Having investigated what is possibly Florida’s newest Tiki bar in St. Petersburg, Jeanie and I next checked out Florida’s oldest Tiki bar in Sarasota, the 1954 Bahi Hut …
Guest Tiki Bar Review
Dr. BBQ – Burnt Ends Tiki Bar – Guest Tiki Bar Review By Tom Hemmen (St. Petersburg FL)
Burnt Ends Tiki Bar is possibly the newest Tiki bar in Florida. It is a speakeasy-style offshoot of a pre-existing business – Dr. BBQ in Saint Petersburg, Florida – and so, this is effectively a two-part review, the first part of which is not tiki.
Inside Passage – Guest Write Up By Stephen Curran (Seattle WA)
Inside Passage — the new immersive bar on Capitol Hill near downtown Seattle wants to let you know that it is not a tiki bar …
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Guest Tiki Bar Review: Strong Water – Anaheim CA by Tom Hemmen
Just a short drive in Anaheim CA from Disneyland (and Trader Sam’s), we were delighted to be able to get to Strong Water on our recent Los Angeles Tiki bar crawl …
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Lost Spirits Distillery – By Tom Hemmen
The last day of our recent visit to Los Angeles, we purchased tickets for a distillery tour we’d become aware of while researching things to do in the area online. At $40 per ticket it was not inexpensive, and its Yelp reviews, while mostly positive, featured some pretty poor ones as well – however, it looked intriguing, and potentially like a lot of fun, so we took the plunge …
Le Tiki Lounge – Get your Tiki on in Paris, France by Tom Hemmen
Le Tiki Lounge, when we visited it, was a hopping bar with a local, lively crowd and friendly, helpful bartenders. There is a front area with the actual bar and some tables, a comfortable back room to lounge around in over drinks, and a basement they apparently open for group reservations – we did not see it during our visit, just the stairs down.
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Guest Tiki Bar Review: Dirty Dick – Paris by Tom Hemmen
If the name of this place doesn’t sound particularly like that of a tiki bar, it’s because it isn’t – “Dirty Dick” was apparently the name of the bordello that this Paris red-light district tiki bar replaced, and the new owner kept the name …
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Tiki Chateau – A Small but Mighty Tiki Bar in Madrid, Spain! By Tom Hemmen
Tipped off by Critiki, we made a beeline for this bar while vacationing in Spain this July, and it was totally worth it.
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Guest Tiki Bar Review: Tiny Tiki – Spokane WA by Gabriel Bowman
A literal hole in the wall in an “up and coming” neighborhood.
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Guest Tiki Bar Review: Psycho Suzi’s Motor Lounge – Minneapolis MN by Kevin Crossman (Ultimate Mai-Tai)
Psycho Suzi’s Motor Lounge is a tiki bar and restaurant in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It might also be the last of the “old school” tiki bars.