Post #60147 by Trader_Rick on Sat, Nov 15, 2003 8:33 PM

This won't be a big deal to most of you, but it is to me because it is next to impossible to find tiki stuff at thrift stores in Santa Barbara. Anyway, I just found a mug from a place I never new had existed until today. By searching the Tiki Central archives, I found the Trade Winds used to be next to the Wagon Wheel Hotel (I am not sure what is there now). The mug is just one of those three-faced, generic tiki mugs, but I still think it's way cool b/c: it is one of only three tiki mugs I found in a thrift store (and the ONLY vintage mug of the three); it is from a place that was only 45 minutes from my house; and because it was only four bucks.

Someone said they had a menu from Trade Winds. Anyone have any pictures they can post or any new information about the place? I would be very interested to hear more. Now if you excuse me, I am going to pour something with rum in this mug to break it in.