Otto's Shrunken Head, New York (Manhattan), NY (bar) - Locating Tiki

B BayIslander Member The Exotic Isle of Alameda Joined: Nov 15, 2013 Posts: 11	B BayIslander Posted posted on Fri, Apr 25, 2014 10:01 PM While in NYC last weekend I had a chance (sans kid) to drop by Otto's Shrunken Head. It was late afternoon, so I nearly had the place to myself. Nell the bartender was gracious and knowledgeable of Tiki culture, chatting easily about her visits to my hometown (Bay Area) bars (Forbidden Island, the Tonga Room, Smuggler's Cove). And what a great little dive/oasis. Like a plumeria flower that somehow sprouted up out of asphalt. Traveling to New York, of course, I longed to have visited the Tiki palaces of yore like the Hawaii Kai, but alas, cool little dive tiki bars are what we have, and the brave proprietors who give them to us should be thanked. Mahalo Otto's!

While in NYC last weekend I had a chance (sans kid) to drop by Otto's Shrunken Head. It was late afternoon, so I nearly had the place to myself. Nell the bartender was gracious and knowledgeable of Tiki culture, chatting easily about her visits to my hometown (Bay Area) bars (Forbidden Island, the Tonga Room, Smuggler's Cove). And what a great little dive/oasis. Like a plumeria flower that somehow sprouted up out of asphalt. Traveling to New York, of course, I longed to have visited the Tiki palaces of yore like the Hawaii Kai, but alas, cool little dive tiki bars are what we have, and the brave proprietors who give them to us should be thanked. Mahalo Otto's!

Post #714974 by BayIslander on Fri, Apr 25, 2014 10:01 PM