Post #323114 by jpmartdog on Fri, Aug 3, 2007 6:11 PM

Hey Tikinaut - I totally understood your direction of your post and agree with you completely! Its got nothing to do with the current clientele at the ex Tiki Bar -now sports bar with some carved wood and a cool entrance. The point is that the ghosts of a Tiki Bar still lurk in the room! With the number of original Tiki Bars declining each year, its tragic when we find the remnants or bones of Tiki History!

Now as for the term 'sportsdrunks' , I was the first to use that term in this thread and am sorry if I offended anyone.... - I am the last to say anything about hanging out having some 'beers' with good friends and watching the Red Sox on the tube! In fact just Wednesday night , I went to my local 'chinese' joint/sportsbar. They have pretty good polynesian drinks of original recipes, and serve them in tiki mugs. The joint/sportsbar absolutely stinks of stale smoke, christmas lights are still up and the dart board is always busy! I had a Zombie and two Suffering Bastards, only to stumnble out in the 4th inning of the Red Sox game and hop on my vintage Schwinn green phantom and w-o-b-b-l-e home! I was a sportsdrunk and had fun...... (should have eaten though- big mistake!)

Every joint on every corner in every state is filled with unique patrons each with unique passions - its us at Tiki Central that choose to recognize, remember, revitalize and even recreate our polynesian passion - Whether it be the Mai Kai in Fort Lauderdale or the Mai Kai in West Allis Wisconsin! Some times we step on a few toes with our eagerness.... luckily most of us are wear sandals!