Old Forgotton Tiki Bar Still Operating Near Boston? - General Tiki

K Kailuageoff Member Honolulu Lounge,Lewes, DE Joined: Mar 27, 2002 Posts: 1506	K Kailuageoff Posted posted on Mon, Sep 15, 2003 12:10 PM My trip to the Boston/Providence area was cut short last week (only two weeks instead of five, thank Gawd) when the trial I was attending was settled out of court. The big bummer, however, is that I was not able to meet up with Rain and do the Kowloon as planned. The Kowloon was more than an hour from where I was, and even further for Rain. Since he arrived late from Florida the day we were supposed to go, and I was too slammed with work to get back with him and set up an alternative plan, it didn't happen. Oh well... I was staying in Plymouth, Mass. and did find a local Chinese place called the Ming Dynasty that served Mai-Tais, Zombies, Suffering Bastards, Scorpion bowls, etc. So if anyone is ever visiting the Mayflower and Plymouth Plantation, they might want to stop in for a beverage even though there is no tiki atmosphere. I also checked out two promising sounding places near where I was staying that didn't pan out. One was called Orchid of Hawaii near New Bedford. The other was called the Hawaiian Garden in Halifax. The Hawaiian Garden had a cool sign out front, a tropical mural near the bar and the same tiki pole inside that is on the outside of the China Sea restaurant in Providence. Otherwise it was smoke-filled and hopeless. The Orchid of Hawaii was a very modern Chinese place that just sucked. I also stopped into a place in Hyannis on Cape Cod called "Tiki Ports". This place must have been a full-fledged tiki joint at one time. There were tiki poles out front, a lava rock fountain at the doorway, bamboo light fixtures and a tropical mural over the bar. I didn't have time to get a drink, but the place was full of beer drinking locals anyway who didn't want me taking pictures of the bar (I did so regardless). Hopefully Rain will get to the Kowloon and also be able to check out a place called the Hukilau in Chicopee that some friends in Florida told me about. There seems to have been a lot of tiki in New England at one time, so maybe more discoveries will be made. KG

My trip to the Boston/Providence area was cut short last week (only two weeks instead of five, thank Gawd) when the trial I was attending was settled out of court. The big bummer, however, is that I was not able to meet up with Rain and do the Kowloon as planned.
The Kowloon was more than an hour from where I was, and even further for Rain. Since he arrived late from Florida the day we were supposed to go, and I was too slammed with work to get back with him and set up an alternative plan, it didn't happen. Oh well...
I was staying in Plymouth, Mass. and did find a local Chinese place called the Ming Dynasty that served Mai-Tais, Zombies, Suffering Bastards, Scorpion bowls, etc. So if anyone is ever visiting the Mayflower and Plymouth Plantation, they might want to stop in for a beverage even though there is no tiki atmosphere.
I also checked out two promising sounding places near where I was staying that didn't pan out. One was called Orchid of Hawaii near New Bedford. The other was called the Hawaiian Garden in Halifax. The Hawaiian Garden had a cool sign out front, a tropical mural near the bar and the same tiki pole inside that is on the outside of the China Sea restaurant in Providence. Otherwise it was smoke-filled and hopeless. The Orchid of Hawaii was a very modern Chinese place that just sucked.
I also stopped into a place in Hyannis on Cape Cod called "Tiki Ports". This place must have been a full-fledged tiki joint at one time. There were tiki poles out front, a lava rock fountain at the doorway, bamboo light fixtures and a tropical mural over the bar. I didn't have time to get a drink, but the place was full of beer drinking locals anyway who didn't want me taking pictures of the bar (I did so regardless).
Hopefully Rain will get to the Kowloon and also be able to check out a place called the Hukilau in Chicopee that some friends in Florida told me about. There seems to have been a lot of tiki in New England at one time, so maybe more discoveries will be made.
KG

Post #51358 by Kailuageoff on Mon, Sep 15, 2003 12:10 PM