Post #76930 by Formikahini on Thu, Feb 19, 2004 4:09 PM

Here's Mau Mau's January post about the bar:

https://tikicentral.com/viewtopic-new.php?topic=7320&forum=1&vpost=71435

(I missed the post the first time, but found it, to be honest, when I did an egomaniacal "search" on my own name, and there it was!!)

(And no, I will not be doing a topless hula on the bar. The opening night.)

All I know is that it is supposedly by the same folks who have The Davenport (Richmond Ave at Kirby or Shepherd), which is my FAVE martini bar (took Stentiki there on his Houston visit). They did The Davenport beautifully, with a heady selection of rums, and often there is exotica music on the sound system. This gives me hope.

The fact that it will be located in Bumfck, Egypt (sorry A.H.) gives me great fear. I have a re-curring nightmare of the place being filled with waaay-outside-the-loop types in wife-beaters, yelling "What's all this easy-listening sht [Martin Denny]! More Buffet, man!", or worse, "SKYNNAAAAARD!!"

BUT-
My promise:
When it opens, I will go immediately and try my best to make it truly tiki - WILL it to be tiki! I will not automatically poo-pooh for its location, nor write it off immediately. I will become part of the solution, not part of the problem. I will . . .

I will go home and make a cocktail right now, thank you.