Post #411030 by Swanky on Wed, Oct 1, 2008 8:32 AM

That's an ideal, but our bar is more realistic. Sure, when we want the "escape pod" we do it. But, on Saturday when we're gonna watch the game, we will have the TV on in the bar and watch and drink beer.

The problem is, if you constrain the use of the bar to only when you are going to have that exact escape experience, you'll find yourself under-using the bar.

We look for more ways to get out there, not less. And after a stressful day, we can have a nice escapist Happy Hour out there or, when we are entertaining, we can do it there and play 80s music if that's what we want to hear, and drink beer. We just don't limit the space to a very precise event. When we want that, we do the Quiet Tiki Bar perfectly. But, we can pull the tapa cloth aside and fire up the TV and watch the news after work while enjoying a Margarita and discussing the day like we always do. We can do that in the bar as well as the kitchen or living room.

And some people really love the Tiki Bar and are not the Quiet Tiki Bar type. That is not their personality. You can't force it on them. No use saying "sshhhhh! You're in a quiet Tiki Bar." They just enjoy it as they do.

It is a bar first, and a Tiki Bar second. We don't discriminate, too much...