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Post #771198 by Humuhumu on Thu, Dec 15, 2016 12:18 PM

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Aloha!

I wrote up a chronicle of the re-emergence of tiki bars:


Early Modern Tiki: What the Tiki Re-emergence Looked Like

It's a look back at the very first tiki bars that started to open in the mid-'90s, after many years of tiki drought. It was weird to open a tiki bar back then! We owe a debt of gratitude to those wonderful, weird souls who brought tiki back to life.

I thought I'd share it with you folks here, because this is exactly the kind of history that resonates with Tiki Centralites. I hope you enjoy it!

(ICYMI, Critiki has added a LOT of new features lately, including some super-snazzy ways to arrange meet-ups at tiki bars with other tikiphiles.)