Post #668975 by Hale Tiki on Wed, Feb 27, 2013 7:46 AM

On 2013-02-27 06:58, bigbrotiki wrote:

On 2013-02-27 04:11, Hale Tiki wrote:
Although I'm no authority on the matter, if things continue as they are with bar/cocktail culture, I wouldn't be surprised if Poly Pop came back around to the mainstream.

That has already happened. When by the middle to late 2000s the effect of the Book of Tiki was whaning (and it was running out of print), the burgeoning craft cocktail revival (which was in part INSPIRED by Jeff Berry's work) fully embraced Tiki through Jeff's work and gave the Tiki Revival a second wind that carried it into the 2010s. So much so that some folks think that Tiki culture is all about cocktails nowadays, and don't know the Book of Tiki. :D

Undoubtedly, but what I meant when I said mainstream...I was daydreaming a new era similar of the days of yore, so wonderfully cataloged in the Book of Tiki, where Polynesian Pop Palaces could be found in cities across the US. It would be nice to see a revival of the Polynesian Supper Club. One can dream.

[ Edited by: Hale Tiki 2013-02-27 07:57 ]