Originally, Dolf Riks had a restaurant at what is now the junction of South Pattaya Road and Walking Street.
It was there at the time of the 1981 Spartacus guide. In fact all the gay nightlife (which wasn't much) was there also.
Then in the early 1980's Boystown emerged as the main gay area, and another smaller area emerged in North Pattaya, around Soi 1 and Soi 2.
So when Dolf sold up his restaurant on Walking Street, he opened a new establishment in the North Pattaya area.
Boystown endures of course, but the North Pattaya gay area declined in the late 1990's , to be replaced by Sunee and Jomtien Plaza as gay zones.
Does anyone know when gay business started in Jomtien Plaza? Was it as soon as it was built?