Kim's Tavern20
Story

One of the first bars of its kind in District 1 — ten years on the same street.

Regulars who have come for years, mixed in with first-timers on their first night in Saigon. The house line is on the blade sign outside, and it is the whole promise: a very friendly place.

Come down Huỳnh Thúc Kháng after dark. The red script finds you first; the welcome is the second thing you meet.

Photos

Kim's through the room's own nights — the bar, the crowd, the neon outside.

The empty ground-floor bar at Kim's
The bar, empty before the night starts.
Packed party night inside the bar, dancer on the bar
Photo 01 — a party night. The room full, the bar at the centre of it.
Crowd dancing inside the bar
Photo 02 — the crowd dancing. Standing room, shoulders touching.
Dancers on the bar, football on the wall screen
Photo 03 — dancers and the screen. A special-event night, football on the wall.
Regulars posing at Kim's
Regulars at the bar.
Storefront at night: red neon script sign, number 20, balloon arch
Photo 05 — the storefront. The red sign, number 20, the night starting on the pavement.
Sidewalk table in daytime, hanging blade sign reading A Very Friendly Place
Photo 08 — the sidewalk by day. The blade sign hangs over the slat table.