Post #261444 by weirduncletiki on Wed, Oct 18, 2006 12:47 PM

I am proud to announce to the world that, yes indeed, I have been inside the Temple Bar and even got to order drinks! It was about a year ago on a crisp Saturday evening. I was picking up a group of pals from out of town who had been to the Cal game and thought it'd be fun to try out this mysterious joint. Of course, it was closed when I first went by, but the sign promised an open door an hour later. Once I retrieved my football fanatic friends, we went back and found, amazingly enough, that the place was open for business. The four of us were the only people in there on a Saturday evening and we took our places at the bar. The proprietor, Uncle Kem, immediately ingratiated himself to us. A very kindly elder Hawaiian, he had great stories about his home on Kauai as well as about his life as a musician. We all ordered off the tropical cocktail menu and Uncle Kem ambled down to the far side of the bar to start fixin' 'em up. This took about 10 minutes(for four drinks) as he carefully hunted the bar for all the ingredients and then exactly measured out all the proportions. Better late than never, though as they were all quie nice(and cheap!). No dinner was being served, and over the hour that we were there, no other folks came in. We enjoyed ourselves and Uncle Kem's company and look forward to getting back for their monthly Sunday buffet and jam session. Who knows?!?!

-Weird Unc

p.s. No cucarachas were seen.