Post #732399 by tikicoma on Sun, Nov 30, 2014 9:13 PM

When you drop the ten best caption and and go with their "old-school hangouts.. kooky institutions and new-wave tiki bars" the list makes more sense. Though the Sip and Dip looks really cool, I've got to go there someday, it's not really a tiki bar but it is a kooky institution. La Mariana's drinks aren't the best I've had but not only is it an old-school hangout but it's collected other vintage tiki bars decor and anytime I'm in honolulu I go there. Drinks? I love a well made drink, feel it's essential to a well rounded tiki bar but when I'm in Portland I'll hit Hale Pele for great drinks (decor also old school and revival), Trader Vics for decor, food and decent drinks (Honi Honi please), and though the food isn't that good and the drinks still need help The Alibi, its old school tiki charm just can't be missed. But if their drinks measured up I'd move in when I'm there. I'll pay for more drinks where they're made well eat more and hangout longer, bad drinks in a vintage joint are just the "admission" fee, have one, savor the view, and done.

aloha, tikicoma
p.s. this makes me think that the people who write the articles still don't get to write the headlines.

[ Edited by: tikicoma 2014-11-30 21:18 ]