Don the Beachcomber's problems???? - Tiki Drinks and Food

C CincyTikiCraig Tiki Socialite Cincinnati, Ohio USA Joined: Mar 31, 2009 Posts: 467	C CincyTikiCraig Posted posted on Wed, Feb 29, 2012 1:22 AM On 2012-02-29 00:37, bigbrotiki wrote: It's really looking like you are mistaking Tiki for the latest food fad. Reading "Yelp" a lot? Watching the food channel daily? There are MANY other restaurant genres out there that fit into that world beautifully. And to THEIR customers, I sound like a crazy person. The hell you say. And don't lecture me on Tiki 'Bro. I won't support an establishment that serves lousy food and drinks. Period. Tiki or not. If you are saying that the best that we can hope for from Tiki is half-assed bars and restaurants that serve lousy food and poor quality drinks, then Tiki should die a dignified death. I for one reject your vision of what Tiki was, is, and should be, and I know that the Angels (Donn Beach & Vic Bergeron in particular) are on my side. Crappy establishments serving half assed food & drink are what killed Tiki the last time around, let's not repeat the mistakes of the past and kill Tiki all over again by repeating the mistakes of the past. I go to Chicago regularly, and I supported the "new" TV's there religiously, making multiple trips there each and every time that I was in Chicago over recent years. However, when that restaurant began to serve shitty drinks and worse food, and played crappy music that ruined the ambiance (or no music so that they could have televisions blaring throughout the restaurant) I stopped going. I make top notch Mai Tais, Navy Grogs, Rum Barrels, etc at home, and I refuse to pay over $12 per drink to be served bottom shelf rums filled with mixers laden with high fructose corn syrup & artificial flavorings-which is what TV's is serving up these days. Sorry, but if that's the best that a restaurant or bar can offer up then it can suck seawater down in Davy Jones' Locker. [ Edited by: CincyTikiCraig 2012-02-29 01:26 ]

On 2012-02-29 00:37, bigbrotiki wrote:
It's really looking like you are mistaking Tiki for the latest food fad. Reading "Yelp" a lot? Watching the food channel daily? There are MANY other restaurant genres out there that fit into that world beautifully. And to THEIR customers, I sound like a crazy person.

The hell you say. And don't lecture me on Tiki 'Bro. I won't support an establishment that serves lousy food and drinks. Period. Tiki or not. If you are saying that the best that we can hope for from Tiki is half-assed bars and restaurants that serve lousy food and poor quality drinks, then Tiki should die a dignified death. I for one reject your vision of what Tiki was, is, and should be, and I know that the Angels (Donn Beach & Vic Bergeron in particular) are on my side. Crappy establishments serving half assed food & drink are what killed Tiki the last time around, let's not repeat the mistakes of the past and kill Tiki all over again by repeating the mistakes of the past.

I go to Chicago regularly, and I supported the "new" TV's there religiously, making multiple trips there each and every time that I was in Chicago over recent years. However, when that restaurant began to serve shitty drinks and worse food, and played crappy music that ruined the ambiance (or no music so that they could have televisions blaring throughout the restaurant) I stopped going. I make top notch Mai Tais, Navy Grogs, Rum Barrels, etc at home, and I refuse to pay over $12 per drink to be served bottom shelf rums filled with mixers laden with high fructose corn syrup & artificial flavorings-which is what TV's is serving up these days. Sorry, but if that's the best that a restaurant or bar can offer up then it can suck seawater down in Davy Jones' Locker.

[ Edited by: CincyTikiCraig 2012-02-29 01:26 ]

Post #626909 by CincyTikiCraig on Wed, Feb 29, 2012 1:22 AM