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Post #14315 by bigbrotiki on Wed, Nov 20, 2002 12:07 PM

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Thanks for the info on the Big Bamboo website, Chris, I like their house drink recipe link..:)
Seems that the Orlando Sentinel feels about it just like I did when I found it:

"It might be the best dive in the world. You could spend a year in the place and never see all of the trinkets and mementos pilfered or borrowed from jobs and relocated to the 'Boo for décor. It's more than an Orlando treasure. It's an American treasure.

It should never be torn down, not for a gas station, not for some other gaudy tourist trap in Tackytown -- it's on that strip of West U.S. Highway 192 that makes a Florida native queasier than the Vomitron ride at the local theme park.

But something has to be done to keep the place open or it will be sold off. Late 'Boo founder Bruce Muir, who died in 1999, willed the place remain open for four years before being sold. That just doesn't jibe for a lot of folks who consider the place an oasis of reality in a cartoon kingdom.

The 'Boo is at 4849 W. U.S. Highway 192. Look for the darkest lot just east of the corner of 192 and State Road 535."

You're right, by now it is more of a dive than a Tiki Bar. I am wondering if those Barney West Tikis are still there. The fact that they are small and not attached anywhere made them prime subjects for rip off. I was tempted, but off course adhered diligently to my own edict against "field collecting" from the BOT page 186...