This is a great place to visit on a Sunday night. The whole street from within Tha Pae Gate turns into a shopping street -- no cars allowed. Many kinds of things are sold there. One can get cheap massages there too. There are restaurants too. And of course, street food. Had a wonderful experience when I visited the place in late Jan this year. The things happening in the middle of the street were fantastic -- an old woman singing a traditional lament, a blind man playing a muted instrument, two young girls performing northern Thai dances (so graceful and flexible!), two young men singing modern Thai songs, a young man playing Western classical tunes on a violin... Quite a "talentime"! NOTE: Heard from locals and friends that the street could get really really really crowded sometimes. I was quite fortunate last Jan. Definitely not for the claustrophobic.