Post #205456 by tikibars on Tue, Jan 3, 2006 10:45 AM

Sorry to let you down, Tipsy!
haha.

Just got back from a couple of weeks working in Europe.

Of course I found some time to investigate no less than eight Tiki sites in Spain.

So, alas, I haven't have time to run out to Sand Bar yet. Frankly, it doesn't seem like a place I am in a hurry to get to.... but I'll poke my head in eventually.

The Aku Tiki Room in Kewanee, IL is definitely worth a peek.

I have beem there several times and am quite a fan. As Tipsy points out, it is reviewed in Tiki Road Trip, and also in my "Tiki Town: Chicago" article in Tiki Magazine (and also on the crusty old TBRP for those of you who still bother poking through the cobwebs on that site).

The place is not, and hasn't ever been closed up for any appriciable length of time. The fact that they are only open on weekends may have lead some visitors to believe they are closed altogether, but this is not the case.

They did do some recent remodeling (all for the better, based on the conversations I had with the owners prior to the remodeling), and were shut briefly during this process - for just a few months.

Say hi to the owner, Carol, when you stop by, she's a really nice lady.

Also loo for the really cool mid century modern church on the road to the Aku Tiki Room! Mondrian mosaics!

[ Edited by: tikibars 2006-01-22 10:31 ]