Post #509095 by TikiHardBop on Fri, Feb 5, 2010 8:21 AM

Those three pictures basically sum up the full extent of the "tiki-ness" of Milliken's. You can't get a decent tiki drink there, most of the music is by DJ (fill-in-the-blank), and the main building done up in what I call "Florida fish house" style, which is what the Milliken family did before they got into the restaurant business. And you forgot to mention my favorite: the "Hookup Bar" (it's fishing themed). There is definitely more of a Florida Keys/Caribbean vibe than anything else.

Now don't get me wrong, I like the place. Although essentially an over-priced toursist destination, it's a great place to take out-of-town friends. We're taking a couple there for a pre-shuttle launch dinner tomorrow night. But you can't hardly spit along the ocean coast of Florida without hitting a place with tiki torches, a grass hut, sand, and some tiki heads. I really don't think that this place is any more "tiki" than JJ Grills, Sand on the Beach, Squidlips, Captain Hiram's, or the Mai Tiki bar at the end of Canaveral Pier to name a few in Brevard county alone.