Post #742742 by JenTiki on Mon, May 11, 2015 7:22 AM

On 2015-05-11 06:07, AceExplorer wrote:

On another note, hipsters and others are important fuel for the economic machine that helps keep tiki places open and profitable. I'd be pretty stoopid if I didn't acknowledge that. So hang in there with us, tolerate the finger-poking and rib-tickling you'll occasionally see here, and let's continue to have a good time and welcome one and all into our tiki places. Reality is such that there will always be a few who don't fit in, or who behave badly at times, or who don't handle their alcohol well. That's part of the bar scene, and I overlook it no matter how bad it may seem at times. Those things are rare.

Yes, it's important to remember that the so-called "hipsters" as we're using the term in this thread, are the people who keep these places open. Imagine trying to keep a tiki bar afloat just on the patronage of tikiphiles alone. It's likely impossible. There just aren't enough of us, and most of us can't afford to go to a bar every night they're open (although some have tried). In San Francisco, Smuggler's Cove is filled with non-tikiphiles just about every Friday and Saturday night, which means the rest of us just know to go earlier in the week. The good news is that some of those people actually end up getting turned on to tiki in the process. The well-run bars will do a good job of getting the truly unruly patrons out of the bar pretty quickly, and those that stick around eventually figure out the vibe of the place and become part of what keeps the doors open.