Deaf Shop

You wouldn’t expect it, but Chiang Mai has its own ‘alternative’ scene. Alternative in quotes, because what exactly it entails is for you to find out. Where? At ‘The Deaf Shop’: a small café near one of the South gates, where this whole scene gathers, both inside the café and outside on the sidewalk.
Run by a Dutchman and his Thai girlfriend, serving eccentric cocktails, and with several hundred LPs lined up against a wall—vinyl, that is. Pick one, and the owner who DJs every night will play a track for you.

Note: open Thursday through Saturday until midnight, and Sunday afternoon until 6:30 PM.