Post #34169 by tastysp on Wed, May 14, 2003 3:43 PM

as an owner of a Tiki Bar I struggled with that question prior to opening. I was even sent an essay from Sven Kirsten detailing what he thought it meant to open a tiki bar. At the end of the day I decided that it was

1. the drinks. mainly because you can get a martini at any bar but a suffering bastard is a whole other story.
2. decor. whether traditional or modern interpretation it needs to pay homage to the pioneers
3. service. that goes w/o saying