Coconut Joes, Bakersfield, CA (restaurant) - Locating Tiki

T tobunga Tiki Socialite Joined: Apr 12, 2008 Posts: 1235	T tobunga Posted posted on Mon, Mar 31, 2014 5:35 PM Hey kenbo-jitsu! You weren't just hungry, the food is delish! And yes! There are tikis! Although there are much less there now than when we first discovered the place in 2008... they seemed to have moved some around and removed others. I wonder if they've gone to the banquet hall nearby? They've also changed the music slightly... no longer just a mix of surf and hapa haole, one time we were assaulted by Air Supply... I don't want to listen to that ANYwhere, but it's especially egregious in an atmosphere like Coconut Joe's! But on the plus side, the service is still great, just like the food! There are a couple of people that work there that know Manuel and me as "The Tiki Guys"... and we only stop in a handful of times a year (on our way up and down the state, for Nor Cal tiki events or visiting my folks). A fun thing to do, if you have time, is stop in at China Palace, a couple doors down, and order a pre-Coconut-Joe's-cocktail... we once had a (tropical, i.e. fruity & pink) mai tai served in ceramic coconut mugs there before dinner at Coconut Joe's... possibly the closest thing to a tiki dining experience in all of the southern San Joaquin valley)

Hey kenbo-jitsu!

You weren't just hungry, the food is delish!

And yes! There are tikis! Although there are much less there now than when we first discovered the place in 2008... they seemed to have moved some around and removed others. I wonder if they've gone to the banquet hall nearby?

They've also changed the music slightly... no longer just a mix of surf and hapa haole, one time we were assaulted by Air Supply... I don't want to listen to that ANYwhere, but it's especially egregious in an atmosphere like Coconut Joe's!

But on the plus side, the service is still great, just like the food! There are a couple of people that work there that know Manuel and me as "The Tiki Guys"... and we only stop in a handful of times a year (on our way up and down the state, for Nor Cal tiki events or visiting my folks).

A fun thing to do, if you have time, is stop in at China Palace, a couple doors down, and order a pre-Coconut-Joe's-cocktail... we once had a (tropical, i.e. fruity & pink) mai tai served in ceramic coconut mugs there before dinner at Coconut Joe's... possibly the closest thing to a tiki dining experience in all of the southern San Joaquin valley)

Post #712668 by tobunga on Mon, Mar 31, 2014 5:35 PM