Post #134610 by Humuhumu on Sat, Jan 8, 2005 8:55 PM

Another year, another set of tiki adventures... this year, by my current count, I hit 57 different tiki places (again, not counting stores with the exception of Oceanic Arts). A banner year indeed. I never did make those business trips to D.C. or Tennessee (the Tennessee trip has been rescheduled more than once), but I still managed to get out and about a bit. I saw a surprising number and variety of home tiki bars this year... I suspect that I've forgotten a few and will have to amend this list. People keep asking me when I'll rebuild the Humuhumu Room... but as you can see, I hardly need to! Between Tiki-Ti and my travels, I'm up to my elbows in tiki.

Public Establishments:
Tiki-Ti, Hollywood (more times than I could possibly count)
Hawaiian Inn & the Green Turtle Restaurant, Daytona Beach
Aku Tiki Inn & Traders Restaurant, Daytona Beach
Tonga Hut, North Hollywood
Purple Orchid, El Segundo (also more times than I could possibly count)
Enchanted Tiki Room - Disneyland, Anaheim
Enchanted Tiki Room - Walt Disney World, Orlando
Polynesian Village Resort & 'Ohana Restaurant, Orlando
Trad'r Sam, San Francisco
Trader Vic's, Emeryville
Conga Lounge, Oakland
Tonga Room, San Francisco
Bamboo Hut, San Francisco
Mr. Vise Grip's Bamboo Bar, Fairfax
Club Mallard, Oakland
Hanalei Inn & Islands Restaurant, San Diego
Mr. Tiki's, San Diego
Trader Vic's, Beverly Hills
The Alibi, Portland
Jasmine Tree, Portland
Luau, Fresno
Leilani, Fresno
Whanga Rei, Turlock
Minnie's, Modesto
Tropics Motel & Tiki Lounge, Modesto
Bahooka, Rosemead
Hale Tiki, Augusta
Trader Vic's, Atlanta
Mai Kai, Ft. Lauderdale
Trader Vic's, San Francisco
Sam's Seafood, Huntington Beach
Chef Shangri-La, Chicago
Hala Kahiki, Chicago
Trader Vic's, Chicago
Oceanic Arts, Whittier
Lucky Tiki, Los Angeles
Caliente Tropics & Reef Bar, Palm Springs

Home Bars:
Castaway Lounge, Redondo Beach (Doctor Z)
Tiki Bar I Swore To Not Name, Hollywood (non-TCer)
Sven's House, Los Angeles (bigbrotiki)
Foggy Grotto, San Francisco (martiki)
Mr. Tiki Bar's, Portland (mrtikibar)
The Monkey Hut, Troutdale (Melintur & TikiMama)
Castaway Cove, Portland (TikiMaxton)
Monkey Skull Voodoo Lounge, Seattle (monkeyskull)
The Humuhumu Room, Seattle (formerly mine, now my ex-husband's)
Backyard Bali Hai, Seattle (puamana & Selector Lopaka)
Iuka Grogg's Hut, Los Angeles (iukagrogg, or is it weirduncletiki? I get them confused)
Durukuli Lounge, Los Angeles (LAWebChick & MonkeyBoy)
The Den of Sin, Las Vegas (TikiPugs)
Home Tiki Bar, Tujunga Canyon (TC lurker)
Sabu's Tiki Bar (what's its name, Sabu?), Carson (Sabu the Coconut Boy)
Tiki Office @ Pixar, Emeryville (Mr. Fishy)
Novato Grotto, Novato (martiki)
The UGH House, Oakland (mrsmiley)
Home Tiki Bar, Los Angeles (non TC-er)
Lagoon Room, Oceanside (Alnshely)

I hesitate to make a wish list right now... I have so many places I want to go, and I just can't tell yet where the year will take me... but it's sure to be great!

Special thanks to all who joined me at a restaurant, invited me out to a restaurant, gave me reason to extend an invitation, or best of all opened your home to me over the past year.