Post #627085 by tiki1963 on Wed, Feb 29, 2012 9:44 PM

On 2012-02-29 21:21, bigbrotiki wrote:
Nope, just a site that is primarily there for the appreciation and preservation of Tiki culture - not food culture. There are other sites for that.

ok, sven. i'll raise ya one.

you know i want to preserve that culture just as much, if not more than anybody.

i don't presume to know everything about the best cuisine or tropical drinks (i'm a scotch man myself), i can say with some common sense authority that the best way to keep these places alive is to encourage them to do what they are in business for; the serve food and drinks. presumably, the better one does so, the longer they stay in business.

let's face it, it's not JUST the 'tiki fad' that killed the tiki restaurants and bars of old. it was the quality.

although your strip joint metaphor made me giggle, it really is incorrect. if nice titties are what your looking for and not the beer, then really, the tikis are what shouldn't matter. the general public is going to don's because it's a restaurant. they want food and drink. tikis are secondary. perhaps not to you and me, but trust me, the minute they lose the patronage of the 90% of their clientele who want to ingest and imbibe, they go out of business.

you, me and the rest of the population on Tiki Central won't be able to keep them in business alone.

using your titty metaphor, what you should open is a tiki culture museum-THAT would be a titty bar. and i'd bet you'd be at the ATM every two minutes!

honestly, i just disagree that is matter not if these places have good food/drinks. it's simply why they are in business.

take Damon's in Glendale for example. when the new owners took over, they enhanced the food and drinks to the point that almost any given day, there's a line to be seated, ensuring it's survival. let's walk next door to Porto's. why is there always a huge line out the door? they are good at what they are in business for: to sell excellent baked goods.

a tiki restaurant is just that. a place to sell food. if they do it well, they thrive. they don't, they die. (and then i buy all their shit).

i think it's very important Don's continues to do well.

perhaps this poor schmuck who started this thread couldda asked the question better, but i think it stands as a legitimate query.

i also believe that instead of jumping down the guy's throat for semantics, we could use the opportunity to showcase the good work Don's is doing and steer more customers their way.

aloha!