The Lava Lounge, Madison, WI (bar) - Locating Tiki

CFTSL Creature from the Slack Lagoon Member Not Sober Atoll Joined: Dec 21, 2003 Posts: 27	CFTSL Creature from the Slack Lagoon Posted posted on Mon, Dec 22, 2003 2:01 AM Name:The Lava Lounge Type:bar Street:461 w. Gilman St. City:Madison State:WI Zip: country:USA Phone:(608)251-3161 Status:operational Description: Well, going by James Teitelbaum's classification system from "Tiki Roadtrip", I would have too categorize Madison's Lava Lounge as a type 5 or "Neo-Tiki". The place has some great origional Tiki art on the walls and a large colletion of Tiki mugs and carvings around the bar. However, don't expect to go there and relax. The place is always full of the local college savages and tends to get very loud and cramped since it's a little on the small side. Also, don't expect to hear anything like Martin Denny there. They have a juke box, so basically you end up hearing whatever is popular with the kids. Perhaps I should try going on a slower weekday night to see if it is any different. It struck me as a place with potential that got hijacked by the hip crowd. The food is not Polynesian by any stretch of the imagination. Expect the usual bar food of burgers and fries. Although they were quite good. The Mai Tai I orderd came in a Tiki mug and was fairly good, but the low price made it even better. [ Edited by: Creature from the Slack Lagoon on 2003-12-22 02:03 ]

Name:The Lava Lounge
Type:bar
Street:461 w. Gilman St.
City:Madison
State:WI
Zip:
country:USA
Phone:(608)251-3161
Status:operational

Description:
Well, going by James Teitelbaum's classification system from "Tiki Roadtrip", I would have too categorize Madison's Lava Lounge as a type 5 or "Neo-Tiki". The place has some great origional Tiki art on the walls and a large colletion of Tiki mugs and carvings around the bar. However, don't expect to go there and relax. The place is always full of the local college savages and tends to get very loud and cramped since it's a little on the small side. Also, don't expect to hear anything like Martin Denny there. They have a juke box, so basically you end up hearing whatever is popular with the kids. Perhaps I should try going on a slower weekday night to see if it is any different. It struck me as a place with potential that got hijacked by the hip crowd. The food is not Polynesian by any stretch of the imagination. Expect the usual bar food of burgers and fries. Although they were quite good. The Mai Tai I orderd came in a Tiki mug and was fairly good, but the low price made it even better.

[ Edited by: Creature from the Slack Lagoon on 2003-12-22 02:03 ]

Post #65942 by Creature from the Slack Lagoon on Mon, Dec 22, 2003 2:01 AM