Is the Kamrai Bottle Shop "Moving"?

[KhonKaenKowboy]

Looks like a big sign with a phone number across the front. They were closed at about 15:00 on Monday, but I don't know if it was Holiday related. Any clues?

[true blue]

had a drink there last night,see they closed the little restaurant next door,not the hostess with mostess, To ask questions.

[KhonKaenKowboy]

I was by there at about 13:00 today and the For lease sign is gone, and it looked like it is completely shuttered.  Can anyone confirm this?  I've seen it look like that before, then it reopened in the evening...but now the sign is gone...

[JaseTheBass]

My missus thought they were refurbing it but it seems not.

[KhonKaenKowboy]

4 minutes ago, JaseTheBass said:

My missus thought they were refurbing it but it seems not.

How long has it been closed?

[JaseTheBass]

How long has it been closed?

3 or 4 weeks I think.

I do hope they open again. Closer to KSK would be even better. [emoji3]

[KhonKaenKowboy]

They are turning it into a McDonald's...I was by there earlier.

[jobin]

MCD?  U r kidding?  Way too small a place, no drive-thru capabilities, no outdoor sitting area, no room for continual delivery trucks; ergo, won't be MCD. 

 

IF, that's the place on Nimman Haeman Rd, near the Bangkok Bank.  If not, i'm lost. 

[true blue]

12 hours ago, jobin said:

MCD?  U r kidding?  Way too small a place, no drive-thru capabilities, no outdoor sitting area, no room for continual delivery trucks; ergo, won't be MCD. 

 

IF, that's the place on Nimman Haeman Rd, near the Bangkok Bank.  If not, i'm lost. 

There's a Mcdonald sign on the hoardings covering the the kamari  shop that's could mean anything

 

[Dipterocarp]

Not much room for a MacDonald's  there.  7/11 OK,  but that entire strip seems next for the wrecking ball. The lot/house next door worth a large fortune as well.

There will probably be another Hotel or Multi-Level retail plaza there soon.

[StevieH]

16 hours ago, KhonKaenKowboy said:

They are turning it into a McDonald's...I was by there earlier.

 

yeah that's been the news for a while. prime real estate location and amazing that mcdonald's haven't had a branch on nimman before now. they're probably buying up more space either side of kamrai too.

[KhonKaenKowboy]

Kind of ironic that it is designed for walkers, yet the footpaths are horrible, and almost nonexistent on certain parts of Nimman.  They might just be leasing, too.

[heybruce]

Rent is killing a lot of popular places on Nimmanhamin.  OMG is closed and relocating to Canal Road.  It wasn't my kind of bar but was popular with young Thai's and tourists.  Last night I noticed Infinity was closed also, I don't know if that's permanent of just a temporary thing.

 

What worries me is that all the interesting small places on the sois are slowly dying.  Last night was the quietest I've seen Nimmanhamin since the curfew.

[Bassosa]

Agree with Nimman being dead but perhaps to do with the circumstances and the mourning period?

[heybruce]

The morning period is keeping things quieter than usual, but it doesn't explain all the nightlife businesses that have closed--Kamrai, OMG, Blar-Blar, Neighborhood, etc.  All these in the past year, and all with nothing of interest to replace them.

[KhonKaenKowboy]

Bruce, you seem to have a knack for endorsing non-sustainable businesses...you might as well be a tout for the Depends Bus.  I was at Dayli, earlier..no music until 14-11, but a good crowd..3 x 220 large Singha...3 x 180 Leo...nice piece of land.  They still give me a hard time about liking "Giraffe Girl," who was a towering 5 foot 9...would be a supermodel by most standards, but the Thai guys would barely talk to her.   Enjoy it while you can.  12 years and still fun (the bar; not the lady).  DELETED

[heybruce]

57 minutes ago, KhonKaenKowboy said:

Bruce, you seem to have a knack for endorsing non-sustainable businesses...you might as well be a tout for the Depends Bus.  I was at Dayli, earlier..no music until 14-11, but a good crowd..3 x 220 large Singha...3 x 180 Leo...nice piece of land.  They still give me a hard time about liking "Giraffe Girl," who was a towering 5 foot 9...would be a supermodel by most standards, but the Thai guys would barely talk to her.   Enjoy it while you can.  12 years and still fun (the bar; not the lady).  But, yeah, a lot of the suck places are gone...

"the suck places"?  You're insulting fond memories of good bars.  Blar Blar always had better food and a better selection of pretties than Dayli.  However I like smaller places than Blar Blar or Dayli, which is why I'd occasionally spend time at Neighborhood; it also had pretties, good food and a good beer selection.

 

As I indicated earlier, I stopped going to OMG after they went Chang only, but it was a popular option with young people who didn't know better.  I only went to Kamrai a couple of times, and then only because I knew one of the pretties who worked there, but it too was popular with an older and more sedate crowd.  So the closings are a loss to a variety of people.

 

What's discouraging is what's left, which is not much.  I looked into D-fine and immediately looked elsewhere.  Mirror Cafe seems to be permanently out of Tiger and short of pretties and customers.  Wanz seems hostile to anyone over 30.  Management at Rush bar refuses beer promotions to foreigners.  Other places seem to be touristy, dead, or Thai only to the point of making foreigners feel unwelcome (Lism).  So yes, there's still Dayli.  But what else?

