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

PP Prikli Pear Tiki Socialite New Braunfels, Texas Joined: Jan 04, 2017 Posts: 981	PP Prikli Pear Posted posted on Mon, Mar 11, 2019 8:17 AM On 2019-03-10 19:53, Tiki Roa wrote: make sure your mid century tiki poly pop nazis dont scare away ‘normal’ customers either. The Wife and I were discussing this just yesterday (in reference to Kanaloa in Houston and Pilikia in Dallas). A new tiki bar cannot survive and thrive if hard-core tikiphiles are its only clientele. Skip and others have made this point eloquently here many times. BUT those new tiki bars that are wise do not include elements that exclude/repel tikiphiles--inappropriate music, bad drinks, clown tiki, etc.--because tikiphiles are the one willing to travel hundreds of miles to experience the new place, buy the souvenir mugs and generally provide free advertising. Tikiphiles are the evangelicals of the cocktail movement. It's be foolish to dismiss them out of hand.

On 2019-03-10 19:53, Tiki Roa wrote:
make sure your mid century tiki poly pop nazis dont scare away ‘normal’ customers either.

The Wife and I were discussing this just yesterday (in reference to Kanaloa in Houston and Pilikia in Dallas). A new tiki bar cannot survive and thrive if hard-core tikiphiles are its only clientele. Skip and others have made this point eloquently here many times. BUT those new tiki bars that are wise do not include elements that exclude/repel tikiphiles--inappropriate music, bad drinks, clown tiki, etc.--because tikiphiles are the one willing to travel hundreds of miles to experience the new place, buy the souvenir mugs and generally provide free advertising. Tikiphiles are the evangelicals of the cocktail movement. It's be foolish to dismiss them out of hand.

Post #793708 by Prikli Pear on Mon, Mar 11, 2019 8:17 AM