Post #763930 by AceExplorer on Wed, May 18, 2016 6:14 AM

Let's hope they overcome their pre-opening jitters quickly, and that they open with not only good quality drinks and service but also a good quality interior. It's good you pointed out the garish tiki masks -- they may not understand good tiki, but only what the Party City crowd knows as tiki.

Do it once, do it right, and you have a good chance of surviving and making money. Do it on the cheap, cater to low-end crap impression of what tiki is, and you're more likely to end up on the scrap heap of the restaurant scene.

Too bad they deleted their Instagram account, but I understand not wanting negative publicity. I wonder if they're open to receiving pre-opening feedback elsewhere? If I was the guy funding the new place, I'd want as much private feedback as possible from potential future customers. I think that a nice well-crafted tiki bar would attract and hold the less-knowledgeable customers AND attract and hold the attention of the more knowledgeable folks like us on Tiki Central. It would be a shame for them to miss the opportunity to engage the local Philadelphia tikiphiles, cuz we spend lots of money in places where we can experience real tiki goodness.