Post #50629 by TikiGoddess on Mon, Sep 8, 2003 6:36 PM

I have been to Wildwood twice this summer. I dined at the Hawaiian Rumble Pancake house, which is infested with tikis. However it is not a tiki bar. They play hawaiian guitar music and the food is good and inexpensive. They told me that many of the tikis were carved recently by "Tiki Tom" a Florida native who was described as "an itinerant fly by nite type of tiki carver". They said he carved all of the tikis in the parking lot. Being from the frozen north and starved for tiki, I was thrilled to be there. There are 2 big cement moai at the door and more on the mini golf course, along with some smaller random cement tikis. There is also a huge cement volcano with a waterfall.
The 50's retro motels are going strong in the town, although some have been torn down. The Thunderbird lrestaurant is alive and kicking, however.
The Singapore motel is shaped like a pagoda and it has the Bamboo Lounge, a little coffee shop that could be tiki if they added some actual tikis. Lots of bamboo and rattan furniture.
Wildwood is a haven for mid century modern architecture and I would highly recommend a trip there.
TikiGoddess: Born too late!