Tiki Tom's on the Oakland Riviera, Oakland, CA (restaurant) - Locating Tiki

J JenTiki Grand Member (1 year) Home of the best rum collection in NC Joined: Jun 16, 2006 Posts: 2336	J JenTiki Posted posted on Fri, Oct 8, 2010 9:12 AM I drove past Tiki Tom's a few nights ago and it looked closed. Neighbors said it was closed last night as well. I've never seen that parking lot even close to full, so I won't be at all surprised if they find that this was an inside job for insurance money. One of the Yelp reviews even mentions a "drunken owner that disrespects it patrons." Several reviews also mention that Tiki Tom's had resorted to hosting parties for teenaged "thugs" with guns, requiring several visits by police. Having been there myself a few months after it opened, in my opinion, the fire was the Tiki Gods' form of natural selection. Good riddance to bad tiki. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/baycitynews/a/2010/10/08/fire08.DTL&tsp=1

I drove past Tiki Tom's a few nights ago and it looked closed. Neighbors said it was closed last night as well. I've never seen that parking lot even close to full, so I won't be at all surprised if they find that this was an inside job for insurance money. One of the Yelp reviews even mentions a "drunken owner that disrespects it patrons." Several reviews also mention that Tiki Tom's had resorted to hosting parties for teenaged "thugs" with guns, requiring several visits by police.

Having been there myself a few months after it opened, in my opinion, the fire was the Tiki Gods' form of natural selection. Good riddance to bad tiki.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/baycitynews/a/2010/10/08/fire08.DTL&tsp=1

Post #558592 by JenTiki on Fri, Oct 8, 2010 9:12 AM