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Sorry Christian. I'm not sure what I did wrong there.
I was merely trying to copy and paste a message from Connections that they are still serving deliveries till 23:00 every night except Mondays.
That'll teach me to check back on my postings afterwards.
There is a bug in the software that cuts off everything after certain Thai letters. However, when you quote the message, the full text appears.
The post is truncated before Thai letter "do dek", but when I quote it, it appears in full, allowing me to delete the offending letter. Edit: not just do dek, others as well.
Pride Bar and Restaurant has now closed for what we feel could be 3 months. Takeaway business is not our strong point as such the decision was made to close down fully.
Again we are told now a 14 day lockdown will be in place in Bangkok however we have seen before that 2 weeks in "Thai Time" will soon become 2 or 3 months.
This was not good news: https://thethaiger.com/news/bangkok/...ther-provinces
So sorry Cameron. Let's hope reopening sooner than later.
Very sorry to hear that news.
All things considered, your decision certainly makes sense.
Contrary to what some seem to believe, or want to believe, it's hard to imagine Thailand reopening to tourists in any sizable numbers until next year. That's if the government can get its head out of its ass and get the vaccine(s).
I think everyone's focus right now is on how to survive this Delta variant wave that's sweeping across the Kingdom. Everybody wants to party - but when it comes to surviving, the parties can wait.
Good luck in the future.
G’s and Connections remain open for food parcels every day except Sundays.
Or as Amazing Dodgems would say: G’s and Connection’s remain open for food parcel’s every day except Sunday’s.
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*Announcement* After much thoughts, we'll continue to open for Takeaway & Delivery from this Monday on, from 4 to 8 pm only. We don't have many choices but to keep surviving so we hope to be able to serve you dinner as much as we can with this few opening hours. Kindly note that some items might not be available during these couple of weeks, not only to ensure that all our food are fresh made and always with highest quality, but to provide our staffs to finish work on time so that they can get home before the curfew. Please stay safe and healthy!
Hungry? Fancy a lunchtime taste of your Soi 4 Thai favourites?
i see that CONNECTIOS, Silom Soi 4. is open for deliveries from lunchtime.
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I’m sure the citizens of BKK will be just delighted too to read this piece which suggests, perhaps not surprisingly, that people who get Covid in badly air polluted cities will suffer more than those from clean air areas too :-(
Doctor warns how air pollution can make severe COVID-19 even worse
http://news.sky.com/story/doctor-war...worse-12354761
One of the good things about the lack of tour buses and generally more quiet roads is the lovely clean and clear air in Pattaya now. I can see the island and the coast line so clearly, it's lovely.
You were reading my mind.
If returning to "normal" means the return of those black smoke belching monster tour buses screwing up our shoreline, I'd rather things remained the way they are now.
I can actually see fish when I'm swimming in the ocean now - versus - that thick brown fog we had before. What a concept!
Seen on Facebook, from Cameron, this week.
Good luck to them.
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While Silom Soi 4 still has places only serving take away or delivery services, Aek from Connections has filled his time with painting. Something he studied at university.
Many will be familiar with his portraits and paintings hanging in the bar and the uncanny sculpture of Ross!
Now Aek has decided to enter a competition -- and his portrait of one of the artistes from neighbouring Strangers Bar has been shortlisted.
This video shows the painting process, out in the soi.
Please support him by subscribing to this YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78ys7AWDlbg
The final competition judging is on the 29th of September.
Ross helped greatly by constructing the easel.:))
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78ys7AWDlbg
Tomorrow brings the easing of restrictions (somewhat).
Restaurants will be able to open with restricted capacity depending on various things like in or outdoor, air-conditioning, ventilation etc.
Close by 20:00 to enable staff to get home before the curfew.
NO ALCOHOL.
Customers do not have to be vaccinated or tested. I don't know whether this applies to staff as well or not.
According to my limited knowledge:
Guido's will open
Pride will open.
Connections will open.
Balcony will NOT open until the serving of alcohol is approved again (hopefully 2 or 4 weeks).
I have no information about Telephone or Bas or Sports on 4.
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WITH PUB QUIZ at 19:30
https://www.pattayamail.com/thailand...m-nov-1-377468
Booze ban lifted in Bangkok and Phuket restaurants from Nov 1
Dr. Opas Karnkawinpong, director-general of the Department of Disease Control, said Bangkok governor Aswin Kwanmuang would impose zones for alcohol sales and consumption which would not be permitted across the board. (TNA)
Considering the fact that tomorrow is November 1st, the Mayor has less than 24 hours to establish these zones, enter them in the Royal Gazette, and communicate them to the relevant businesses and the general public.
Can anyone hear "The Tea Money Express" rolling down the tracks?
