Post #792353 by Jürka on Tue, Jan 8, 2019 4:49 PM

In my opinion there is 3 criteriums which makes a bar to be called tiki bar or not (I'm not saying "good tiki bar", but just "tiki bar on lowest limits"): decor, music and cocktails (2 of 3 would be fine). And these spanish classic tiki bars have only decor (and history), that's all. These bars don't even care about tiki (it's not a same as being proud of their own business history). They have a place in hand which they just keep running, a business. I am talking about present, not history. It's a treasure from past that is not taken good care of, archeological site, not a tiki bar.

And if we are talking about bars, ofcourse drinks are the base of it. Some are more into carving, some are into music, some in history of origin etc., I'm into whole soup, but it's hard to run cervezeria if you have no cerveza, or to keep cafe if you can't offer coffee... Pop-tiki culture bases on restaurants/bars, not bowling or theme parks or home decor styles etc.