How Tiki is Trader Vic's? - General Tiki

T thejab Grand Member (1 year) Tradewinds Apartments, Alameda, CA Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 2992	T thejab Posted posted on Thu, Aug 29, 2002 12:00 PM tiki chris wrote: "are there any purists that think a tiki bar should only have tikis - & if so do you not consider tv's a tiki bar?" Hell no! I would agree with the other posters who feel that Trader Vic's (and Don the Beachcomber) invented the classy tiki bar/restaurant style by mixing various Oceanic and Polynesian arts with nautical themes (as being different from original non-classy tiki bars like the Tiki Ti, for example). It's the variety that makes it appealing. But please save the african masks for the "safari" bar (like the one in the Florida Keys).

tiki chris wrote:
"are there any purists that think a tiki bar should only have tikis - & if so do you not consider tv's a tiki bar?"

Hell no! I would agree with the other posters who feel that Trader Vic's (and Don the Beachcomber) invented the classy tiki bar/restaurant style by mixing various Oceanic and Polynesian arts with nautical themes (as being different from original non-classy tiki bars like the Tiki Ti, for example). It's the variety that makes it appealing.

But please save the african masks for the "safari" bar (like the one in the Florida Keys).

Post #7111 by thejab on Thu, Aug 29, 2002 12:00 PM