Post #166178 by Kailuageoff on Thu, Jun 16, 2005 6:59 AM

As has been discussed before, the term "tiki bar" seems to be used througout the Caribbean to describe any outdoor bar. My personal opinion is this may be due to the various rum distilleries that shipped their products off to tiki bars in the 50's and 60's. It's easy to guess that time period would have have been a golden age for the rum distillers, as well as for Poly Pop businesses in the states, and that local island bars served many of the same tiki drinks that were being served at Donn's and Vic's - thus "tiki bar" whether tikis or not -- and these days "tiki bar" even if they only sell Red Stripe.
Just a guess.

[ Edited by: Kailuageoff on 2005-06-16 07:00 ]