monkeyman Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 2 hours ago, Horizondave said: Most of the Chinese tourists are just flocking where they are told to flock...... I am sure also that the powers in City hall might be asking certain nations what they do want to see in Walking Street, turning it into a Macau style casino area might be high on the list. Fortunately, they can't do that...yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Streak Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 42 minutes ago, monkeyman said: Fortunately, they can't do that...yet. Yet..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horizondave Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 1 hour ago, monkeyman said: Fortunately, they can't do that...yet. Possibly higher in need than the continued opening of new go gos or existing ones but, yes, not just yet.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegrogmonster Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 Wonder if LePub re-opened yesterday? @misteregg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightcrawler Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 3 hours ago, dcfc2007 said: Word is... The bars and restaurants were absolutely rammed throughout pattaya and jomtien today... The predictions of an apocalyptic closure of bars and restaurants may have been over egged. Are bars now allowed to open as from today? I thought it was just restaurants, being allowed to serve alcohol as well as food or am I behind on information? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nampla69 Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 5 minutes ago, Nightcrawler said: Are bars now allowed to open as from today? I thought it was just restaurants, being allowed to serve alcohol as well as food or am I behind on information? +1 ....... only restaurants I believe.... and limited to 7-11 type hours. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightcrawler Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 14 minutes ago, nampla69 said: +1 ....... only restaurants I believe.... and limited to 7-11 type hours. That's what I thought. So if is true that " bars and restaurants were absolutely rammed throughout Pattaya and Jomtien" the the bars were presumably breaking lock down rules if open Maybe dcfc 2007 can clarify that one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcfc2007 Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 39 minutes ago, Nightcrawler said: That's what I thought. So if is true that " bars and restaurants were absolutely rammed throughout Pattaya and Jomtien" the the bars were presumably breaking lock down rules if open Maybe dcfc 2007 can clarify that one? When I mean bars, I mean bars that serve food, as in the Retox type bars. A restaurant to me is somewhere where the bulk of sales are on food, no TV's etc,. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcfc2007 Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 Niks Anuman-rajadhon is a bar owner and one of the speakers of the group, pictured at the podium. “We live in a time in which alcohol businesses are being punished as if we are drug dealers,” he said. https://thisrupt.co/business-lifestyle/proposal-to-end-alcohol-ad-ban/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambo Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 (edited) 6 hours ago, dcfc2007 said: When I mean bars, I mean bars that serve food, as in the Retox type bars. A restaurant to me is somewhere where the bulk of sales are on food, no TV's etc,. So what you are really saying is that the overwhelming majority of bars and GoGo's in Pattaya and Jomtien were not in fact rammed as they are predominantly all still closed due to the fact that they cannot sell alcohol and thus are still closed until they can sell alcohol. Did I get that right? 🤣 Edited June 16, 2020 by Jambo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KWA Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 Tree Town raided and a few bar/restaurants closed down last night. Also the old Pook's on Soi Buakhao (not sure what it's called now). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 11 hours ago, code_slayer_bkk said: The BullDog was my favorite place ! That and The Grasshopper 😎 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esco Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 Here you go. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
code_slayer_bkk Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 5 hours ago, Mr Mosquito said: The bars are re-opening in Bangkok. I went out for a run yesterday evening (Monday) on the streets of Bangkok and noticed quite a few bars open. Also, groups of Thais picnicing and partying outside Benchasiri Park and outside various 7-Eleven locations. No social arseholing observed in the bars or amongst the partying Thais. Bro ... that has been occurring since day 1 or this entire f***king mess .... 2 or 3 or 4 up on motorbikes, lines at grocery stores, banks. etc. ... you name it .... everywhere .... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcfc2007 Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 6 hours ago, Jambo said: So what you are really saying is that the overwhelming majority of bars and GoGo's in Pattaya and Jomtien were not in fact rammed as they are predominantly all still closed due to the fact that they cannot sell alcohol and thus are still closed until they can sell alcohol. Did I get that right? 🤣 I never said they were tbh mate. It's a huge improvement on 4 weeks ago, wonderful to see. Small business owners making money, people having fun, social distancing in the bins where it belongs. Just watch over the next couple of weeks, more and more bars will open, with our without permission. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambo Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 35 minutes ago, dcfc2007 said: I never said they were tbh mate. It's a huge improvement on 4 weeks ago, wonderful to see. Small business owners making money, people having fun, social distancing in the bins where it belongs. Just watch over the next couple of weeks, more and more bars will open, with our without permission. Well there are always some bars that take a chance such as ALL the bars in my mates Condo complex have been doing. Legally you currently need the correct licence to open and sell alcohol along side food and most bars and GoGo's do not so it is a brave or foolish "mainstream" venue that opens up and openly sells alcohol before the Government permits that to happen. Tourism has not restarted; social distancing is required; no girls and just enough expats on the piss to make retox busy. The vast majority of bars and gogo's will not reopen until the tourists return. Then the problem will be that the first batch will find the "new normal" so piss poor that they will vow not to return. Better for all concerned to wait for "high season" at the end of the year before opening up again. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivan the terrible Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 16 minutes ago, Jambo said: Well there are always some bars that take a chance such as ALL the bars in my mates Condo complex have been doing. Legally you currently need the correct licence to open and sell alcohol along side food and most bars and GoGo's do not so it is a brave or foolish "mainstream" venue that opens up and openly sells alcohol before the Government permits that to happen. Tourism has not restarted; social distancing is required; no girls and just enough expats on the piss to make retox busy. The vast majority of bars and gogo's will not reopen until the tourists return. Then the problem will be that the first batch will find the "new normal" so piss poor that they will vow not to return. Better for all concerned to wait for "high season" at the end of the year before opening up again. jambo .you are the voice of reason you are one of the reasons i visit here,your anecdotes are brilliant thanks 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcfc2007 Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 53 minutes ago, Jambo said: Well there are always some bars that take a chance such as ALL the bars in my mates Condo complex have been doing. Legally you currently need the correct licence to open and sell alcohol along side food and most bars and GoGo's do not so it is a brave or foolish "mainstream" venue that opens up and openly sells alcohol before the Government permits that to happen. Tourism has not restarted; social distancing is required; no girls and just enough expats on the piss to make retox busy. The vast majority of bars and gogo's will not reopen until the tourists return. Then the problem will be that the first batch will find the "new normal" so piss poor that they will vow not to return. Better for all concerned to wait for "high season" at the end of the year before opening up again. That's your opinion. Mine is that it's bloody fantastic to see small and medium businesses open and operating. It's great to see hungry Thai's getting back to work and earning a living. It's great to see bars circumventing the absurd rules, it's great to see people ignoring many of the 'social distancing' requirements. It's only going to happen more and more over the coming weeks. Sure the BiB will have their stage managed raids, it will be a game of cat and mouse. But it's looking 1 million times better now than it was 3 or 4 weeks ago, stevie wonder could see that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Streak Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 I thought i'd pop out a bit later than usual at the moment to get a few night snaps( I apologies in advance for the quality) of what's really happening in the ''Tree Town'' area............Between 19.30 and 20.00 hrs........We'll start off at the ''Marquee Bar'' on Soi Buakhao and go south.... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Streak Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 Through the ''S'' bend........ The market area..... 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Streak Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 Now into ''Tree Town''................. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Blue Streak Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 This is the place that was packed yesterday at about 18.00 hrs before a visit and this was one of the place food was given away places that helped the needy. saw big queues there....... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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