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 Thu, Nov 11, 2010 5:29 PM On 2010-11-03 19:15, mig wrote: I've been looking online for news about it (such as if the cause has been better determined, or if the owner has been located) and there's nuthin'. Nuthin' at all. Just one unverified source that said the frog had been deflated and moved a few days before. Anybody got any verifiable news? Tom was never unlocated. He was in touch with the fire investigators the weekend after the fire. He is intermittently on the scene these days, while the cleanup crew hired by the insurance company clears the debris. We managed to salvage the large mosaic mural from the front of the building, which is now in my garage awaiting either Tom's next project or more progress on my always-soon-to-come home tiki/beach bar. The investigators haven't determined exactly what caused the fire, but they seem to think that it started on the boat and spread to the building. I have heard one plausible theory as to what seems most likely, but not from anyone official. The frog deflated when the electricity was cut off a few hours before the fire. I assume it was a total loss along with everything else in the building -- it certainly looked so when I saw it before the cleanup. chiwito

On 2010-11-03 19:15, mig wrote:
I've been looking online for news about it (such as if the cause has been better determined, or if the owner has been located) and there's nuthin'. Nuthin' at all. Just one unverified source that said the frog had been deflated and moved a few days before.

Anybody got any verifiable news?

Tom was never unlocated. He was in touch with the fire investigators the weekend after the fire. He is intermittently on the scene these days, while the cleanup crew hired by the insurance company clears the debris. We managed to salvage the large mosaic mural from the front of the building, which is now in my garage awaiting either Tom's next project or more progress on my always-soon-to-come home tiki/beach bar.

The investigators haven't determined exactly what caused the fire, but they seem to think that it started on the boat and spread to the building. I have heard one plausible theory as to what seems most likely, but not from anyone official.

The frog deflated when the electricity was cut off a few hours before the fire. I assume it was a total loss along with everything else in the building -- it certainly looked so when I saw it before the cleanup.

chiwito

Post #564648 by chiwito on Thu, Nov 11, 2010 5:29 PM