Tiki Central / General Tiki / Kansas City: The Tropics - was it tiki?
Post #655698 by Dustycajun on Sun, Oct 14, 2012 9:17 PM
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There were lots of places that used the rain on the roof theme. As far as I, Donn invented it as depicted in this article: "Then he opened a new style of restaurant, gambling that in those Depression years diners would enjoy spending a few hours in a South Seas fantasy world, amid tiki carvings, thatched roofs, bamboo furniture and rain falling on the roof. He graciously supplied the rain, produced from a garden hose, theorizing that drinkers tended to hang around for another round if it was pouring outside." Others that advertised the rain on the roof: Tropics, Detroit DC |