Now that WAS a bar crawl

[carlyai]

I suppose all these reputable place are still going strong?

[scubascuba3]

Dollhouse agogo still going strong, the rest mostly game over

[Kerryd]

Yeah, I'd say most of them are history now. Probably only 2-3 of them still going (assuming any of them are even open now).

But not to worry. Up until the bars were all shut last March, it seems for every place that closed, 2 more opened up. 3 of the places noted in the image were owned by the same guy. (Owned as in he held the leases on them for decades.) He gave up 2 of them when the leases came due and the land owners decided to increase the cost. He owned another one on the list as well, a long, long time ago (I believe he was the first owner of it in fact).

The Sea became a sports bar. (I really can't see how they've been able to stay open as they never seemed to have any customers.) Champions moved locations (they were in the old Blues Factory location the last time I looked but that was a while ago). The Lucky Stars bars (1, 2 and 3) are still there - for now. The land owner supposedly wants to put a shopping mall in that area stretching from Walking Street to behind the Marine Hotel but nothing seems to be happening on that front for the last couple of years.

Back around what, 2004 or 2005 I recall counting all the go-go bars on Walking Street (and the side sois leading off of it) and worked out that if you spent 1 hour in each place, starting at 8pm and going to 3 am (7 per night) it would take 6 nights to hit them all (56 go-gos in total).

Last I heard (pre-shut down) there were something like 75 ? Plus all the places outside of Walking Street. 

It will probably be a few years before things get back to some kind of "normal" down there though. 

[Leaver]

1 hour ago, carlyai said:

I suppose all these reputable place are still going strong?

Sarcasm, I presume.  

[peeglen]

Is that image from a HHH dirt shirt? 

[TaaSaparot]

Patricks

Kronborg

TQ1

Shamrock

 

Still going strong

Edited November 2, 2020 by TaaSaparot

[rott]

Plus Tim's. 

 

Still going, don't know if any of them could be called strong though. 

[TaaSaparot]

1 hour ago, rott said:

Plus Tim's.  

 

The last time I passed, it was only the front bar that was open, and it did not look like it would last much longer.

[Yahooka]

11 hours ago, TaaSaparot said:

Patricks

Kronborg

TQ1

Shamrock

 

Still going strong

And Scandinavian Bar .

[bodga]

16 minutes ago, Yahooka said:

And Scandinavian Bar .

is  that where  you get Norwegan Wood? i  once had  a  girl....

[TaaSaparot]

41 minutes ago, Yahooka said:

And Scandinavian Bar .

 

The Scandinavian Bar that is mentioned on this list was on Beach Road, and is where Hooters is now situated.

[jastheace]

these all sound familiar. what year was this? 2002? back in the days when i had to regularly visit a barbers shop.

[farang51]

1 hour ago, bodga said:

1 hour ago, Yahooka said:

And Scandinavian Bar .

is  that where  you get Norwegan Wood?

Unless you are Norwegian, getting Norwegian wood is not necessarily a good thing.

[jastheace]

 

"Unless you are Norwegian female, getting Norwegian wood is not necessarily a good thing."

FIFY

Edited November 2, 2020 by jastheace

[ChakaKhan]

"Nice n sleazy"!???   Sounds like my last thai gf......she was a isaan granny I met on loy kroh......text me teerak!

[rott]

6 hours ago, ChakaKhan said:

"Nice n sleazy"!???   Sounds like my last thai gf......she was a isaan granny I met on loy kroh......text me teerak!

Ah, I remember the Sleazy opening. That time must count (for the likes of us) as the farang boom days. 

[kinyara]

13 hours ago, TaaSaparot said:

 

The last time I passed, it was only the front bar that was open, and it did not look like it would last much longer.

 

When was that? 

[kinyara]

22 hours ago, TaaSaparot said:

Patricks

Kronborg

TQ1

Shamrock

 

Still going strong

 

Surviving would be a more realistic description on their current situation, certainly not going strong. 

[carlyai]

23 hours ago, peeglen said:

Is that image from a HHH dirt shirt? 

No.