Post #619033 by Lake Surfer on Wed, Dec 28, 2011 7:17 PM

Back in the Spring of 2005, I was commissioned by a new customer to carve 8 tikis. Two of them were 8-10' poles, and the rest were in the 4-5' range. It was a quick turn around job.

The guy drove up to Milwaukee in a rental truck to pick them up after I finished them. They were headed to a new bar that he and his partner were opening in St. Louis.

I think it was to be called "Chicken Bones" or something. Sort of a voodoo, tropical jungle thing. He mentioned that the bar top was going to be bleached bones under resin.

I never saw photos of the place, or found any info on it. But my job was done and the tikis were in his hands.

So there are possibly 8 of my tikis floating around the St. Louis area, unless they were trashed with whatever establishment went under.

I wish you the best of luck... if Milwaukee can have a popular and successful tiki bar, I'm sure you could pull one off in St. Louis.

Tiki is alive and well in Chicago also... the Midwest isn't a total wasteland.

[ Edited by: Lake Surfer 2011-12-28 19:18 ]