Post #102982 by monkeyskull on Tue, Jul 20, 2004 11:36 PM

BTW, in addition to the tiki-ish Seattle places, tikitourists might consider checking out the Crocodile Cafe while in town. The Croc has become something of a Seattle institution -- it is owned by the wife of REM guitarist Peter Buck -- and although it is not tiki, it features some swampy, grassy decor including some grass lamps to die for. If it's not possible to catch the true flavor during a show in the evening, you might drop by at lunch and stick your nose around the stage area and also the bar in back to check out the ramshackle loungie decor.

And if you're doing that, drop by Roq la Rue just a block or so down. This is the gallery that brought Shag to town and always has some great stuff (owned by Kirsten who was on the NW Tiki Crawl). And you might as well hit the Lava Lounge in the same trip, since it's just a few doors away.

If you like hanging with poor rock musicians and drinking cheap beer, the Cha Cha up on Capitol Hill is the place to go. It's not tiki either, but it does have a grass hut, cheesy polynesian pictures, and Mexican wrestler decor.

Here's a review of where to go to drink under a grass hut from one of our local weeklies.