New Trip Report-Mark & Linda from SF and Bay Area Sept - Oct 2023 - Tiki Travel

ROTR rum on the rideau Tiki Socialite Ottawa, Ont. Joined: Apr 29, 2016 Posts: 132	ROTR rum on the rideau Posted posted on Tue, Oct 17, 2023 3:54 PM SF and Bay Area Road Trip Sept-Oct 2023 Part 3/3: : Pagan Idol, Honey Honey, Li Po, Last Rites, Smuggler's Cove, Pagan Idol: Happily was just a few blocks from hotel. Great decor, really good drinks and great staff. Tip: no food, but there is an L&L Hawaiian BBQ just around the corner. Spencer our server, was a great purveyor of drinks and local bar history. Being so close to hotel we were able to visit a second time. . Pagan Island Honey Honey: Old location of past Tiki Bob's, now a breakfast lunch venue, but thanks to more Spencer info, a bit of tiki history it is also half a block from Trader Vic Lane, location of former TV San Francisco (now a high end Vietnamese restaurant). A Tiki Bob Trader Vic Alley with a Tiki Bob in background Li Po: Somewhat close to Pagan Idol just up Grant Ave. through Chinatown. Great dive bar serving the Chinese Mai Tai. The Li Po opened in 1937 as a nightclub. In the later years the basement was a venue for Asian punk bands. Li Po Li Po Last Rites: Very well done crashed vintage airplane in the jungle themed venue. Very good drinks. When asked others what bars were not to be missed. Last Rites was always on the list, rightly so. Last Rites Last Rites Last Rites Last Rites Smuggler's Cove: On top of most lists for good reason, everything is top notch. Decor, drinks, and staff. There is an amazing rum club. The night we were there a "master" reached the lofty mark of 1000 different rums, and also a cocktail club. Venue is tiny on 3 levels with bars on main and lower level. Got a chance to have a quick chat with the very busy owner Martin Cate. Warranted a second visit while we were there. Smugglers Cove Smugglers Cove Smugglers Cove ![20230930_172219] Smuggler's Cove The Swag [ Edited by rum on the rideau on 2023-10-17 15:59:27 ] [ Edited by rum on the rideau on 2023-10-17 16:06:23 ] [ Edited by rum on the rideau on 2023-10-17 16:07:53 ] [ Edited by rum on the rideau on 2023-10-17 16:08:55 ] [ Edited by rum on the rideau on 2023-10-17 16:09:42 ] [ Edited by rum on the rideau on 2023-10-17 16:12:11 ] [ Edited by rum on the rideau on 2023-10-17 16:15:49 ]

SF and Bay Area Road Trip Sept-Oct 2023 Part 3/3: : Pagan Idol, Honey Honey, Li Po, Last Rites, Smuggler's Cove,

Pagan Idol: Happily was just a few blocks from hotel. Great decor, really good drinks and great staff. Tip: no food, but there is an L&L Hawaiian BBQ just around the corner. Spencer our server, was a great purveyor of drinks and local bar history. Being so close to hotel we were able to visit a second time.

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Honey Honey: Old location of past Tiki Bob's, now a breakfast lunch venue, but thanks to more Spencer info, a bit of tiki history it is also half a block from Trader Vic Lane, location of former TV San Francisco (now a high end Vietnamese restaurant).

Honey Honey A Tiki Bob 20230930_113951 Trader Vic Alley with a Tiki Bob in background

Li Po: Somewhat close to Pagan Idol just up Grant Ave. through Chinatown. Great dive bar serving the Chinese Mai Tai. The Li Po opened in 1937 as a nightclub. In the later years the basement was a venue for Asian punk bands.

Li Po 1 Li Po Li Po 2 Li Po

Last Rites: Very well done crashed vintage airplane in the jungle themed venue. Very good drinks. When asked others what bars were not to be missed. Last Rites was always on the list, rightly so.

Last Rites 2 Last Rites Last Rites 3 Last Rites Last Rites 4 Last Rites Last Rites 1 Last Rites

Smuggler's Cove: On top of most lists for good reason, everything is top notch. Decor, drinks, and staff. There is an amazing rum club. The night we were there a "master" reached the lofty mark of 1000 different rums, and also a cocktail club. Venue is tiny on 3 levels with bars on main and lower level. Got a chance to have a quick chat with the very busy owner Martin Cate. Warranted a second visit while we were there.

Smugglers Cove 4 Smugglers Cove Smugglers Cove 1 Smugglers Cove Smugglers Cove 2 Smugglers Cove ![20230930_172219] 20230930_180459 Smuggler's Cove

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