Need Update on Some CM History

[Gonzo the Face]

Have a poster on my office wall, where its been for better than 10 or more years now.  Its a poster for the old Simon's Dream Cabaret.  Had a guest come in  yesterday and ask about it.  Of course its been closed for a good number of years now, and some of my memory cells are also apparently closed as well.  Can any of our old timers out there recall when Simon's Dream opened or when it closed ?  This guest would like to hear a little  more about it.  My old mind would appreciate any help with  it , at all.  Thanks in advance.

[ramrod711]

Just a wild guess but I think it's been closed for at least eight years. Seems to me that it closed before Tops took over from Rim Ping nearby.

[since2003]

They moved to Phuket about 10 years ago.

https://www.phuket-simoncabaret.com/

 

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Phuket+Simon+Cabaret

 

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g297931-d1479765-Reviews-Phuket_Simon_Cabaret-Kathu_Phuket.html

[Jenson75]

http://withoutbaggage.com/essays/thailand-simon-chiang-mai/

[orchis]

2 hours ago, since2003 said:

They moved to Phuket about 10 years ago.

 

Simon Cabaret Phuket exists since 1991. The above review of Simon Cabaret 

 Chiangmai is from 2006, thus the two have for a long time existed concurrently. 

[Jenson75]

16 hours ago, orchis said:

Simon Cabaret Phuket exists since 1991. The above review of Simon Cabaret 

 Chiangmai is from 2006, thus the two have for a long time existed concurrently. 

You are right, of course! I think it is the same company, though. So for some years they had cabarets in 2 cities. When the CM-operation closed they had signs outside the premises that said: "Moving to Phuket".

[AAArdvark]

Does anyone know the name of the mini-cabaret that Anthony Bourdain highlighted in CM about a year before his death?

[Gonzo the Face]

18 hours ago, AAArdvark said:

Does anyone know the name of the mini-cabaret that Anthony Bourdain highlighted in CM about a year before his death?

Was this in Chiang Mai or where ?

[AAArdvark]

51 minutes ago, Gonzo the Face said:

Was this in Chiang Mai or where ?

Yes as I stated in was in CM.  He did an entire hour with famous chef Any Ricker and both did a lot of drinking.  Bourdain got kissed by one of the ugliest ladyboys ever.  It turns out that it was a couple years earlier than I thought.

Here is a youtube excerpt:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjxPMa4tu0c