tiki cocktail lounge, modesto, ca, (bar) - Locating Tiki

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Thu, Dec 30, 2010 12:46 PM On 2010-12-30 09:46, bigbrotiki wrote: Here's the Tiki that stood by the entrance to the bar in the 90s: I liked the fact that this place was actually called the "Tiki Lounge"- but the hours sign was the only one where it was spelled out. There were few other outright Tiki Lounges: The Hawaiian Village had one, that Motel in Denver, and the Hawaiian Isle in Miami. I just checked on Google street view, and it shows that Tiki still in place: Now that's good news! I was assuming that since nobody had photographed it it was a goner, but thank god for the dry desert climate. Plus luckily nobody ever had the bright idea to paint it in party colors.

On 2010-12-30 09:46, bigbrotiki wrote:
Here's the Tiki that stood by the entrance to the bar in the 90s:

I liked the fact that this place was actually called the "Tiki Lounge"- but the hours sign was the only one where it was spelled out. There were few other outright Tiki Lounges: The Hawaiian Village had one, that Motel in Denver, and the Hawaiian Isle in Miami.

I just checked on Google street view, and it shows that Tiki still in place:

Now that's good news! I was assuming that since nobody had photographed it it was a goner, but thank god for the dry desert climate. Plus luckily nobody ever had the bright idea to paint it in party colors.

Post #570653 by bigbrotiki on Thu, Dec 30, 2010 12:46 PM