Rest easy, barflies. No need to rush the evening before the clock hits 9 for some solo suds or friendly drinking.
Effective today, alcohol may be served until 11pm again in Bangkok and other designated tourism regions. The extension applies to sandbox areas including Nonthaburi, Pathum Thani, Chonburi, Phuket, Krabi, Phang Nga, and Kanchanaburi provinces.
Restaurants must have obtained certification under the SHA+ or Thai Stop Covid 2 Plus programs to serve.
As for entertainment venues? Unless bars or karaoke joints rebrand themselves as restaurants to comply with current regulations, they’re SOL and must remain closed indefinitely.
Fines for flouting the rules run upward of THB100,000 (US$3,030) and a year in the slammer to boot.
Additionally, bars operating as “restaurants” in Chonburi province must administer ATK tests to all customers unable…
