Well that's bad for business, especially at this time of year!

I'm curious, are these the same owners that used to own Casa Blanca on Lafayette?

Yes, they're the same owners.

I hope the cooks and the menu find a new place to go, because I don't want to be without Bangkok's Crazy Noodles again, and they're not going to last long if they keep this crap up.

Crazy!

I'm amazed that these owners are still allowed to operate after the shooting and stabbings at Casa Blanca.

This is why Bangkok Paradise can't have nice things.

Googling Casa Blanca news Salem MA finds "shots fired outside", NOT "a shooting".

Shooting/shots/stabbing.....tomato tomato in my book. An element that clearly is not good for Salem.

This place is always having trouble. However, interesting that the police place part of the blame on the bouncers for not disbursing people on the sidewalk. And all this time it was the job of the police to maintain public ways.

A night out for the 47%

While the other % is driving around Marblehead/Newburyport drunk out of their minds trying to remember where their McMansion is.

Sounds to me like Salem needs a good cleaning for the touriest and those that want to live there in peace.

Totally UNACCEPTABLE for Salem or any city......That bar should be closed down!!! Police should step up their prescence!!

Actually, people like this statistically rarely hurt anyone outside their own social circles, which is the dirty little secret behind the police tolerance. It's tribal. It looks bad, and there is occasional collateral damage, but ultimately, the usual social decision is that as long as they are only hurting one another and not the 1% or property, intervention is unnecessary. This is why you find this kind of thing in every city in every nation of the world pretty much unless the communities of the poor have churches and NGOs/nonprofits/community groups strong enough to hold their own together, as "internal affairs."

If the SPD tried to enforce order the oppressive force necessary would take so many people and cost so much in blood and treasure - it would turn into a small war. We need those strong community groups.

I'm relatively new here, but maybe some of you have an idea what groups those are and how they could be helped?

Oh Bill.... I I am in awe of your racist comments however it is motivator for us as the 47 percent to open up the classiest establishment ever.

Sounds like the joint was hopping!

Love the way this was reported. If this happened in the Point it would have been address as a riot or an all out gang war. Not an"unruly group".

Kind of hard to comment, lot of facts are missing. Was it locals, out of town people or College kids? I will wait to have the answers before I comment on the 50-Person Chaos and the man who was stabled. One thing for sure Chaos like this across from the Mayor office will not go unpunished.

Some super trashy girl from Rhode Island almost hit me with her car and then honked, flipped me off and then rolled down her window and started screaming at me yesterday. The crazy people that are attracted to Salem this time of year is def bad news for locals.

Isn't this the same place where last spring some guy and his friend both got drunk and then fought each other on Bridge Street on their way home?

How do we live in peace if we continue to elect these democrats that in courage minorities to live in our community that is getting worse? Thanks Kim Driscoll!

I live on Lynde Street, near the Y, and i can say that this is the second or third weekend in the past two months that have had HUGE fights going on the parking lot in the wee hours of Friday/Saturday/Sunday mornings. It always seems to be the same shite. People screaming about being "disrespected," someone else screaming that they saw someone with a guy/someone was shot/they will shoot/stab someone (take your pick, I've heard it all) and just straight up yelling and screaming and honking to the point that it does get a little scary.
I stood on my porch this past Friday/Saturday morning (it was about 1am I believe) and watched a mass of people yelling at each other, blocking each other into spots with their cars, and overall just causing complete chaos. I understand that it's a weekend and that people get a little nuts, especially this time of year, but there's no excuse for this to be happening as often as I've witnessed and over what appears to be silly, silly stuff.
And, I will note, that there was definitely no police detail int he parking lot while this was going on, not sure if they showed up after everyone disbursed, but for a good twenty minutes it was just a complete yelling madhouse (i've also never heard the phrase "yo" uttered so many times in one place.

Alex, you should be telling this story to the licensing board meetings. A little noise is one thing, what you have described is another. Call city hall for the next meeting, it's held right down the street from you.

I would start by approaching the owners with your concerns, from there if nothing is done, I would contact the police when a situation becomes intolerable (appears you've had this situation a few times already). If the problem still continues (apparently its a pattern with these owners) then a letter or an appearance at a board meeting would be the right thing.

Wake up people. This is the third brawl in Salem in 2 weeks and Halloween is around the corner. Two have been down the point and this one downtown.Salem is on the fast track to hell in a hand basket.

Sounds like this place is in reading pa! This place should be shut down, there is no room for this garbage in salem! This is xactly the kind of garbage that is destroying my neighborhood & communities everywhere. Sad to see this going on

Sounds like this place is in reading pa! This place should be shut down, there is no room for this garbage in salem! This is xactly the kind of garbage that is destroying my neighborhood & communities everywhere. Sad to see this happening there

i work in the catering industry & live in the Derby Wharf neighborhood. there isn't a Friday or Saturday night that goes by when there isn't a large mob of people out in the street in front of Murphy's. pushing, shoving, screaming, yelling, scantily clad young women falling off their high-heels, meatheads walking right in front of my car, general mayhem & disorderly conduct. oh, joy! i can hardly wait for the carnival to come to town. NOT!

When we had this problem a couple of years ago (in the fall again when more college students around) the Town House Square establishments (Rockafella's, ONeills, Fresh Taste of Asia, etc) all enacted a Zero Tolerance policy for letting people in the place. Not sure how that system worked, but if you were "in the system" for any related infraction-- you were not admitted entrance. ID's scanned on the Thr-Sat night peak window. Bangkok's owners need to step up and pay what it costs to join this program. It has been effective for others.

Bangkok today got their entertainment license revoked for six months (one day BEFORE their scheduled hearing). We had some amazing DJs scheduled to play in Salem this month. Certainly the biggest acts in nightlife Salem has ever hosted. Its sad that Salem can't be a par of this. I always saw Salem as a great place for business, but its clear to me now that although Salem is a great location the city doesn't have what it takes to support its nightlife. This is ultimately going to hurt business... not help it. Way to go SPD! You burned your witch!