Conga Lounge in Oakland to close. - General Tiki

S surf4food Member Joined: Jan 27, 2015 Posts: 3	S surf4food Posted posted on Fri, Feb 13, 2015 11:26 AM On 2015-02-13 10:39, AceExplorer wrote: This is tragic, but economic realities often force undesirable situations and decisions upon us. Thanks for the heads-up. I hope you find the will, the inspiration, and the funding to consider another venture in a new location. Best wishes to you and your staff, Mike! This seems like one of those situations where success is also the downfall. I never heard of this place until this post and I've been into the tiki/midcentury subculture for about 7 years now. It's one of those circumstances where a place opens up, does really well, creates a "scene" in the area (mid century tiki in this case), others follow the lead and then overshadow. I've been to others mentioned. I regret that I didn't know about this place and in effect never been. It looks great and sad to see it go.

On 2015-02-13 10:39, AceExplorer wrote:
This is tragic, but economic realities often force undesirable situations and decisions upon us. Thanks for the heads-up. I hope you find the will, the inspiration, and the funding to consider another venture in a new location. Best wishes to you and your staff, Mike!

This seems like one of those situations where success is also the downfall. I never heard of this place until this post and I've been into the tiki/midcentury subculture for about 7 years now. It's one of those circumstances where a place opens up, does really well, creates a "scene" in the area (mid century tiki in this case), others follow the lead and then overshadow. I've been to others mentioned. I regret that I didn't know about this place and in effect never been. It looks great and sad to see it go.

Post #737307 by surf4food on Fri, Feb 13, 2015 11:26 AM