CATHOUSE BAR OPEN

[Zoro in Red]

The bar is now open at THE CATHOUSE

 

[Neo Draven]

:? :? :? where is the cathouse :? :? do they serve NY style pizza also

 

[Bob Dollen]

CATHOUSE

CALLE 7. AVE 12 Y 14

 

[enroute]

Las Gatitas?? Did this change or is it near there?

 

[RUDY]

Las Gatitas?? Did this change or is it near there?

I assume he is talking about the same place as Las Gatitas translates to "The Kittens".

 

[Healthy Environment]

I never heard of this bar, cheap,expensive, locals, tourists, chicas :?:

 

[cinzhrqars]

CATHOUSE

This is the same place. The mongers on one of the other forums refer to it as the CATHOUSE.

 

[OnaEmuche]

Las Gatitas - the kitty. Here kitty, kitty, kitty. Everybody love a little pu*sy. Can he say that?

 

[boomboom5483]

Having stopped in a few times, I have nicknamed this place
LAS GORDITAS

 

[canada1238]

Having stopped in a few times, I have nicknamed this place
LAS GORDITAS

Stop in again..the place was smokin last Friday

 

[Bonzo]

Having stopped in a few times, I have nicknamed this place
LAS GORDITAS

Stop in again..the place was smokin last Friday

Problem with Las Gatitas more than any other place (and it is a problem in all lugars) is that every day it changes. I stuck my head in yesterday to see the new bar now that it is finished (still have some work to do). Talked to the owner for a minute and checked out the chicas--5 GORDITAS THAT I WOULD NOT TOUCH even if I was not boycoting the place because of the exhorbant gringo tax.

 

[Antares]

What gringo tax?Just tell them the tico price and you will get it. On my last visit Sincity and me both got the tico price.

 

[Windmill]

What gringo tax?Just tell them the tico price and you will get it. On my last visit Sincity and me both got the tico price.

Yes, some get by without having to pay it, but it does exist and most DO have to pay it. And as long as it exist and my friends are being charged $10 more than Ticos, I will continue to avoid the place along with NF (same owner and situation; actually even a bigger difference in price). Actually there are, IMHO, better looking and better service providers in several other places, and at lower prices, and NO gringo tax.

 

[Mujer Alta]

:roll: Geeze I did not even realize that I was paying a gringo tax the last time I was in the New Fantasy. BB its good for us that you are around to keep us informed. Thanks.

 

[jeallytaita]

Taz Unless the prices are posted such as in a store, you are probably paying a Gringo tax in everything you purchase or in everything do. Even if the prices are posted, such as in a hardware store, you can get a discount if you are a Tico and you ask, almost demand it.

One of the guys on another thread wants to go on the Tico Train from San Jose to Caldera; there are two significantly different prices -- Tico and tourist. All of the National Parks, most of the hotel rooms in tourist areas, and most restaurants in tourist areas have two sets of prices. In restaurants they often keep two sets of menus - Gringo and Tico. And it isn't just the language that is different.

There are Gringo taxes nearly everywhere. Even if you are a citizen but look really Gringo, and especially if you have an American accent, they will try to "tax" you.

One of my son's is Tico-Gringo and looks more Tico than Gringo. He speaks Spanish but because he has spent nearly all of his life in the US so he speaks with a noticable American accent. They try to up charge him. He usually doesn't argue too much. Very American.

On the other hand, one of my nephews is puro Tico but is Gringo looking -- red hair and freckles. He speaks Spanish as his native language. He studied in an English school here in CR and then lived with us in the US for a couple of years. So based on looks and the fact that when we are out and about he speaks English to me, the locals try to put the Gringo tax on him. He is very forceful in making sure that he is not "taxed."