Home Tiki Bar Spotlight #140 The Sunset Fogcutter – Victoria BC

Sunset Fogcutter

Josh and Susan recently moved to Victoria BC from San Francisco. While living in the Bay Area, they had many tiki bars to choose from, they could go to a different tiki bar every day of the week and still have more left over! Josh is from Canada and he wanted to move back, so he brought his wife Susan with him and bought a home in  beautiful Victoria BC.

Their house is a “Character Home” which means it was built before 1930 that displays unique architectural features from its historical period. These homes are defined by their distinctive elements, including ornate cornices, bay windows, verandahs, and special features like leadlight windows or tiled roofs. Character houses are typically built from weatherboard or brick, offering spacious layouts with four or more bedrooms.

They knew they wanted to build a tiki bar, they just needed to pick a room in their very large house. Josh and Susan settled on a room that used to be a study. Great choice because it gives their tiki bar “The Sunset Fogcutter” a world adventurer/explorer feel. When you step inside The Sunset Fogcutter, you feel like you’re going back in time. Here is Josh and Susan’s story…

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Toratiki – Guest Tiki Bar Review by Tom Hemmen (Victoria BC)

Toratiki

Toratiki, Victoria BC’s only Tiki bar, makes for a fun outing. A long, skinny bar, it is decorated to the nines and has a super-friendly, helpful staff. When we visited on a Saturday night, it was busy but our small group had no trouble getting promptly seated in a booth right across from the bar.

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Home Tiki Bar Spotlight #122 The Huki Lounge – Victoria BC

The Huki Lounge

I met Shani Thomson at Tiki Kon a couple years ago. She mentionted that she has a home tiki and she lives in Victoria BC. I live in Seattle and getting up to “The Island” can be a little difficult. The best way to get up to Victoria taking The Clipper which is a ferry boat that leaves downtown Seattle and will drop you off in the middle of downtown Victoria. Paul Tanner put together and home tiki bar tour, visiting three home bars including Shani’s! I finally got to see The Huki Lounge which is in Shani’s living room or is it the other way around? Here is Shani’s story of how she got into tiki and the history of The Huki Lounge…

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