangkok you would not normally go. My favourite bar was originally No Probl'm and that the owner renamed it the Cats Meow. I used to live over the bar for a while in the mid 1990s and I am still in touch with some of the customers, some of the girls and the Cat herself. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billd766 Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 15 hours ago, ballpoint said: The cinema was the Washington Theatre, for which the square was named. It later became Mambo, which then closed down, and the Sportsman bar briefly took the ground floor, before the building, and the square, was pulled down. I remember watching the film "Last Man Standing" which was probably the last time I ever went to the cinema. I took a couple of UK friends to the Mambo Cabaret a while later, and explained that the only real women and girls there were the staff who let you in, sold stuff, usherettes etc, 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scorecard Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 On 4/23/2008 at 4:35 PM, bendix said: This has been wellknown for years, and discussed here several times. All the leases are expiring by the end of the year. Then it's bulldozer time. Get Chuvit in, he'll clean it up, with his thugs if needed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzannegoh Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 On 4/12/2021 at 11:13 AM, Neeranam said: I miss the Bourbon St restaurant It still exists but at a different location:https://goo.gl/maps/kwjKyXy6Y8WKJ6qE7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonwilly Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 Bourbon Street did a good christmas lunch, stayed there on one occasion, no problems. "Not to mention Purple Flying Machine and Kangaroo Bar !!! Lorettas on Soi Cowboy" Lorretta first bar in BKK I went into, recommended by the Scandahooligans who owned Mermaids Rest. As for the Kangaroo well I'll leave that to others. Happy Days. john Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H1w4yR1da Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 8 hours ago, jonwilly said: Bourbon Street did a good christmas lunch, stayed there on one occasion, no problems. "Not to mention Purple Flying Machine and Kangaroo Bar !!! Lorettas on Soi Cowboy" Lorretta first bar in BKK I went into, recommended by the Scandahooligans who owned Mermaids Rest. As for the Kangaroo well I'll leave that to others. Happy Days. john Mermaids Rest That's where I stayed when I first came to Bangkok in 87. Great place and restaurant. They opened Stable Lodge on the same soi just before closing Mermaids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonwilly Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 Both hotels owned run by same group of Scandahooligans as I called them. Jurgan was the main man and Stefan ran Stable lodge for years. Really good folk to know, Gentlemen. john Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H1w4yR1da Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, jonwilly said: Both hotels owned run by same group of Scandahooligans as I called them. Jurgan was the main man and Stefan ran Stable lodge for years. Really good folk to know, Gentlemen. john I remember one of them being a good looking blond bloke and the other a big dark bearded type. Is Stable Lodge still owned by them? Edited April 23, 2021 by H1w4yR1da Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonwilly Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 No, to best of my knowledge the sold the Stable lodge to a Thai woman. I was saying how good it was and I got into a argument with one guy who stayed their and he said it was terrible. I found this on the net some years back, Stefan was a good man. https://scandasia.com/6707-steffen-of-the-stable-lodge/ john Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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