The Square Grouper Tiki Bar at Castaway's Marina, Jupiter, FL (bar) - Locating Tiki

D Dimethios Member Joined: Feb 26, 2004 Posts: 116	D Dimethios Posted posted on Sun, Feb 13, 2005 4:29 PM Thank you guys. Esp BigBro. Florida is the only state thet never forgot the word Tiki. However, they forgot what it meant. There are countless hotels and beach establishments that advertise having a "Tiki Bar", but in Floridian it merely means a selfstanding bar with a thatched roof. In the Florida tourist industry it is a word like "Patio" or "Pool". Ask any bartender at these bars what a Tiki is, they have no idea (or HAD no idea, maybe now they do), and you are lucky if they can make a tropical drink. My brother came up from FL during the Xmas holiday. We got into a discussion about tiki's and tiki bars. In which he replied "what's the big deal everybody in FL has a tiki bar." I knew he had no real conception of what a "real" tiki bar was. So Now I am going to copy/paste/print this forum and snail mail it to him (he has no computer) :P Thanks again for validating my argument! :) http://www.fraternalorderofmoai.org/huimalu [ Edited by: Dimethios on 2005-02-13 16:59 ]

Thank you guys. Esp BigBro.

Florida is the only state thet never forgot the word Tiki. However, they forgot what it meant. There are countless hotels and beach establishments that advertise having a "Tiki Bar", but in Floridian it merely means a selfstanding bar with a thatched roof. In the Florida tourist industry it is a word like "Patio" or "Pool".
Ask any bartender at these bars what a Tiki is, they have no idea (or HAD no idea, maybe now they do), and you are lucky if they can make a tropical drink.

My brother came up from FL during the Xmas holiday. We got into a discussion about tiki's and tiki bars. In which he replied "what's the big deal everybody in FL has a tiki bar." I knew he had no real conception of what a "real" tiki bar was. So Now I am going to copy/paste/print this forum and snail mail it to him (he has no computer) :P Thanks again for validating my argument! :)

http://www.fraternalorderofmoai.org/huimalu

[ Edited by: Dimethios on 2005-02-13 16:59 ]

Post #140996 by Dimethios on Sun, Feb 13, 2005 4:29 PM