Post #248844 by freddiefreelance on Mon, Aug 14, 2006 8:18 AM

Robert, did you ever come up with something you liked? I'm starting on my second cup of coffee & my brain's started popping stuff out of it:

• Tiki Fireplace (ala the Kahiki or Lucky Tiki)

image courtesy of Sabina

• Tiki Fountain
• Combination Tiki Fountain & Fire Feature (ala the Kahiki's "George")

image courtesy of Sabina

• Completely cover the ceiling & upper walls with low wattage lamps: pufferfish, bamboo faces, "coolie" hats, fish traps, lucite-filled bamboo segments, net floats, etc.
• Pufferfish Chandelier!
• Coconut Monkey Mug Club display covering the ceiling above the bar.
• "Mystery Drink" analogue, served by your choice of bikini clad young man or woman.
• "Everything served on fire" specials.
• A shrine to sacrifice virgins on.
• a floor mosaic depicting a coral & fish filled lagoon that turns into sea-lapped sandy shore's edge at the bar.
• Dress the barback as a fez wearing monkey. :wink:
• Hire a bartender that looks like this:

• Get the Jab to fill your jukebox.
• Make the restrooms Jungle-themed with bird calls & monkey screams in the air, images of lush foliage on the walls, and the sound of rain in the distance.
• Hide the bathroom doors behind shields with a Witco-esque Man/Woman symbol mounted on each.
• Large volcano bowls or coconut mugs with mister "smoke generators" inserted into them behind the bar.

I also keep thinking about a wooden Tiki outlined by Neon or electroluminescent wire.