What is the Most Tiki Place . . . - General Tiki

TW Trader Woody Member Tiki Manor, Forest of Bowland,UK Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 2301	TW Trader Woody Posted posted on Thu, Feb 10, 2005 12:37 PM It's an odd choice, but one based on the FEELING of Tiki rather than the usual decor, location, etc. My choice is the Bamboo Hut in North Beach, SF. The reason for it was that I'd been getting into Tiki through copies of Tiki News that somehow made their way to the UK, and I'd not been to an American Tiki bar (well, restaurant in actual fact) since I left there at age 16. My wife and I decided to go to San Francisco in 1999 and I was desperate to check out the Tiki bars there, even e-mailing Otto to ask for tips. (No 'Locating Tiki' in those days) Anyway, after a looooong flight, I realised that we could make it for happy hour at the Bamboo Hut, so we dumped our bags, put on an Aloha shirt and raced over to the Bamboo Hut. A flawed experiece in many ways - the mixer didn't work, it was full of suits having a quick drink before they went home, and to be honest, it's really not the greatest Tiki bar in the world. In fact, I went to better Tiki bars the next day. But, it was what I'd been waiting for and I loved it. Later that evening, in another bar, we saw a woman performing just like Janis Joplin and so my wife got her wish too. Ah, good times. Trader Woody

It's an odd choice, but one based on the FEELING of Tiki rather than the usual decor, location, etc. My choice is the Bamboo Hut in North Beach, SF.

The reason for it was that I'd been getting into Tiki through copies of Tiki News that somehow made their way to the UK, and I'd not been to an American Tiki bar (well, restaurant in actual fact) since I left there at age 16. My wife and I decided to go to San Francisco in 1999 and I was desperate to check out the Tiki bars there, even e-mailing Otto to ask for tips. (No 'Locating Tiki' in those days)

Anyway, after a looooong flight, I realised that we could make it for happy hour at the Bamboo Hut, so we dumped our bags, put on an Aloha shirt and raced over to the Bamboo Hut.
A flawed experiece in many ways - the mixer didn't work, it was full of suits having a quick drink before they went home, and to be honest, it's really not the greatest Tiki bar in the world. In fact, I went to better Tiki bars the next day. But, it was what I'd been waiting for and I loved it.

Later that evening, in another bar, we saw a woman performing just like Janis Joplin and so my wife got her wish too. Ah, good times.

Trader Woody

Post #140506 by Trader Woody on Thu, Feb 10, 2005 12:37 PM