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

C chiwito Grand Member (8 years) the Pacific island of Alameda Joined: Oct 26, 2008 Posts: 86	C chiwito Posted posted on Fri, Oct 8, 2010 10:23 AM It wasn't great great or authentic tiki culture, and it certainly wasn't great classic drinks [tho' for the past few days, while doing my bartending school homework there each night, I tried to change that a bit], but it was a fantastic place to hang out and will be missed. The nonsense posts about teenage thugs from disgruntled neighbors can be ignored [drunken owner; well, that's a different story unfortunately]. Tiki Tom's never tried to be Forbidden Island, and I found good reasons to still be a semi-regular at FI, Conga, Smugglers', etc., but it was for most of its life a good waterfront restaurant. Besides, there is a lot to be said for a kid-friendly restaurant that also tries to be somewhat tiki. RIP giant frog.

It wasn't great great or authentic tiki culture, and it certainly wasn't great classic drinks [tho' for the past few days, while doing my bartending school homework there each night, I tried to change that a bit], but it was a fantastic place to hang out and will be missed. The nonsense posts about teenage thugs from disgruntled neighbors can be ignored [drunken owner; well, that's a different story unfortunately]. Tiki Tom's never tried to be Forbidden Island, and I found good reasons to still be a semi-regular at FI, Conga, Smugglers', etc., but it was for most of its life a good waterfront restaurant. Besides, there is a lot to be said for a kid-friendly restaurant that also tries to be somewhat tiki.

RIP giant frog.

Post #558604 by chiwito on Fri, Oct 8, 2010 10:23 AM