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It's easy enough to just give them a call... +6325267592. I did so a few hours ago. The staffer who answered confims that they are closed and that there is "no update" as to when they will re-open. So much for my weekend trip there... rerouted to Jakarta. This is why all mongers should have a viable "Plan B." Enjoy MNL, AR+

another board says they were clamped with a one month closure penalty. dont know how credible his source is.

My source is Department of Tourism Regional Director for Metro Manila Renato Chua who is a friend of Mayor Lito Atienza.Sorry No Sure news beyond negotiations ongoing,

Was down at LA Cafe on Monday. Everyone, including the security guard, was saying that they would open Tuesday. Since Tuesday has come and gone, so much for rumors. Stringfellows has opened their doors to freelancers. The problem is that it is a small bar. It was so packed, I just had to leave. I used to enjoy hanging out their and chatting and occasionally barfining a cute bargirl. But with the number of customers there their, finding a cute bargirl is now impossible.

Been hanging out in Las Pinas a lot recently. See my recent post on the scene there. I have been to many of the KTV and bars there. In case anyone goes down there, The three that should not be missed are Alerio, Glamori and "The House". To find the House, keep on going down Zapote Road. You will see a big sign on the right for 22nd Street Club. Keep on going. The next big sign is some funky Korean sign. The place looks like a house with lots of lights.

In all three of the above the places, there is a barfine and most girls will go out, but it can be hit and miss.

Also, new bar in Makati - Wow. Opposite Jools. Small place, but not bad

Thank you LoveAsian*****s for your update and taking the time to checkout the La Cafe. It would seem if "everyone" including the security guard was telling you that they would be opening on Tuesday, something must be happening as the La Cafe still has people working and on payroll. I am sure they are not just working for free. This corralates exactly to what my friend told me that she was actually working inside doing some updating. I cannot believe they would be updating and having security guards, e.c.t. there if the place was not going to be reopened.

Now that LA is nor more, wouldn't that benefit the other clubs in the area. I posted a while back about a club within 1 block that was dead at the time but should be thriving now, unless there was also a message to the other clubs to clean up their act or sauffer the same fate as LA. Any thoughts? I will be there in october and would hate to think of going back to burgos aFter getting used to the LA Café. On second thought. there are worse things...

[QUOTE=Ralek]Ah damn! My ONLY night in Manila will be a Sunday....

What should I do? Are there other places I can go to on a Sunday that would be better?

Or what about during the day on Monday?[/QUOTE]

Don't get me wrong, there are still girls there, just not as many as on other days and a lot of the better ones are off. If you just go on a Sunday, you might not even know--it's only if you have been on other nights to compare.

However, there are some of the students who only work weekends that may be there but those aren't as common.

somebody posted on one of the private boards that LA Cafe is back in business. Can anybody confirm?

[QUOTE=Surfer]somebody posted on one of the private boards that LA Cafe is back in business. Can anybody confirm?[/QUOTE]

As of Saturday night the 16th, it was not open.

I think that is the name of the club up the street. turn left as you exit LA for about a blockon the other side of the street. If you're stopping by LA Café, check it out and report. They had short-time rooms upstairs as well.....

Maiden (and lengthy) post here – I sincerely hope it is not both an eye-witness account of the death knell of a favourite haunt and a requiem.

I was at LA Cafe, just like member Hesekiels, the night the closedown occurred. Earlier that night, had walked through a horde of curious onlookers and police personnel into the pub ... and into an atmosphere like that of a chicken coop where the chickens were aware that predators were in their midst and were blocking the sole escape route. Most of the ladies were more intent on flight than on frolic.
Naively, I thought the hubbub would die down and it would be business as usual as the night progressed. Sigh, no way! Soon thereafter, all the diehard customers who were refusing to call it a night were, politely, asked to leave.

