Post #6897 by chefgrey2 on Tue, Aug 27, 2002 11:04 AM

Just wanted to ask your esteemed opinions....Now, I am thrilled by the opening of all the new tiki bars lately...it helps offset some of the closings in recent years...but I was just wondering as to the plight of tiki bars in regards to the younger generation...it seems that most of the newer ones play so much hip-hop, top 40, and techno, and feature such other irreverences that it makes you wonder...do you think there will ever be a return to tiki's more Exotica and Hawaiian oriented roots on a larger scale. or will this era of neon and pyro tikis eventually lead to overkill and discard and the subsequent underground hibernation that we've had to sustain, Cicada-like, for the next go round? Hell, I know I'm babbling... but just wanted some guesses from you guys...Mahalo, Grey