Post #210906 by MadtownTiki on Fri, Jan 27, 2006 5:51 PM

I always hate posting on a message board for the first time...guess it's a necessary evil.

So I'm a recent college grad living in Madison, WI and I very well may be the only tiki-ite (tiki-an? tiki-en? nevermind...) in this humble berg. My tiki experience began long ago when a certain family member took me to Trader Vic's in Chicago (I'm gonna miss that place!) and I had my first tiki drink - a Soft Bahia.

I've since been to the Emeryville and SF Vic's and the Tonga Room in SF, with plans to visit the Kowloon in Saugus, MA later this year (with a trip to one of the newer Vic's possibly in the cards). If it weren't for the dang TVs and the occasional drunks filling up the place ordering Old Styles after the Cubs lose, I'd say the Chicago Vic's was my favorite, so instead it'd be Emeryville.

I only own 1 tiki mug that I use as a pen holder because I was told that the lead paint used to design it could kill me (some gift). AAAAAAnd my favorite drink is unequivocally and irrevocably the Sidewinder's Fang, which you won't find on the menu at too many bars (or anywhere?) :)

madtown