Post #740125 by mike and marie on Wed, Mar 25, 2015 7:41 PM

On 2005-09-23 18:26, tikitortured wrote:
I don't mean to beat a dead horse by reviving this thread but I really think this place deserves the attention. It's really a relatively unknown and unfrequented gem. It is such a classic old tiki joint and it gets very little recognition.[...] I'm not trying to "rally the troops" or anything but I do want to bring attention to one of the last REAL Tiki bars in L.A. or California, or the U.S. for that matter[...]

Ten years later and it bears repeating -- loudly this time, because big changes are afoot!

This place is a serious relic ... is it the second-oldest tiki bar in LA? Why has it never gotten any love from the tiki locals? So it's not a place for "craft cocktails" and $20 drinks, or heck for any exotic libations at all -- probably not even something involving Lemix -- but what it's got is tiki authenticity. It's funny how the press never includes it in a list of LA's oldest tiki, either, so they missed the latest news...

But as of last year, it still had the air of a forgotten tiki tomb from 1960:

Now, big changes. It was recently bought by the owners of the Bottoms Up Sports Bars. They are "keeping the Hawaiian theme" but "updating" it ... the bartenders have to dress in Aloha shirts now. We have no idea what happened to the insides of the place; all we know is something just happened!

[ Edited by: mike and marie 2015-03-25 19:42 ]