[true blue]

The pavement cafe across from tesco is a roaring success beer cheapest in CM food superb get early to obtain a table 

[heybruce]

36 minutes ago, true blue said:

The pavement cafe across from tesco is a roaring success beer cheapest in CM food superb get early to obtain a table 

 

Cheap beer but expensive food, and a lot of tourists.  I liked it better when it was OMG (before OMG moved to the upstairs location, which is now closed and being moved to Canal Road). The OMG version had reasonable Thai food, but most people just ordered beer and street food, which was there in abundance.

 

The owner of OMG had to pay outrageous rent (I'm not sure who the rent went to) to use that short stretch of sidewalk from six to midnight.  I don't remember the number, but it was more than what one would pay to rent a luxury condo in the area.  That's why OMG moved and the food is expensive at the new place.

 

The Nimmanhamin-soi 9 intersection is one of the two remaining moderately lively areas on Nimmanhamin.  The other is soi 7 from Lism to just short of Mirror Cafe.  However the soi 7 stretch is definitely Thai only.  That may change, Yuan Hostel opened across from Lism. Perhaps the Chinese will take over.

[true blue]

See cube 7 business picking up quaint place but off the beaten track a bit 

[true blue]

10 hours ago, heybruce said:

 

Cheap beer but expensive food, and a lot of tourists.  I liked it better when it was OMG (before OMG moved to the upstairs location, which is now closed and being moved to Canal Road). The OMG version had reasonable Thai food, but most people just ordered beer and street food, which was there in abundance.

 

The owner of OMG had to pay outrageous rent (I'm not sure who the rent went to) to use that short stretch of sidewalk from six to midnight.  I don't remember the number, but it was more than what one would pay to rent a luxury condo in the area.  That's why OMG moved and the food is expensive at the new place.

 

The Nimmanhamin-soi 9 intersection is one of the two remaining moderately lively areas on Nimmanhamin.  The other is soi 7 from Lism to just short of Mirror Cafe.  However the soi 7 stretch is definitely Thai only.  That may change, Yuan Hostel opened across from Lism. Perhaps the Chinese will take over.

You pay for what you get beer cheaper than dark and dismal dayli so have to make it on food I suppose found scran quite high quality there better than omg prices competitive 60 baht small dishes 180 for pla

[heybruce]

49 minutes ago, true blue said:

You pay for what you get beer cheaper than dark and dismal dayli so have to make it on food I suppose found scran quite high quality there better than omg prices competitive 60 baht small dishes 180 for pla

But the snacks are twice what the street food equivalent was.  I like the beer and snacks thing.  Also, it was a more interesting crowd on the sidewalk during the OMG days, and they had pretties.

[JaseTheBass]

See cube 7 business picking up quaint place but off the beaten track a bit 

Unfortunately it never has a crowd in there so lacks any atmosphere unfortunately. I'd love it if Cube took off but I can't see it happening.

Sent from my R2D2 using my C3P0 manservant

[true blue]

2 hours ago, heybruce said:

But the snacks are twice what the street food equivalent was.  I like the beer and snacks thing.  Also, it was a more interesting crowd on the sidewalk during the OMG days, and they had pretties.

Yes I rember the chang girls could never Get a table though  think this place will take of ?? 

[KhonKaenKowboy]

5 hours ago, true blue said:

You pay for what you get beer cheaper than dark and dismal dayli so have to make it on food I suppose found scran quite high quality there better than omg prices competitive 60 baht small dishes 180 for pla

Call dayli whatever you chose, and it is far from perfect.  However, to say that the place across from Tesco, with mostly the Chiang on ice crowd, is cheaper is a bold faced lie.  Dayli. 60 for Leo, 73 for 630ml Singh's..they've got about 8 times the space, too.  Seen some sexy Chiang girls across from Tesco, but a large was 90 2 years ago.  

[true blue]

1 minute ago, KhonKaenKowboy said:

Call dayli whatever you chose, and it is far from perfect.  However, to say that the place across from Tesco, with mostly the Chiang on ice crowd, is cheaper is a bold faced lie.  Dayli. 60 for Leo, 73 for 630ml Singh's..they've got about 8 times the space, too.  Seen some sexy Chiang girls across from Tesco, but a large was 90 2 years ago.  

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[true blue]

Just now, true blue said:

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Don't sell chang leo and Singa 60 bht for large

[heybruce]

3 hours ago, true blue said:

Yes I rember the chang girls could never Get a table though  think this place will take of ?? 

When OMG was on the sidewalk it was very popular, you had to get there early.  The new place is doing a good business, I don't know if they make enough to pay the obscene rent for a short stretch of sidewalk.

 

I don't mind the new place, I just liked the more raucous, laid-back way it was before.

[KhonKaenKowboy]

43 minutes ago, true blue said:

Don't sell chang leo and Singa 60 bht for large

Dayli..60 for large Leo...73 for Large (not medium) Singha...care to try again?

[true blue]

54 minutes ago, KhonKaenKowboy said:

Call dayli whatever you chose, and it is far from perfect.  However, to say that the place across from Tesco, with mostly the Chiang on ice crowd, is cheaper is a bold faced lie.  Dayli. 60 for Leo, 73 for 630ml Singh's..they've got about 8 times the space, too.  Seen some sexy Chiang girls across from Tesco, but a large was 90 2 years ago.  

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