Where is Bill Bullock?

[alrighty then.]

Bill owned Hotel Park. I heard he is at Playa Cocoa and owns a bar there. Does anyone have more info? I liked Bill and would like to visit him. Especially if he has a bar similar to Hotel Park! Pura Vida!

 

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Rumor has it, and repeat RUMOR that he is still in Playas del Coco. Thats the good news. The rest is bad news, he has trouble putting more than five words in a sentence that makes any sense. Again caution this is all rumor.

 

[WhosUrDaddyNow]

Bill Bullock has Gabys Bar in Playa De Coco.

Here is an A.M.Costa Rica article on the Park.





City's Park Hotel and bar move off into history after 60 years
By the A.M. Costa Rica staff

The Park Hotel was not exactly a national monument, but three generations of expats called it home from time to time.

The hotel at one time was THE place for North Americans and other foreigners to gather for drinks and business meetings. In the 1940s and 1950s, some say it was the ONLY place.

The hotel and bar drifted to the notorious lately, although a number of expats in Costa Rica and many frequent tourists to the rougher side of San José will mourn its passing.

The last operator, Bill Bullock, closed the place down and went west last month after an extended disagreement with the owners.
Owners are trying to sell the property for a use other than as a hotel and bar. The last guests treated the structure harshly, and there is a lot of damage, according to those present at the closing. The building is on Avenida 4 a half block west of Parque Central.

In recent years, the Park Hotel was known for the raunchy Friday evening girlie shows that filled up the narrow bar with expats.

If one were to make a list of spots the tourism institute did not want anyone to see, the Park Hotel would be a sure bet. Still the bar was a magnet for visiting North Americans who were interested in seeing and experiencing the less delicate side of Costa Rican life.

"It is a one of a kind place," said one fan.

 

[Sarah Maddison]

Owner of Park in Playa Coco

I was in Playa Coco this Christmas, and the owners of a nice Mexican restaurant took me and my significant other to Bill's bar. I learned later who Bill is (to some extent). His bar is on the other side of a stream, and you walk over a rickety wooden walking bridge to get there. It's next door to a more popular bar.
Bill likes to play dominos, and he passes his time tending bar and playing. He is older, very laid back.
The place where I stayed, the owner, doesn't like Bill, and claims that Bill used his partner's incarceration as an opportunity to buy the other 1/2 of the bar for a song. That is pure rumor, I wouldn't know. But the bar is not much, a hole in the wall, but relaxed.

Chesscat