Loath to return to an empty bed, I dawdled outside LA as a reluctant onlooker, watching through the transfixing glare of TV cameras: a policeman giving an interview; ladies (the waitresses, even) being directed towards police personnel; and the constant stream of hope-laden but soon-to-be-disappointed mongers arriving variously by car, taxi and on foot.

Luckily for me, about a handful of minutes later, J - one of my regulars who seemed to be unaware of what had transpired - arrived, so I did have pleasant company that night.

The following day, I was informed separately by two other lady friends that the pub would be closed for a week, and for a fortnight; while a security person stated that it might open on Monday (Sept 4). The worst-case scenario - as stated by a local buddy - would involve an indefinite closure. He said this had happened to another pub, which has a so-far-permanent "Closed" notice on its door.

More recent posts here may make this statement a prophetic one. Ummm ... hope this is not the case, as, in my limited experience, I haven't found another venue in this area as diversely- and as well-populated; as monger-friendly; and as affordable as LA.

Regarding alternatives, the aforementioned J suggested Amazonia as one. This pub is a short walk up from LA. Keep LA to your left and after a couple of minutes you should come to this pub on the opposite side of the road.
A few asides:

1) Stringfellows, the pub adjacent to LA, supposedly shares the same management as that of LA. My opinion (please note, it is only my opinion): The one time I visited it, found it relatively claustrophobic; the waitresses lacked the bonhomie and camaraderie of their LA sisters (whose effusive, solicitous, and – sadly – chaste, ministrations I now recall quite fondly); and the draught beer I ordered was slightly more aqueous than what I'm used to.

2) Amazonia had a comparatively pleasant ambiance, but the quality and quantity of ladies over the two nights I visited it earlier this month did not compare favourably with those at LA. However, as this was immediately in the LA aftermath, they may have decided to lay low till the fracas died down.

3) Some of the former LA habitués whom I met at these two pubs appeared quite jittery, having been forced out of their regular and comfortable habitat into a (relatively) alien environment. Some of these ladies, who had preferred formerly to bestow their attentions exclusively upon our deep-pocketed fellow-mongers from further east, sported broad, “come-hither” smiles upon espying us (maybe as those whom they could link to their erstwhile demesne) - something that would have happened in LA only after hell froze over. Some of us would surely have found happy pickings during that period. I did. :-D.

P.S. Work has brought me back to an LA-less Manila (at least as indicated by the most recent posts). I am calling my few regulars to see if it is "business as usual" for them and am preparing an FR (less lengthy than this one though, :-0) of the situation as I perceive it. Will also find out if the members of the former LA sorority have an alternative congregation point.

[size=-2][b][u]EDITOR'S NOTE[/u]:[/b] [blue]I certainly hope that the author or somebody else will post a link to this report in the Reports of Distinction thread. Please [url=http://www.internationalsexguide.info/forum/announcement-reportsofdistinction.php?]Click Here[/url] for more information.[/blue][/size]

Maiden (and lengthy) post here – I sincerely hope it is not both an eye-witness account of the death knell of a favourite haunt and a requiem.

I was at LA Cafe, just like member Hesekiels, the night the closedown occurred. Earlier that night, had walked through a horde of curious onlookers and police personnel into the pub ... and into an atmosphere like that of a chicken coop where the chickens were aware that predators were in their midst and were blocking the sole escape route. Most of the ladies were more intent on flight than on frolic.
Naively, I thought the hubbub would die down and it would be business as usual as the night progressed. Sigh, no way! Soon thereafter, all the diehard customers who were refusing to call it a night were, politely, asked to leave.

Loath to return to an empty bed, I dawdled outside LA as a reluctant onlooker, watching through the transfixing glare of TV cameras: a policeman giving an interview; ladies (the waitresses, even) being directed towards police personnel; and the constant stream of hope-laden but soon-to-be-disappointed mongers arriving variously by car, taxi and on foot.

Luckily for me, about a handful of minutes later, J - one of my regulars who seemed to be unaware of what had transpired - arrived, so I did have pleasant company that night.

