New surf-tiki club opening in Redondo - General Tiki

KT Kreaky Tiki Member Goleta the good land Joined: Apr 19, 2003 Posts: 182	KT Kreaky Tiki Posted posted on Sun, Oct 5, 2003 11:36 PM On 2003-05-23 18:48, Doctor Z wrote: I wish I could voice a legit complaint about the closing of the Java Lanes, but, hey, LBUSD signs my paycheck! Besides, I'd rather have another school open in its place than a Kohls or Walgreens. As far as the Point Break ("The Surfin' Tiki Bar - Since 1947" whatever that means) goes, I checked it out and found that in a former life, the place used to be one of my old stomping grounds from about 10 years ago, a little armpit pool bar called the Cue N Brew. The place is the size of a closet (well, a large closet - it could only fit 2 pool tables!), but that's not necessarily bad - look at Tiki Ti! What is bad, however, is the location. Manhattan Beach has Baja Sharkeez, Hermosa has Aloha Sharkeez, and I have a baaaaaaad feeling that this is going to be Redondo's entry into the "lamest possible knucklehead frat boy beer bong bar, but with bamboo" category (as James so eloquently categorized the first two in TRT). But you never know. Are there any TC'ers involved in this place to give it a little, uh, legitimacy? C'Al? Ben? Chiki? Anyone? The 'Opening Soon' sign is gone, but despite the fact that I could hear music inside, no one answered the door when I knocked. I'll check back again later in the weekend... I wnet by the Tiki Surf Club this weekend, and went around back to find the door open. I walked up to a gentleman standing by the door and said "excuse me". He turned around and exhaled some "very sweet" smoke, and proceeded to tell me about his bar. It is supposed to open in January. He has been getting his supplies form Oceanic Arts, and has some of Leroy's tikis inside. They seem to be of the more cartoon type, which I am not that fond of. I asked him if he was aware of Tiki Central, he said "yeah, blah blah". I suggested that he employ soem of the carvers, and he said that he likes Leroy's work. I asked him what kind of drinks would they be serving, he said "everything!" he was proud to have a liquor license that he bought from the Seafarer in Manhattan Beach. I asked him again about the drinks, and again he said everything "you know Bourbon, Scotch, whatever.... I have the feeling that he does not know what Falernum, or Orgeat is. In fairness to him, he did say that he has been buying old Tikis for a while and they will be there, and he offered to buy me a drink when I come buy, when they're open. I will check it out later, and report back. KT I'm starting to feel likr a tiki snob [ Edited by: Kreaky Tiki on 2003-10-05 23:50 ]

On 2003-05-23 18:48, Doctor Z wrote:
I wish I could voice a legit complaint about the closing of the Java Lanes, but, hey, LBUSD signs my paycheck! Besides, I'd rather have another school open in its place than a Kohls or Walgreens.

As far as the Point Break ("The Surfin' Tiki Bar - Since 1947" whatever that means) goes, I checked it out and found that in a former life, the place used to be one of my old stomping grounds from about 10 years ago, a little armpit pool bar called the Cue N Brew. The place is the size of a closet (well, a large closet - it could only fit 2 pool tables!), but that's not necessarily bad - look at Tiki Ti! What is bad, however, is the location. Manhattan Beach has Baja Sharkeez, Hermosa has Aloha Sharkeez, and I have a baaaaaaad feeling that this is going to be Redondo's entry into the "lamest possible knucklehead frat boy beer bong bar, but with bamboo" category (as James so eloquently categorized the first two in TRT). But you never know. Are there any TC'ers involved in this place to give it a little, uh, legitimacy? C'Al? Ben? Chiki? Anyone?

The 'Opening Soon' sign is gone, but despite the fact that I could hear music inside, no one answered the door when I knocked. I'll check back again later in the weekend...

I wnet by the Tiki Surf Club this weekend, and went around back to find the door open. I walked up to a gentleman standing by the door and said "excuse me". He turned around and exhaled some "very sweet" smoke, and proceeded to tell me about his bar. It is supposed to open in January. He has been getting his supplies form Oceanic Arts, and has some of Leroy's tikis inside. They seem to be of the more cartoon type, which I am not that fond of. I asked him if he was aware of Tiki Central, he said "yeah, blah blah". I suggested that he employ soem of the carvers, and he said that he likes Leroy's work. I asked him what kind of drinks would they be serving, he said "everything!" he was proud to have a liquor license that he bought from the Seafarer in Manhattan Beach. I asked him again about the drinks, and again he said everything "you know Bourbon, Scotch, whatever.... I have the feeling that he does not know what Falernum, or Orgeat is. In fairness to him, he did say that he has been buying old Tikis for a while and they will be there, and he offered to buy me a drink when I come buy, when they're open. I will check it out later, and report back.

KT
I'm starting to feel likr a tiki snob

[ Edited by: Kreaky Tiki on 2003-10-05 23:50 ]

Post #53951 by Kreaky Tiki on Sun, Oct 5, 2003 11:36 PM