tiki cocktail lounge, modesto, ca, (bar) - Locating Tiki

T tikicleen Tiki Socialite ripon: almond capital yet no orgeat Joined: Nov 11, 2003 Posts: 338	T tikicleen Posted posted on Sat, Dec 3, 2005 1:09 PM On 2005-12-03 12:58, bigbrotiki wrote: I always was curious about the Tiki's wall painting they use as the background to their site: Is it really vintage? Was it done by the same artist that did the Minnie's velvets across the street? The Tiki they used is in the BOT p.187, I always called it the "Mae West Tiki". It's wood, I got it from Danny Balsz on one of my expeditions out here. But after that it surfaced in a black Lava-rock material, from Hawaii, together with a different brother Tiki. Did not get them, they were too expensive, but they were very cool Poly-pop style designs. this painting made its appearance after the "remodel" of a year ago. i personally do not think it is vintage. the artist is joe ???something---cannot recall due to fogginess of the evening--??? and it definitely is not by the same artist (tyree) who did the velvets at minnie's. there are some tyree oils, though, still hanging at the tiki. and i concur with dangergirl in that there was not a drastic change to the type of crowd. if anything, it is more clean, more tikis up, and less of the sketchy element. they even had the lava pit fireplace going! that is a great sign since the fire pit was out for a number of years.

On 2005-12-03 12:58, bigbrotiki wrote:
I always was curious about the Tiki's wall painting they use as the background to their site:

Is it really vintage? Was it done by the same artist that did the Minnie's velvets across the street? The Tiki they used is in the BOT p.187, I always called it the "Mae West Tiki". It's wood, I got it from Danny Balsz on one of my expeditions out here.

But after that it surfaced in a black Lava-rock material, from Hawaii, together with a different brother Tiki. Did not get them, they were too expensive, but they were very cool Poly-pop style designs.

this painting made its appearance after the "remodel" of a year ago. i personally do not think it is vintage. the artist is joe ???something---cannot recall due to fogginess of the evening--??? and it definitely is not by the same artist (tyree) who did the velvets at minnie's. there are some tyree oils, though, still hanging at the tiki.

and i concur with dangergirl in that there was not a drastic change to the type of crowd. if anything, it is more clean, more tikis up, and less of the sketchy element. they even had the lava pit fireplace going! that is a great sign since the fire pit was out for a number of years.

Post #201441 by tikicleen on Sat, Dec 3, 2005 1:09 PM