White Cat Bar, Bangkok, is open

[mauRICE]

1 hour ago, Keithambrose said:

Yes, true, but something  basic like having the correct name, is not that difficult!

🙄

1 hour ago, mauRICE said:

...There may be also hidden forces at work and/or the motivation for opening the bar may not be what you think at all and perhaps beyond the grasp of the average armchair analyst...

 

[ichigo]

I wish them all the best and I do hope that they will be open during my next trip in a few months as I will definitely patronise.

[khaolakguy]

4 hours ago, mauRICE said:

🙄

 

Oh sure, Goldfinger or Blofeld are working against it's success while bars all around are able to manage their way through it all!

[mauRICE]

1 hour ago, khaolakguy said:

Oh sure, Goldfinger or Blofeld are working against it's success while bars all around are able to manage their way through it all!

School friends of yours? 🤔😏

[vinapu]

6 hours ago, mauRICE said:

What if the Thailand authorities were to prohibit the Cambodia, Myanmar and Vietnam passport holders - even those with legitimate work permits - from working in sex oriented businesses? I can see this happening

that's in the books already for very long time. How is enforced it's another story but from time to time we hear about raids and hunt for foreigners working in bars and massages.

[vinapu]

6 hours ago, Keithambrose said:

Yes, true, but something  basic like having the correct name, is not that difficult!

or having somebody at bottom of the stairs, pointing at the bar and  trying to lure customers in. In that case because truly narrow entrance , just a door width ,  it was/ is a must.

[emiel1981]

13 minutes ago, vinapu said:

or having somebody at bottom of the stairs, pointing at the bar and  trying to lure customers in.

If I understand correctly, the White Cat is located on the night market street. I think that's a bad location. Of course, it's a busy street, but with (straight?) tourists who come for the market and street food. The bar's potential target audience also walks down this street. But they're less likely to wander between the stalls and enter the bar than on the adjacent soi, which has several well-known gay bars. I think Atlas's location was much better in that regard. But I assume the rent is lower in the new location?
Anyway, I hope the White Cat is open again when I'm in Bangkok in the coming weeks. I'm really curious!

[captainmick]

14 hours ago, vinapu said:

sign on the door , according to my spy still says they are looking for staff

Perhaps Aunty Vin could apply for a job as mamasan

[mauRICE]

2 minutes ago, captainmick said:

Perhaps Aunty Vin could apply for a job as mamasan

He could but there'd be no boys left for the customers. 😆

[floridarob]

2 hours ago, captainmick said:

Aunty Vin

This name is catching on.... just remember aunty, it was @mauRICE that started it 🤷‍♂️

[vinapu]

9 hours ago, captainmick said:

Perhaps Aunty Vin could apply for a job as mamasan

retired , with no intention to return to the workforce

[vinapu]

6 hours ago, floridarob said:

This name is catching on.... just remember aunty, it was @mauRICE that started it 🤷‍♂️

glad you guys have fun at my expense

[vinapu]

By the way, according to my spies ' Wild Cat " sign is gone. I may mean idea of bar there was dead before it really took off.

On another hand , it may be in preparation to put new, proper sign "White Cat ", in few days we should be clear

[macaroni21]

13 hours ago, vinapu said:

or having somebody at bottom of the stairs, pointing at the bar and  trying to lure customers in. In that case because truly narrow entrance , just a door width ,  it was/ is a must.

 

13 hours ago, emiel1981 said:

If I understand correctly, the White Cat is located on the night market street. I think that's a bad location. Of course, it's a busy street, but with (straight?) tourists who come for the market and street food. The bar's potential target audience also walks down this street. But they're less likely to wander between the stalls and enter the bar than on the adjacent soi, which has several well-known gay bars. I think Atlas's location was much better in that regard. But I assume the rent is lower in the new location?
Anyway, I hope the White Cat is open again when I'm in Bangkok in the coming weeks. I'm really curious!

I think it's been said before that the Atlas location rent was too high. You are right that the location on Patpong 1 is not intuitive, but for now, it is what it is. One might also say that when (eons ago) the original Tawan and original Jupiter began (Jupiter was where the current Telephone bar is, I believe), they were in really odd locations too. But over time, people got to know where they were, with a bit of help from Spartacus Guide. Even now, Thantawan and Moonlight put barkers at the mouths of their alleys to try to get a few new customers every night.

I think White Cat will need more than a doorman at the bottom of their stairs. They need this guy to walk up and down Patpong 2 (where the gay folks stroll) handing out fliers with a little map of their location on the next soi. Flier can also serve as a discount coupon: "show this flier and get 100 baht off your first drink".