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Post #310320 by Mai Tai on Fri, Jun 1, 2007 11:42 AM
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Remember you? Why, you guys are practically legend around here!!! I'm glad that we have been of inspiration to you, and that you will be hitting some of our favorite haunts while in the States. In the San Francisco Bay Area, we are pretty ripe with tiki places, including three Trader Vic's restaurants, the Tonga Room at the Fairmont Hotel, Trad'r Sam, Bamboo Hut, Conga Lounge, Kona Club, and of course Forbidden Island. Plus many more. Some of our Southern California Ohana came up for a visit a couple of months back, and here is a thread that covers most of the tiki places to visit in the Bay Area. Discussion of San Francisco Bay Area tiki places starts here: Pictures start here on page 2: I don't know how long you are staying in San Francisco. If I had to choose 3 places, they would be the Tonga Room in San Francisco, Trader Vic's in Emeryville (in the East Bay Area, across the Bay Bridge from San Francisco), and Forbidden Island in Alameda, also in the East Bay. If I had to choose two places, then I'd have to flip a coin between the Tonga Room and Trader Vic's - the atmosphere is fantastic at the Tonga Room, it rains inside every 20 minutes, and there is a band that floats out on a bamboo raft to perform. But the food and (especially) the drinks are better at Trader Vic's. And then I'd hit Forbidden Island. If I had to choose just one place, then maybe it would be Forbidden Island. It's in a sleepy little suburb on an island town in the East Bay, so there's no big city atmosphere - you'd truly be going where the locals hang out. And they don't serve full dinners, only awesome pupu's. But the atmosphere is pretty much dead on to what a tiki bar should be. Even though Forbidden Island has been in existance for just over one year, it feels like the place has been around forever! It has that cozy atmosphere of your local pub, and the owners and staff are all very warm and welcoming. And the drinks are absolutely top notch - they use only fresh juice and make all of their juice daily, and use quality rum and other quality liqours in their drinks - which we've all noticed cuts down on the hangover factor! Anyways, wherever you decide to go, let us know, and some of us will come out to meet you. Cheers! |