Bali Bar, Mexico City, Mexico (bar) - Locating Tiki

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Sun, Feb 7, 2010 11:47 AM On 2010-02-06 21:29, Zeta wrote: The Bali bar swizzle stick Sans the stick, two arms and a hand Wow, that would be a great swizzle to find intact! I wonder if the name of this bar is based on the the not uncommon Polynesian pop misunderstanding that BALI had anything to do with BALI HA'I --which it didn't (Book of Tiki, page 127). ...which is not to say that the island of Bali is not a beautific tropical paradise in itself, and could be the inspiration for any tropical bar. But the comparison to Vic's and Don's, and the menu offering Hawaiian drinks show that the bar saw itself as part of the Polynesian pop genre.

On 2010-02-06 21:29, Zeta wrote:
The Bali bar swizzle stick

Sans the stick, two arms and a hand

Wow, that would be a great swizzle to find intact!

I wonder if the name of this bar is based on the the not uncommon Polynesian pop misunderstanding that BALI had anything to do with BALI HA'I --which it didn't (Book of Tiki, page 127).

...which is not to say that the island of Bali is not a beautific tropical paradise in itself, and could be the inspiration for any tropical bar. But the comparison to Vic's and Don's, and the menu offering Hawaiian drinks show that the bar saw itself as part of the Polynesian pop genre.

Post #509627 by bigbrotiki on Sun, Feb 7, 2010 11:47 AM