The following day, I was informed separately by two other lady friends that the pub would be closed for a week, and for a fortnight; while a security person stated that it might open on Monday (Sept 4). The worst-case scenario - as stated by a local buddy - would involve an indefinite closure. He said this had happened to another pub, which has a so-far-permanent "Closed" notice on its door.

More recent posts here may make this statement a prophetic one. Ummm ... hope this is not the case, as, in my limited experience, I haven't found another venue in this area as diversely- and as well-populated; as monger-friendly; and as affordable as LA.

Regarding alternatives, the aforementioned J suggested Amazonia as one. This pub is a short walk up from LA. Keep LA to your left and after a couple of minutes you should come to this pub on the opposite side of the road.

A few asides:

1) Stringfellows, the pub adjacent to LA, supposedly shares the same management as that of LA. My opinion (please note, it is only my opinion): The one time I visited it, found it relatively claustrophobic; the waitresses lacked the bonhomie and camaraderie of their LA sisters (whose effusive, solicitous, and – sadly – chaste, ministrations I now recall quite fondly); and the draught beer was less savoury than I have received elsewhere.

2) Amazonia had a comparatively pleasant ambiance, but the quality and quantity of ladies over the two nights I visited it earlier this month did not compare favourably with those at LA. However, as this was immediately in the LA aftermath, they may have decided to lay low till the fracas died down.

3) Some of the former LA habitués whom I met at these two pubs appeared quite jittery, having been forced out of their regular and comfortable habitat into a (relatively) alien environment. Some of these ladies, who had preferred formerly to bestow their attentions exclusively upon our deep-pocketed fellow-mongers from further east, sported broad, “come-hither” smiles upon espying us (maybe as those whom they could link to their erstwhile demesne) - something that would have happened in LA only after hell froze over. Some of us would surely have found happy pickings during that period. I did. :-D.

P.S. Work has brought me back to an LA-less Manila (at least as indicated by the most recent posts). I will call my few regulars later this evening to see if it is "business as usual" for them and will prepare an FR (less lengthy than this one though, :-0) of the situation as I perceive it. Will also find out if the members of the former LA sorority have an alternative congregation point.

[size=-2][b][u]EDITOR'S NOTE[/u]:[/b] [blue]I certainly hope that the author or somebody else will post a link to this report in the Reports of Distinction thread. Please [url=http://www.internationalsexguide.info/forum/announcement-reportsofdistinction.php?]Click Here[/url] for more information.[/blue][/size]

Happy news for LA Cafe aficionados. No need for requiems. A few short hours after submitting my maiden post, I would like to add that LA Cafe is up and running again. Feel like such a twit, singing mournful dirges in my room to my favourite haunt in Manila, while, all the while, it may have already opened its doors for mongers. Was walking down this evening towards Amazonia, when I saw LA Cafe's name up in lights (:-). Sighs of relief all around! No death knells, just a temporary hiatus in operations for reasons best known to the powers that be and the management, though there are rumours - as there always are - about permits and renewals and. And so on and so forth, ad nauseam.

Further, the number of womenfolk still outnumbers the mongers (happy news), though the pickings are somewhat lean, given that most of the ladies should just be becoming aware that they can resume operations at their favourite hunting grounds. I have no worries. Have just returned from LA to my room with my regular who moved back to the Cafe from Amazonia post haste.

If mongers need some info on Amazonia, do ask. I will gladly oblige with what I have. Tomorrow; -0, I am sure you will understand why.

Cheers.

My gf flew back to Davao last week for some rest. She texted me last night by mistake when news of LA opening started filtering the Philippine bush telegraph, "Bukas na pala ang la cs"

[QUOTE=Nathizen]Happy news for LA Cafe aficionados. No need for requiems. A few short hours after submitting my maiden post, I would like to add that LA Cafe is up and running again. [/QUOTE]


Wow, great, that's indeed good news! Thank God the officials had mercy upon us! Hope, they won't scare us again in a way like that! :)

Cheers - Hesekiels