New york City TIKI - General Tiki

MC manic cat Member East Village, NYC Joined: Jun 21, 2002 Posts: 540	MC manic cat Posted posted on Thu, Oct 17, 2002 3:41 PM Granted I haven't been to any "original" tiki bars other than the Tonga Room in San Francisco, but I don't think these new places in NYC are trying to be "retro" or re-enact the tiki era that once was. They are not presenting themselves as "Trader Vics 2000" but as tiki-inspired NYC locales. It isn't a flashback; it's a "here" and "now" experience. (does that make sense?) They are definately as New York City as they are Tiki--its a cool combination. They are the modern metropolis happening at this moment and the timeless dream. To me, there's nothing retro about it. It's nothing like the 1950 and 1960s tiki scene I've read about nor the attempt to copy it. Maybe uncle arty can give his two cents being that he now knows both So. Cal (old school) and NYC (new school) tiki bars.

Granted I haven't been to any "original" tiki bars other than the Tonga Room in San Francisco, but I don't think these new places in NYC are trying to be "retro" or re-enact the tiki era that once was. They are not presenting themselves as "Trader Vics 2000" but as tiki-inspired NYC locales. It isn't a flashback; it's a "here" and "now" experience. (does that make sense?) They are definately as New York City as they are Tiki--its a cool combination. They are the modern metropolis happening at this moment and the timeless dream.
To me, there's nothing retro about it. It's nothing like the 1950 and 1960s tiki scene I've read about nor the attempt to copy it.
Maybe uncle arty can give his two cents being that he now knows both So. Cal (old school) and NYC (new school) tiki bars.

Post #11259 by manic cat on Thu, Oct 17, 2002 3:41 PM