Post #620672 by thejab on Thu, Jan 12, 2012 4:16 PM

Happy birthday Tiki Central, and thank you Hanford for many years of great service to the Tiki Community!

I still have the email sent from Otto to his tiki events email list on 4/16/01:

http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/tikicentral

go here
sign up

have fun

I signed up the next day (4/17/01).

I forgot that it was around over a year before I joined.

And here's the first post that I saved for future reference, from Bigbrotiki of course (6/15/01):

Ahh, the places, the cocktails....Since Madame Woo's in Santa Monica closed and one can not enjoy the incredible talent of Ex-Don the Beachcomber mixologist Tony Ramos anymore, the place to imbibe authentic Polynesian potions is definitely the

TIKI TI:
1.) The great White!
..like a Polynesian cocktail should be: A multi-layered taste sensation, so addictive you order another one, which is your downfall!

2.) The Navy Grog

3.) The Rum Barrel---also at:

Burt Hixson's THE WAREHOUSE in Marina Del Rey.
When coming in at LAX I always stop by and have one of their Rum Barrels (you still can take the barrel mug home) on the deck overlooking the Yacht Harbour, feel like a Marina Swinger and know I am back in L.A.

THE ROYAL HAWAIIAN Laguna Beach is one of the oldest authentic Tiki temples, unfortunately it's so far away that I never go there to taste their excellent Mai Tai.

BAHOOKA'S is a splendid Beachcomber environment.
Their ribs and Yams are great, unfortunately their cocktails are (in my opinion) what Beachbum Berry calls "Spiked Coolaid".

TRADER VIC'S Beverly Hills offers his whole menu of fine concoctions, but is just too much of a posh restaurant and not enough of a Tiki Lounge to be comfortable.

Pardon my reminiscing!