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.
Bay Area Suburban Tiki is a Mixed Bag By Kevin Crossman (Ultimate Mai-Tai)
The Bay Area has one of the greatest concentrations of Tiki Bars in the world, but once you leave the urbane confines of San Francisco and Oakland things get a little different. This is a look at tiki bars of the Bay Area Suburbs.
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Guest Field Report: The Dark Manor Inn -Vancouver B.C. by Jeanie and Tom 2/1/2019
My friends Jeanie Duval and Tom Hemmen took a trip up to Vancouver B.C. to visit The Dark Manor Inn. They had a great time and sampled many of the drinks. Here’s what they thought…
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Guest Tiki Bar Review: Zombie Village – San Francisco, CA by Kevin Crossman (Ultimate Mai-Tai)
In the middle of the 19th century, the sailors of the British Navy were given citrus juice rations as a way to avoid scurvy. This in turn led to these sailors being regarded as some of the healthiest of their day. If that’s the case, the good people of San Francisco and surrounding locales must already be amongst the healthiest thanks to the plethora of exemplary Tiki Bars that dot the region. So, when the wind behind your sails is strong, and the rum and the lime are in plentiful supply, what do you do? Well, if you are the Future Bars team you take an underperforming bar and set your sights on creating another standout tiki destination: The Zombie Village!
