Post #248027 by Swanky on Thu, Aug 10, 2006 6:25 AM

On 2006-08-09 20:48, GROG wrote:
So, is this bar from pg24 of BOTconsidered a "tiki bar" JUST because it HAS tikis in it?

Because, if you take the tikis OUT......

.......there seems to be nothing else that really makes this a tiki bar as defined by what most people here on TC conisider a tiki bar.

On the other hand you do have a number of pictures, that at first glance most anybody would think, "Hey, a tiki bar!"
including these two photos from pages 37 and 67, (these are only 2 examples)

which either don't HAVE any tikis or just don't SHOW any of their tikis in these particular photos. The photo of Skipper Kents as well as a number of others have all the accoutrements of a tiki bar other than tikis (granted Skipper Kents name doesn't have tiki ON it so it doesn't have to have tikis IN it), but are they then still considered tiki bars/restaurants?
And, won't most of the public consider them as such since they ARE in the Book of Tiki?

The rest of TC is welcome to chime in as well, but please play nice, I didn't post this to be mean-spirited or humorous.
I'm just hoping this will contribute to helping define the nature of tiki as it pertains to tiki central and the art form as a whole.

[ Edited by: GROG 2006-08-09 20:53 ]

I think you stated the answer. We are talking capital T Tiki, which is not a tiki carving, but, as you say, the accourtement which make up a tiki bar. It may not have an actual tiki, but if it has every other standard item, it's tiki. And vice versa. Plopping a tiki in a Margarita Bar does not transform it into a tiki bar.