Tiki Archaeology - Rummy's Polynesian House, Monocacy & Douglassville, PA - General Tiki

J johntiki Member MD Joined: Mar 31, 2002 Posts: 1528	J johntiki Posted posted on Wed, May 18, 2005 4:50 PM Hmmm... You know what's odd? I went to Yahoo to see if I could uncover any references to Rummy's and came up with nothing. But then I did a search for "tiki Monocacy PA" and came up with a place named "Tiki Bar" in Boyertown. After a quick Mapquest search I found that the distance between Rummy's Monocacy location and this modern day "tiki bar" is only 15 miles. Next I went back to Paumana's images and noticed on the back of the one menu it mentions what looks like a second location on Rt. 2 in Douglassville PA. So I did another Mapquest search to figure out the distance between Monocacy and Douglassville and it's only 3.77 miles - 12 miles from Boyertown. Now this is why I'm finding this whole location very odd... and I begin by saying I can't vouch that "Tiki Bar" is actually a tiki bar... what are 3 tiki/Polynesian restaurants/bars doing in such a close proximity in the middle of Lancaster County? Lancaster County, for those who aren't familiar, is chock full of Amish farms and communities! Now this is going out on a limb... but what if the surviving "Tiki Bar" in Boyertown had something to do with Rummy's? What if the decor was rescued from Rummy's before demolition and snatched up by the owners of Tiki Bar? Why in the hell was Lancaster Pennsylvania a tiki hotspot? Perhaps we've stumbled upon an Amish owned and operated, authentically decorated tiki bar hiding in the middle of nowhere! Shit! I should have let this post go for a little while to keep us theorizing before I called the number listed for "Tiki Bar" on Yahoo. I got a perky young woman answering the phone with a hearty "Hello, Tiki Bar." I cut through all formalities and asked her straight up if the Tiki Bar was in fact a tiki bar. As expected she didn't understand what I meant - I explained simply that tiki was a Polynesian or Hawaiian style that was first popular in the 50's. She answered back quickly "No, our place is more like a mix of Key West and New Orleans...” If I wasn't prepared for such a big letdown I probably would have vomited from such a bastardization of themes. In conclusion - thanks for posting Puamana! I enjoyed doing a bit of daydreaming...:)

Hmmm... You know what's odd? I went to Yahoo to see if I could uncover any references to Rummy's and came up with nothing. But then I did a search for "tiki Monocacy PA" and came up with a place named "Tiki Bar" in Boyertown. After a quick Mapquest search I found that the distance between Rummy's Monocacy location and this modern day "tiki bar" is only 15 miles.

Next I went back to Paumana's images and noticed on the back of the one menu it mentions what looks like a second location on Rt. 2 in Douglassville PA. So I did another Mapquest search to figure out the distance between Monocacy and Douglassville and it's only 3.77 miles - 12 miles from Boyertown.

Now this is why I'm finding this whole location very odd... and I begin by saying I can't vouch that "Tiki Bar" is actually a tiki bar... what are 3 tiki/Polynesian restaurants/bars doing in such a close proximity in the middle of Lancaster County? Lancaster County, for those who aren't familiar, is chock full of Amish farms and communities!

Now this is going out on a limb... but what if the surviving "Tiki Bar" in Boyertown had something to do with Rummy's? What if the decor was rescued from Rummy's before demolition and snatched up by the owners of Tiki Bar? Why in the hell was Lancaster Pennsylvania a tiki hotspot? Perhaps we've stumbled upon an Amish owned and operated, authentically decorated tiki bar hiding in the middle of nowhere!

Shit! I should have let this post go for a little while to keep us theorizing before I called the number listed for "Tiki Bar" on Yahoo. I got a perky young woman answering the phone with a hearty "Hello, Tiki Bar." I cut through all formalities and asked her straight up if the Tiki Bar was in fact a tiki bar. As expected she didn't understand what I meant - I explained simply that tiki was a Polynesian or Hawaiian style that was first popular in the 50's. She answered back quickly "No, our place is more like a mix of Key West and New Orleans...” If I wasn't prepared for such a big letdown I probably would have vomited from such a bastardization of themes.

In conclusion - thanks for posting Puamana! I enjoyed doing a bit of daydreaming...:)

Post #159979 by johntiki on Wed, May 18, 2005 4:50 PM