Post #58497 by tikijackalope on Wed, Nov 5, 2003 1:33 AM

I am seeking tiki bars, restaurants, motels, etc. in Missouri, Kansas or Oklahoma.

Armed with Tiki Road Trip, I called the only entries for those states. Aloha Kai in Shawnee (near Kansas City) KS is apparently out of business as the number was disconnected...same with Terry's Polynesian Room in St Louis. Directory assistance has neither restaurant. Can any locals confirm they are gone and tell us what they were like?

A google search turned up a place in St. Louis called Venice Cafe, which a reviewer said has tiki decor but reggae music. Has anyone been there?

I also called Aloha Taste of Hawaii in Tulsa, OK and was told that they have gone through two name changes and remodels (Two Palms, and now Cancun Cove) and now offer "the best tex-mex."

I guess we're spoiled as our first and only tiki restaurant experience was Omni Hut on a recent trip to TN. Then I saw Kon-Tiki in Tucson and drank in the decor one quiet afternoon. The last Tiki motel I know of in this region was the Tropicana in Joplin, MO which was demolished last year (I did get the tiki head sign). Can anyone tell this tiki junkie where to get a fix?

Update: I went to Cancun Cove in March of this year. As of that time, it was a tropical theme restaurant (a few fake palm trees) that emphasized Filipino food. The place smelled funny, like cooking odors that couldn't escape, but the food was good. There was nothing tiki about the place, though.

We've been to several very good tiki places since this post.

I listed three non-tiki places (one in Wichita, two in Tulsa) that might be assumed to be tiki in this thread: http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=1441&forum=1&12

[ Edited by: tikijackalope on 2004-09-13 19:47 ]