Bars open tonight? (10th Jan '09)

[bkkafterdark]

Just wondering if bars are open tonight and is alcohol allowed to be sold ? as it's another damn election again tomorrow in Bangkok ....

[Stogie]

The bars in Patpong are open as usual tonight. I don't know about Nana...

[bigmick22]

you seem very informed about the Patpong scene these days ...

[bkkafterdark]

Thanks Stogie.... silom it is then until further information.

[Norwchin]

Just got back from NEP, alcohol was not served after 18.00, at least not in the "open area" bars, but guess whoever paid enough will serve in the others. Guess bar is closed till 18.00 tomorrow.

[stonefre]

Big Dog shut off the alcohol promptly at 6 pm and the metal doors were closed shortly afterwards. Quite a few bars open serving non-alcoholic beverages.

[alibaba]

... just checked through Nana Hotel windows. all neon lights are on at NEP, means no closing ...

[alibaba]

Just back from NEP. Very few customers. No Alcohol at all.
Tomorrow is another day ...

[thegame925]

Thai Law forbids the selling and serving of any alcohol in restaurants and bars as of 1800 hours Saturday 10 January until Sunday 11 January at midnight - in the interests of clarity - i.e. Monday at 00:01 hours.

I was told by a guest at dinner tonight that some bars and restaurants are serving drinks from teapots into tea cups and mugs - just like during Prohibition in Speakeasies.

A speakeasy was an establishment that surreptitiously sold alcoholic beverages during the period of United States history known as Prohibition (1920€“1933, longer in some states), when the sale, manufacture, and transportation (bootlegging) of alcohol was illegal. The term comes from a patron's manner of ordering alcohol without raising suspicion €” a bartender would tell a patron to be quiet and "speak easy".

[TEXASMAC]

Hell if it werent for alcohol Jimmy Carter would never have been elected.