Post #322791 by bigbrotiki on Thu, Aug 2, 2007 3:12 PM

On 2007-08-02 14:21, TikiPhil wrote:
bigbrotiki said:

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it sports the last Polynesian A-frame in Southern California

...fronting a working Tiki Bar, that is. I do not consider the Half Moon Inn a Tiki place, and the Bali Hai has no A-frame.

On 2007-08-02 11:59, Hakalugi wrote:

It might not be an inconsistency but a difference of taste.

I think so, too. I am first and foremost an urban archaeologist. As I wrote in my foreword to Tiki Road Trip: When visiting an authentic Tiki Temple, I do not expect good service. For that, I can go somewhere else. But I for myself, I'd rather be in a place that remained intact and deal with inattention than go to a once grand/ now denuded restaurant like The Islands and have fine service (well, I might have to choose the latter in a couple of weeks :) )

Granted, this is supposed to be a happy marriage of the two. But my relief that they left the bar as it was is the overwhelming impression, not the dining experience. But as I said, I personally am in it for the art, not the other stuff. I can understand if others want it all.