R.I. P. The Reef Bar & Welcome Tropics Restaurant/Congo Room Bar! - General Tiki

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Sat, May 9, 2009 12:43 PM Paul, nice post...but...don't tell me the A-frame is gone, please. And the wormwood siding!? Let's make this a memorial to ALL the bars that once existed in this location: The CONGO ROOM (1962-1970s (?)) Mod-Exotica: The REEF I -The Oceanic Arts phase (early 1970s-late 1980s) Classic full blown Tiki: The non-descript generic bar phase (1990s-2000) -NOT worth remembering!- Important: 2001 -The Tropics' Tiki theme gets saved by Casey Jones and his business partner! FIRST Tiki Oasis event takes place The REEF II -The Bamboo Ben/Crazy Al phase (2004 (?) -2009) The triumphant return of Bamboo. A dedicated labor love well documented by the above photos. The scary thing is that the current owner(s) seem clueless as to the uniqueness of the place and only seem to think in terms of "updating".

Paul, nice post...but...don't tell me the A-frame is gone, please. And the wormwood siding!?

Let's make this a memorial to ALL the bars that once existed in this location:

The CONGO ROOM (1962-1970s (?)) Mod-Exotica:

The REEF I -The Oceanic Arts phase (early 1970s-late 1980s) Classic full blown Tiki:

The non-descript generic bar phase (1990s-2000) -NOT worth remembering!-

Important: 2001 -The Tropics' Tiki theme gets saved by Casey Jones and his business partner!
FIRST Tiki Oasis event takes place

The REEF II -The Bamboo Ben/Crazy Al phase (2004 (?) -2009)
The triumphant return of Bamboo. A dedicated labor love well documented by the above photos.

The scary thing is that the current owner(s) seem clueless as to the uniqueness of the place and only seem to think in terms of "updating".

Post #452729 by bigbrotiki on Sat, May 9, 2009 12:43 PM