Anyone Know: Tiki alive and well in Los Angeles in 1991?? - General Tiki

T tikibars Tiki Socialite Aku Hall, Chicago Joined: Apr 11, 2002 Posts: 2038	T tikibars Posted posted on Sat, Dec 28, 2024 3:58 PM Bahooka is a good option for you. From Tiki Road Trip 2 (© me!): Bahooka, 4501 N. Rosemead Blvd., Rosemead, CA Opened by in 1967 by WWII Navy vet and Kelbo's bartender Jack Fliegel (no relation to the founding member of the Banana Splits), the original Bahooka location in West Covina closed in 1980. By that point, a second location had opened (in 1976), which still survives today. Fliegel's wife and daughters (Darlene, Stacy, and Samantha) still run Bahooka, which is crammed full of artifacts salvaged from shipyards by Jack himself. Bahooka is a huge place (over 10,000 square feet), with maze-like corridors housing more tropical and nautical artifacts than one could ever hope to examine in just one visit, including scores of blowfish, exotic lanterns, glass fishing floats, and taxidermied sea turtles. Look for one seriously huge Hawaiian-style Tiki, two Tiki poles on either side of a vintage post office window(!) and a few more recently added Tikis among all of the beachcomber ephemera. [etc.] [ Edited by tikibars on 2024-12-28 15:59:01 ]

Bahooka is a good option for you.

From Tiki Road Trip 2 (© me!):

Bahooka, 4501 N. Rosemead Blvd., Rosemead, CA

Opened by in 1967 by WWII Navy vet and Kelbo's bartender Jack Fliegel (no relation to the founding member of the Banana Splits), the original Bahooka location in West Covina closed in 1980. By that point, a second location had opened (in 1976), which still survives today. Fliegel's wife and daughters (Darlene, Stacy, and Samantha) still run Bahooka, which is crammed full of artifacts salvaged from shipyards by Jack himself. Bahooka is a huge place (over 10,000 square feet), with maze-like corridors housing more tropical and nautical artifacts than one could ever hope to examine in just one visit, including scores of blowfish, exotic lanterns, glass fishing floats, and taxidermied sea turtles. Look for one seriously huge Hawaiian-style Tiki, two Tiki poles on either side of a vintage post office window(!) and a few more recently added Tikis among all of the beachcomber ephemera. [etc.]

[ Edited by tikibars on 2024-12-28 15:59:01 ]

Post #814561 by tikibars on Sat, Dec 28, 2024 3:58 PM