Post #88338 by tikibars on Mon, Apr 26, 2004 9:20 PM

Just got some more info on this event from the guy planning it.

Fizz has a 2nd floor party room above the main room, and that is where the event is going to be.

There is a charge to get in there.

All of the Tiki action is in the downstairs bar (NO cover to get in).

So the plan of action is clear: Chicago Tikiphiles need to start representing!

Let's invade that downstairs bar, give our (Tiki-friendly) bartender a workout making those drinks he makes in the pineapple shells, and usher in the long overdue midwestern spring.

With Rock A Tiki closed, city-dwellers have almost no options for Tiki at the moment, and we need to create some momentum.

Trader Vics in Chicago has a new General Manager who wants to do a ('sanctioned'?) regular Tiki event. He is MUCH more friendly to us than all previous Chicago TV GMs have been (YES! FINALLY!). This event is not going to fly, and not going to last, unless we start showing up in force like they do in LA... and San Francisco... and um... everywhere but Chicago. So let's start Wednesday.

I am not saying that Fizz is an amazing stronghold of Tikiness or anything, but aside from Vic's it is about our only in-the-city option at this point (Chef Shangri-La and Hala Kahiki are sooooo faraway... no problem getting out there, but getting home... errr, careful, rummy!).

If we start actually showing up on these Wednesdays, then the management will be bound to improve the night, perhaps be adding an Exotica Dj or hiring in Barefoot Hawaiians to dance.

Enough pep talk. I expect to see all of you aloha shirted kanes and sarong-clad wahines at Fizz on Wednesday!