Places to go
The resurgence of tropical drinks and tiki bars is thankfully becoming a worldwide phenomenon. We’ve been watching new bars spring up in the United States, Australia, and UK.
Tiki Talk reader Martin just tipped us off to Hula, a new bar which opened in Manchester. From the website:
Prepare to be dazzled by our heavenly collection of [...]
Tiki Talk visited Psycho Suzi’s Motor Lounge back in 2005 and had a great time. Now the bar has moved to a new, larger waterfront location and has managed to make a good thing even better.
Tom Horgen of the Star Tribune provides a good run-down of the improvements, which include seating for up to 450 [...]
OregonLive.com is reporting that developers are in discussions to bring Trader Vic’s back to Portland, Oregon.
J. Clayton Hering of Norris Beggs & Simpson is partnering with developer Ben Stutz of Kelly’s Olympian Bar and Grill to bring the tiki chain to the former site of the Manzana restaurant.
The original Portland location was in [...]
Smuggler’s Cove, Martin Cate’s amazing rum-centric tiki bar in San Francisco, California, celebrates its first year of operation with a party and super-limited edition mugs tomorrow, December 8 at 5PM.
The Port & Starboard Light mugs feature a rusted copper glaze finish. Featuring the Smuggler’s Cove logo on the side, each one is signed and numbered [...]
The fate of San Francisco’s Tonga Room has been in limbo as the owners of the Fairmont Hotel have been working through plans to renovate the facility and ultimately demolish the restaurant. At the end of October, there were some glimmers of hope that the 65 year-old restaurant may survive in one form or another.
First, [...]
Last week, yet another new tiki-ish bar opened in New York City — Lani Kai — which describes itself as a “Hawaiian-inspired cocktail lounge” rather than a true tiki bar, ditches tapa cloth and tiki decor but retains the cocktails.
Read Lani Kai Turns Old Tailor Space Into Tiki Lounge at Gothamist | Visit the Lani [...]
Disney’s Aulani resort in Hawaii is still under construction, but details are starting to get released about the facility in order to entice visitors.
Tiki bar and cocktail nerds will be interested to hear that the resort’s lounge has received a name and a theme: The `Olelo Room. For unaware haoles (me included), “`olelo” means “language,” [...]