Fishmarket Kampot is closing

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It's not the cheapest, but that's not really what they do. I've never seen it busy though. That's probably part of what makes it a lovely spot for a sunset drink.
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I sense a brutal murder spree on the horizon...
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Alex wrote: ↑Tue Aug 08, 2023 4:00 pm Come on now Hanno, it's about time that Kampot gets a Starbucks, and it will be a great place to get away from the local 50-cent-beer-for-lunch expat crowd.

I predict that some of Kampot's cutest and poshest will hang out there.
50 cent Kampot beer crowd don't go to the Starbucks.
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Starbucks?

Fuxken hell.

Park Cafe in Kampot only opened last year and had no business so it closed its purpose built location early this year

I give Kampot Starbucks 1 year from opening to shuttered
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sigmoid wrote: ↑Tue Aug 08, 2023 10:10 pm
hanno wrote: ↑Tue Aug 08, 2023 3:37 pm
Personally, I never thought the food was all that good, but the location is great. Apparently, Starbucks is moving in, which is an abomination.
Just curious... What's your source regarding Starbucks moving in?

I agree that it's not a good thing but it sure beats what Rick proposes below (McDonald's/IHOP).

Another historic building near there on the River Road is apparently being developed as a Brown Coffee branch, so some sort of Coffee Wars may ensue.

Anyway, I guess the whole town will eventually become globalised in the not-too-distant future. C'est la vie... :ugeek:
Apparently, the Starbucks people were there a few days ago, doing a survey.
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Swipe your credit-card for a 10$ sugarbomb at Starbucks and then off to the market and haggle over 1000 reil with the locals. Sounds about right.
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heard its going to be a new freedom bar
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DeparRudeAnts wrote: ↑Wed Aug 09, 2023 12:45 am
phuketrichard wrote: ↑Tue Aug 08, 2023 4:27 pm somehow i dont think $5 coffees and Frappuccino will sell to the kampot crowd
BUT would be a great spot for a MacDonalds or IHOP :beer3:
Kampot's full of young idiots (not leaving out the old heaven's waiting room patients, they're there also).

But who wants a mocha frappachino latte on the rocks?!
Young idiots.

Either that or they want a caramel machiato. Leave them to it.

Stick a Maccy D's in kep Ricky
My impression was that Kampot is filled with sour old farts, but I may be a young idiot. Still, no frappucino, thanks.
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Alex wrote: ↑Tue Aug 08, 2023 10:31 pm
phuketrichard wrote: ↑Tue Aug 08, 2023 4:27 pm somehow i dont think $5 coffees and Frappuccino will sell to the kampot crowd
BUT would be a great spot for a MacDonalds or IHOP :beer3:
Isn't McDonald's quite a ridiculous suggestion, considering that not even Phnom Penh has one yet? The same could be said about IHOP.

Starbucks on the other hand seems to be doing well in Phnom Penh, Siem Reap and Sihanoukville. If they think there's enough demand in Kampot, I trust them to know their shit.
BUT one can dream :-) :beer3:
Nothing beats an IHOP, 24 hour breakfast, am surprised there are none in SE aisa , while Singapore has Dennys, ( another chain i think would do well in SE Asia) , but nowhere else>

there's more than a few places that serve a good cup of coffee an lots of places do the ice coffee + other iced drinks for around $1-$1.50

as to ...."If they think there's enough demand in Kampot, I trust them to know their shit." ur joking right?
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Gloria Jean's Coffee is opening a coffee shop in Kep (near the original beach where the huge trees used to be-near the old mansion)
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