How many 'restaurants' have (or even know what it is?) SHA certification?
Don't expect much alcohol around Bangkok eateries tomorrow.
The 70,000 arrivals will be so disappointed:mocking_mini:
The Balcony are either up on both these points or are about to rush out another newsletter - in the past few days they have emailed two, the first announcing they are not reopening yet and a few days later another announcing they are opening Monday including a special on a bottle of vodka!
who would want to be trying to run a bar in Bangkok these days!
the first of them have already had the disappointment of having to enter via a COE rather than the "new" "improved" Thailand Pass so I suppose they are ready for anything
Why does everyone HAVE TO HAVE BOOZE.....Open the bars...have a coke and enjoy with the boys....
things "go-go" better with Coke?
My recollections of go go bars suggest that the majority of punters are just as likely to drink coke or water as they are beer. And if they do choose a Singha, they tend to sip it so slowly that they make it last only as long as their choice of companion is made.
Soi 4 was such fun tonight.
All restaurants open and serving till 21:00.
Balcony packed (really) for quiz night.
Police came about 21:10 but not concerned about drinking up.
A really nice night.
Sorry, I posted this before in a wrong thread.
SILOM SOI 4 RE-OPEN - sort of. Monday 1st of November.
The bars/restaurants in the soi were told at about 4 o/clock that they could sell alcohol till 9.
The soi was surprisingly busy and bright after a typical, end of rainy season, monsoon.
Connections, Pride and Balcony open.
All 3 restaurants had many customers.
Telephone not open. (Rumours abound).
Oh, I nearly forgot to mention the new restaurant/bar on the corner of Silom owned by two 'ladies'.
It was formerly 'Eat Man- Eat Woman".
I'm told that in addition to the ground floor there will be a Korean restaurant above and eventually a cabaret bar above that.
Balcony was particularly busy because they held their quiz night.
I counted about six teams of 4+ . More, I think, than a normal quiz night. Lots of voucher prizes but the jackpot not won and rolls over.
And a free Balcony Members' dinner on Wednesday.
I left about 9:15 and there were still plenty of people hanging around.
Let's hope that in 4 weeks time, everything will be open including Jupiter, Strangers and Tapas/Welcome.
I made it to soi4 last night at about 6 o/clock.
Connections bar was busiest in the soi at that time.
Very soon the soi filled. and by the time the live music started, it was packed.
When I say filled -- even the terrace on the now closed Telephone pub (now operated by Pride and soon to open as Circus) was full.
Balcony had a tuneful 3 piece band and at Pride the wonderful Aom Am (Oma), finalist in Voice Thailand series 5, was belting it out like days of old. Hearing her was like the old soi4 --- as were the crowds.
Balcony had it's pool table operating again.
Connections was full and Ross the owner brought an extra table for me onto the soi. Food was cooked by his partner Aek who is also a talented artist in oils, pencil and sculpture -- what other talents does this boy have? -- well you'd have to ask Ross that. So busy that Ross is taking on a new waiter next week.
Cameron at Pride is looking for staff for when he opens his new bar Circus. Completely renovated inside -- the bar, not Cameron.
All of the open venues in the soi are SHA certified.
Closing time in the soi is ---- 9 for alcohol and 10 for closing. Last night not strictly adhered to.
The only sad thing is that bars and pubs etc. (eg Banana and Strangers and Jupiter) cannot open till the 16th of January --- NOT the first of December as Pinocchio promised us.
When that happens I predict that soi 4 will be back to it's original glory.
Congratulations to all of the business owners who hung in their performing CPR on Krung Thep's Rainbow.
Jai and I can't wait to visit - see some smiling faces for a change - and revive the spirits.
I agree Mr Dodger, I am heading up to Bangkok on Wednesday for four nights, half price in my favourite hotel, and I am really looking forward to seeing Soi 4 alive and having a drink with my dinner.
Go all the way to BKK to sit in Soi 4 until 9PM….I don’t think so!
I love this forum... Keeps me amused... Reminds me of the old days on Gay.com
Pride closes at 11:00 pm as we are open 3:00pm daily.
Connections and Balcony open later and stay open much later most nights. I understand many have asked why we don't stay open longer but I simply cant do it. My staff would kill me as they are already overworked.
I have a number of the Telephone Pub staff coming back to work for Pride / Circus next week. This will be a great help and even the Kitchen team from Telephone are coming back to work at Pride.
If you have Thai boys telling you they cant get a job and don't have money.. tell them to go to Pride and apply for work! I need at least 15 more staff to help for the opening of Circus! I pay Social Security, free food and pay generally higher salary then any others. As many know I truly take care of my staff and need as many more as I can get.