Post #792418 by AceExplorer on Sat, Jan 12, 2019 8:17 PM

On 2019-01-07 10:29, Cammo wrote:
Why would anybody make a habit out of going to bars in the first place?

Bars suck.

Good rums are about $1 per ounce. They're raping you.

Make your own. It's easy. Invite some friends over. Don't blow your hard earned cash on drinks you don't like in cruddy bars with sticky seats, no live music, boring clientele and sneering bartenders.

Some bars have cute bartenders who are fun to look at and talk to. And you can learn stuff at a good bar. Want to up your tiki cocktail game? Drink at some of the tiki bars in my city and talk to the bartenders.

I agree, prices of rums are high at bars, but you're paying for the decor, the rum selection, the fresh garnishes, (hopefully) good service, good food, and much more. And you know what - you can find ALL these things in my city. So I have at home what could be one of the biggest and best-stocked home bars in my city. And I still find reasons to go to bars. Oh yeah, not the crappy disgusting ones but the good ones. There are exceptions though -- sometimes you need a crappy dive bar to enjoy some scotch with a stinky cigar -- so occasionally you can find me at Island Girl, or St. Nicks Lounge. So I wouldn't rail against bars too loudly - they're not for everyone. But some of us have good reasons to go out once in a while and pay $5 or $6 for straight pours of some distilled goodness at a dive bar. (Or $10-$12 at a fancy-schmancy bar)

I'm still amazed that tiki has returned to my city. It's probably fairly close to the kind of stuff that existed here in the 50's and 60's in terms of variety, atmosphere, commitment to tiki authenticity, etc. but probably a bit more "polished" and "refined." Don't shoot me for saying that, but I hope you see where I'm coming from in making that statement. We're again officially a city with some pretty dang good tiki.