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Tiki Central / Locating Tiki / Tiki Lounge, Modesto, CA (bar)

Post #735740 by bigbrotiki on Thu, Jan 22, 2015 1:23 PM

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Do you mean there's no Tiki decor whatsoever inside? There sure wasn't much to begin with, when I found it in the 90s. I was still thrilled to discover the place.

Looking at Google Street View, it seems the "TIKI" name is still spelled out in bamboo on the front:

…like it was in the original:

The above Tiki pole is also still there - though wedged in by the front patio fence. It seems to have survived because it functions as support to hold up the entrance door awning:

The "Tiki Cocktails" sign can is still original, and I get a kick out of seeing the Hanalei Tiki from the BOT used on the new signs:

I hope N.N. you are not joining the growing number of folks who feel entitled to find craft cocktails in every place that calls itself Tiki. Where is your sense of urban archeology, of getting excited abut ANY original remnants still in situ?