Post #45870 by AquaZombie on Sun, Aug 3, 2003 4:20 PM

Just checked out the grand opening of this cozy new tiki joint in Fairfax, CA, North of SF - sort of like a Hippie "Leave it to Beaver" town, very charming and old-fashioned but the locals look more like Ward and June after a few Dead concerts - and Vise Grip's (he of Neo-Swing fame) new tiki bar adjacent to the popular 19 Broadway nightclub (where Sam Burtera plays when he's in the area) is well worth the trip (at least from the East Bay, but if you're traveling through the Bay Area, definitely try to take the extra time to seek this out). The decor is heavy on bamboo, thatched huts and tiki gods of all sizes, and the drinks are pretty strong. I recommend the "Nite of the Living Dead" which will definitely Zombify you. One stern warning: the cops up there are VERY bored and actually kept a close eye on the large (but hardly rowdy) assemblage of out of town hipsters (there to see Zooma Zooma, a swingin' Louis Prima cover band and Dane's Dames Burlesque, hubba hubba), and I was told they tail people out of town looking for the slightest excuse to pull 'em over and slap a DUI on 'em, just for the notch on their belt. Anyway, see http://www.19broadway.com for details and directions (and I'm sure this info has been posted already but gimme a break, I'm an old timer on the tiki scene but new to these forums.) I also reviewed it for the Fall issue of Atomic Magazine (my write-up on Oakland's Conga Lounge is in the Summer issue, hitting newsstands any day now). A lot of you were probably there too and can offer your own opinions/observations, but there's my 2 cents.

[ Edited by: AquaZombie on 2003-08-03 16:20 ]