Post #578921 by phinz on Sat, Mar 5, 2011 7:15 AM

Actually, a discussion on dark themes versus colorful themes would be interesting and welcomed.

[ Edited by: telescopes 2011-03-04 16:53 ]

When I renovated Trader Scott's, moving it to the other side of the basement and removing all the Christmas lights, Key West paraphernalia, etc... but keeping the the tiki elements, the first thing I got from everybody was, "It's too dark." My reaction was, "Tough. It's a tiki bar. It's supposed to be dark. Let your eyes adjust."

I went from a mixed tiki/beach/Caribbean/tropical bar to much, much more tiki. Do I miss the escapism of the old bar? Heck yeah. Am I proud of what Tiki 65 and I have brought to life. Heck yeah.

The old bar:

Not pure tiki, but fun nevertheless. It was an escape. A place to be where you didn't worry. We actually spent more time just hanging out in the bar than we do now with the new bar.

I don't have good pics of the new space yet, but we went from about 150 sq. ft. to 600 sq. ft, with proper lounge and bar areas now.

I like your bar Caribe. It ain't tiki, but it sure looks like fun.