Opening a new Tiki bar restaurant? What do you look for in a Tiki bar? - General Tiki

T tikiskip Grand Member (8 years) Joined: Nov 26, 2005 Posts: 5994	T tikiskip Posted posted on Thu, Jan 24, 2019 5:09 AM "That does come off as a little harsh, doesn't it?" Yeah I'm sure they would not have liked that one. And for me it looks like they hit all the marks for a great tiki bar restaurant,Latitude 29 has none of my tiki items and I have in no way benefitted from them in anyway for the record, and have no other reason to support them FYI. But one thing to think of I don't know if a Kahiki like place would even be allowed to open these days what with all the flammable's and even health code wise. Think about cleaning the Kahiki, those lights way up high collecting dust and heck bugs. In one of my Kahiki video's you can see a Cockroach walking on a light I was focused on. Side note EVERY restaurant and bar has roaches, Now they might have them under control at from time to time. But the cleanest roach free place will have roaches brought in with the first stock delivery and if not then even sooner with your first customer or even that worker next to you. Roaches ride in on these things, they are in the boxes and on people, think of where some people live, Nice house, crappy apt, Homeless shelter, under a bridge etc. and a pocket or purse is a good place for a roach to thrive really. I talked to our pest control guy, and all that makes sense too as roaches like the syrups and even the glue from the stock. Now since they also like to live in cracks and crevasses a tiki bar is custom made for roaches, it is roach Shangri-La. Landlords know these things and at times won't even let a restaurant in their for rent spots. In your lease for a restaurant there is a requirement for monthly pest control more times than not. My restaurant never had any write up for pests in the 10.5 years I owned it but a few times we did see pests and get busy spaying on our own and called the professional pest guy for a extra visit, other wise he came monthly. So all this makes tiki lite a bit more attractive to the new tiki bar starter that and the lower cost of décor. That I do understand.

"That does come off as a little harsh, doesn't it?"

Yeah I'm sure they would not have liked that one.
And for me it looks like they hit all the marks for a great tiki bar restaurant,Latitude 29 has none of my tiki items and I have in no way benefitted from them in anyway for the record, and have no other reason to support them FYI.

But one thing to think of I don't know if a Kahiki like place would even be allowed to open these days what with all the flammable's and even health code wise.

Think about cleaning the Kahiki, those lights way up high collecting dust and heck bugs.
In one of my Kahiki video's you can see a Cockroach walking on a light I was focused on.

Side note EVERY restaurant and bar has roaches, Now they might have them under control at from time to time.
But the cleanest roach free place will have roaches brought in with the first stock delivery and if not then even sooner with your first customer or even that worker next to you.
Roaches ride in on these things, they are in the boxes and on people, think of where some people live, Nice house, crappy apt, Homeless shelter, under a bridge etc. and a pocket or purse is a good place for a roach to thrive really.

I talked to our pest control guy, and all that makes sense too as roaches like the syrups and even the glue from the stock.

Now since they also like to live in cracks and crevasses a tiki bar is custom made for roaches, it is roach Shangri-La.

Landlords know these things and at times won't even let a restaurant in their for rent spots.

In your lease for a restaurant there is a requirement for monthly pest control more times than not.

My restaurant never had any write up for pests in the 10.5 years I owned it but a few times we did see pests and get busy spaying on our own and called the professional pest guy for a extra visit, other wise he came monthly.

So all this makes tiki lite a bit more attractive to the new tiki bar starter that and the lower cost of décor.

That I do understand.

Post #792650 by tikiskip on Thu, Jan 24, 2019 5:09 AM