Articles in Category: Gay Bars and Venues

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Whatever Happened Too……….. Can you help?

Our first article in our occasional series “Whatever happened to….” seems to have struck a chord with many and we’ve had some interesting feedback, not to mention several pleasant evenings supping beer and discussing the good old days of Chiang Mai’s gay scene with friends. We already have enough material for several articles but before […]

La mort en rose

Latest bar news is Chiang Mai Gay bar La Vie En Rose has closed down. Owner Krit had already sold the adjoining restaurant some months ago and has been trying to sell the bar too; seems he gave up and shut the doors. Originally started as Nimman Kitchen by Krit, the restaurant quickly grew in […]

Chiang Mai – Flooding Update

After what seems to have been an interminably long rainy season this year, we were thinking the worst was over as we approach the end of September, but it was not to be. Following skillful management of the Ping river by the irrigation department all year, it finally overcame all and burst it’s banks in […]

Whatever Happened to….. Part 1 Update

Following yesterday’s article about some of Chiang Mai’s defunct gay bars we did a little digging in the Bon Tong archives and look what we came up with: Yep, one of our all time favorites Mr Beem together with his friend, the very delectable Mr Eak. Happy memories from Bar 66 (Free Guy2) back in […]

Yokka Dok – Party Central

Yokka Dok seems to becoming the popular place for birthday parties. Following David’s recent Birthday, this weekend saw Yokka Dok host a joint birthday party for Greig and Wouter. For the full set of photos visit City Now website to see Part 1 and part 2

Whatever Happened to…….. Part 1

After doing a few site updates we noticed how long the list of closed venues is getting, so we thought it would be fun to do an article taking a light hearted look at whatever happened to some of the old places and personalities from Chiang Mai’s gay scene of yesteryear. It quickly became apparent […]

Quiz Night @ Garden Bar – Lotus Hotel

This Wednesday, September 14th, the Garden Bar at the Lotus Hotel will be hosting it’s popular monthly Quiz Night with quizmaster Steve Yarnold. Starting promptly at 8 p.m the competition is between team/tables (max 4 persons per team). Each team pays Baht 200 and the winning team will collect the lot. The bar and restaurant […]

Bar News

Where have all the tourists gone? That is the question many are asking themselves, especially down at Chiang Mai’s Night Bazaar in the row of outdoor beer bars known locally as “sleaze alley”, due to the area’s past reputation for it’s freelance underage street kid hustlers, drugs and frequent gang fights. We popped in recently […]

Yokka Dok – David’s Birthday Party

Saturday night was David’s Birthday Party at Chiang Mai Gay bar Yokka Dok. Here are a few sneak preview pictures – for the whole set checkout David’s page on facebook it looks like a good time was had by all, even in the rain that came later! Happy Birthday David! Yokka Dok is fast establishing […]

It’s raining!

It’s raining! After all, it is rainy season and this year it seems that Chiang Mai is getting plenty. Earlier this month Tropical Storm “Nok Ten” caused limited flooding around Chiang Mai and the Ping River was at the absolute limit for breaching it’s banks around Narawat bridge. Fortunately, no serious flooding occurred in the […]