[QUOTE=Menteng;2880603]End of an era. Wasn't that already many years ago, when he left Jakarta? Well, since we are on that subject, who is (are) managing Dee's? Last thing I know there was at least a trio: a tall English guy, an Indonesian guy and a Colombian (guy.[/QUOTE]Bless him, John was a nice fellow but he really wasn't the sharpest knife in the drawer. He was caught by the cops after they nailed a couple of drug dealers, his name address and phone number were stored in their phones, when they raided they didn't take long to find his stash, did a couple of years as I recall.
After that the ownership of Dee's transferred to a consortium, I was offered a share myself but I turned it down. That was the time of the back room turning into the private dance / knocking shop room, which was a lot of fun. Then Falatehan went into its terminal decline, around the time the hotels started opening. I think the gentrification was directly related to the decline in the fun ratio.
The bar is now owned by Annie, many might remember her, she managed the bar for a few years and her gorgeous, long-legged but rather aloof (at least to me) daughter worked as a waitress. It's a shadow of its former self, I have no idea how it keeps going.
True story, I went in one night after work many years ago to get a drink and maybe a dance / BJ in the back room. To my surprise the room was wide open and all the lights were on. I asked the bouncer why this was so, "Police razzia" he replied. Shocked, I asked when it was, he glanced at his watch and said, "Oh, we expect it in an hour or so".
