Trader Dick's Restaurant and Aquarium bar, Sparks, NV (restaurant) - Locating Tiki

M moondog426 Member Carmichael, CA Joined: Jul 26, 2006 Posts: 210	M moondog426 Posted posted on Mon, Aug 7, 2006 9:34 AM Well I made it to Hot August Nights and Trader Dick's at The Nugget in Sparks, Nevada. My wife and I drove over very early. We picked-up a ''local'' and headed to Sparks. I think we parked the car at 8a.m....We looked over some cars on the way over to the Tiki Bar. The restaurant itself was not going to open until 5pm!!!!!!..luckily for us the bar opened at 11:00am when we went back by. The fish tank is 40 feet long and approx 4ft tall. We only counted about 25 fish...hey, not a great job but somebody had to do it. The bartender came over to us... We were the only ones I saw drinking tiki drinks. We started with a Scorpion. I thought the drink tasted great. I said to Beth it didnt taste like it had any alcohol in it...she said ''oh yes it does''. The scorpion for two came in a generic glass bowl with just ''The nugget'' on it in 3 places. We traded it for a scorpion bowl for one...that looked more like what I wanted. We then had the bartender show us the mugs. We needed to order 3 more drinks to get em all.....darn...My wife had the ''aku-aku'' complete with flaming sugar cube...Tasted pretty strong for her...SHE LOVED IT...I ordered the ''wahine''..I guess this might be considered a woman's drink, but while I drank it no other women approached me...My last drink was a'''navy grog''....GOOD NIGHT!...I thought this thing had been made wrong...strong and not very tasty...well of course I finished it!....we then cruised around and saw the cars for a bit more....had a bite to eat in the sportsbar where I placed a bet...we actually headed home around 3:30...just in time to see my last game finish up on the tube...with 2 outs in the 9th inning ''pudge'' Rodriguez hit a 2-run homer and paid for my trip!!!!!1 tiki gods?!!?!?!?.....me thinks!!!! I would go back there in heartbeat (well I have to, to cash my ticket)...actually a band I like called ''Southern Culture on The Skids'' are playing on 9-16 and 9-17 across the street at the great basin brewerey...anybody wanna tiki on the 16th? .....oh yeah I've included a couple of pictures of cars from the event.

Well I made it to Hot August Nights and Trader Dick's at The Nugget in Sparks, Nevada. My wife and I drove over very early. We picked-up a ''local'' and headed to Sparks. I think we parked the car at 8a.m....We looked over some cars on the way over to the Tiki Bar. The restaurant itself was not going to open until 5pm!!!!!!..luckily for us the bar opened at 11:00am when we went back by. The fish tank is 40 feet long and approx 4ft tall. We only counted about 25 fish...hey, not a great job but somebody had to do it. The bartender came over to us... We were the only ones I saw drinking tiki drinks. We started with a Scorpion. I thought the drink tasted great. I said to Beth it didnt taste like it had any alcohol in it...she said ''oh yes it does''. The scorpion for two came in a generic glass bowl with just ''The nugget'' on it in 3 places. We traded it for a scorpion bowl for one...that looked more like what I wanted. We then had the bartender show us the mugs. We needed to order 3 more drinks to get em all.....darn...My wife had the ''aku-aku'' complete with flaming sugar cube...Tasted pretty strong for her...SHE LOVED IT...I ordered the ''wahine''..I guess this might be considered a woman's drink, but while I drank it no other women approached me...My last drink was a'''navy grog''....GOOD NIGHT!...I thought this thing had been made wrong...strong and not very tasty...well of course I finished it!....we then cruised around and saw the cars for a bit more....had a bite to eat in the sportsbar where I placed a bet...we actually headed home around 3:30...just in time to see my last game finish up on the tube...with 2 outs in the 9th inning ''pudge'' Rodriguez hit a 2-run homer and paid for my trip!!!!!1 tiki gods?!!?!?!?.....me thinks!!!!
I would go back there in heartbeat (well I have to, to cash my ticket)...actually a band I like called ''Southern Culture on The Skids'' are playing on 9-16 and 9-17 across the street at the great basin brewerey...anybody wanna tiki on the 16th?
.....oh yeah I've included a couple of pictures of cars from the event.

Post #247338 by moondog426 on Mon, Aug 7, 2006 9:34 AM