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 [...]
The slow re-tikification of New York City continues next week as The Hurricane Club opens on Park Avenue next Monday.
Preview photos don’t have the place looking especially islandy, but the food leans to the Hawaiian side with Poke and “Luau” categories on the menu and the cocktail menu is said to actually be of [...]
Back in January we helped break the news about Painkiller, a new tiki bar opening on Manhattan’s lower East side. After months of waiting, it finally opened last Friday.
The bloggers and journalists have been making the rounds—here’s a round-up for stories on the bar:
Read Vital Drink: Painkiller’s Scorpion Bowls and Swizzles at Metropolis | [...]
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To enter, visit Jeep’s Twitter page. Trivia questions will be tweeted daily between 12-3:00pm EST. The [...]
It looks like the tiki scene has reached a tipping point in NYC — it’s been announced that another new tiki bar, to be named Painkiller, will be opening in March in Manhattan’s Lower East Side.
The new establishment is being operated by some of the owners of Dutch Kills in the space formerly used by [...]