Post #725665 by Hurricane Hayward on Tue, Aug 19, 2014 1:12 AM

I wouldn't write off NYC as long as Brian Miller is still around. A few recent articles:
http://nypost.com/2014/08/16/pirate-bartender-is-bringing-tiki-back-one-cocktail-at-a-time/
http://gothamist.com/2014/08/16/a_bartending_pirate_plans_to_save_n.php

And I'm told there are plenty of non-Tiki joints around Gotham to get a great tropical drink or two. It's still perhaps the best bar town in the world.

I wholeheartedly agree that Florida's odd way of classifying a "tiki bar" can be infuriating. Especially when it's a story written by a writer at the newspaper that I work for. Get ready to slap yourself in the head:
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/entertainment/on-the-eve-of-rivieras-tiki-closing-here-are-some-/ngXbR/

I responded to the writer with this e-mail:

Cute article, but you must know that Florida's idea of a tiki bar is wacky, and totally at odds with the rest of the world. Real tiki bars aren't dives, they're not huts on the water, and they definitely don't play Jimmy Buffett. I don't know what you should call those places (tropical dive bar?), but they're not Tiki. Check out The Mai-Kai some time. It blows everything else in Florida out of the water.