Post #426207 by Tiki Kaimuki on Mon, Dec 29, 2008 11:30 AM

I have a friend and her family owns a longtime nautical themed bar in the downtown area of Sacramento. They are looking for new ways to increase business. My suggestion would be to up the nautical decor, add some tiki flourishes and tropical up the booze menu. I would suggest that they start with 5 tropical classics and 5 vintage regular drink classics. The key would be doing them RIGHT- drinks with freshly squeezed juices, not overly sweet in excecution, mixed by measurement and not by eye to get consistency, and a selection of high end rums for sipping.

My question is to people who live in the Sacramento area. Would you actively support this bar if it eased into the tiki scene? They are a nautical themed bar with some sports memorabilia and a working class clientele and I don't see that completely changing- you won't be getting a Forbidden Island makeover. But if the drinks were well made and there was some tiki present would it really be successful in the area?

Mahalo for any input. I may direct the family to this thread.