New?....Twin Falls, Idaho Tiki Bar Pics

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LL Larry Lava Member Fresno, CA Joined: Apr 24, 2003 Posts: 87	LL Larry Lava Posted posted on Sun, Jul 31, 2005 4:30 PM Hello, Just returned from a road trip to Yellowstone and while driving through Twin Falls Idaho we ran across The Cove Lounge. Did a number of searches on TC and elsewhere and couldn't find a mention of its Tiki qualities. Apologies in advance if this has been discussed or found. Pics are included below, sorry I couldn't get more, quality or quantity. I was really tired and the locals very drunk. While they were friendly, they seemed a little wary of pictures. The bar is also a restaurant but really feels like a bar. I will try to post a profile in locating tiki soon with details. Long and short is that is an old location turned into a budweiser hangout. Still, much of its original polynesian and nautical qualities exist. Original A-frame front, leaning large tiki in the front, tiki masks, woven wall coverings, bamboo, mounted fish, netting, glass ball floats and an older painting on the front wall of a tropical nautical scene! Even small light-up blowfish over every table. I just had a beer, wasn't going to risk the tropical drinks but that doesn't mean they were bad. Didn't try them. I was sorry I didn't have more time to spend or that the atmosphere wasn't right for more tiki archeology. Still a cool unexpected find and the drinks were cheap! Well worth a stop if you are in the area. next morning view of front night view of front front tiki, probably about 5 feet or so. Love the coffee can tiki torch! side A-frame and entrance tiki mask and puffer over our table more tables and pufferfish. Hope this is of interest!
M martiki Official Mixologist http://www.smugglerscovesf.com Joined: Mar 29, 2002 Posts: 3059	M martiki Posted posted on Sun, Jul 31, 2005 4:42 PM Fantastic find. Great work. Good to hear from the Lava's!
T tikicleen Tiki Socialite ripon: almond capital yet no orgeat Joined: Nov 11, 2003 Posts: 338	T tikicleen Posted posted on Sun, Jul 31, 2005 5:56 PM neat find! in idaho of all places??! what a great treasure. :) so when are you coming up north on 99???! :wink:
RD Rum Demon Member Portland, Oregon Joined: Jun 20, 2005 Posts: 254	RD Rum Demon Posted posted on Sun, Jul 31, 2005 8:35 PM I spent many sporadic years of my childhood in Idaho Falls and was very disappointed when the book Tiki Road Trip declared "there is no evidence of Tiki in Idaho" or something like that. Glad to see there's something. I wonder what kind of history the place has. Anyone? Anyone? Anyone with any Idaho tiki experience? Also, the affordability of drinking in Idaho is a welcome surprise for us city folks who are used to paying $6+ per drink. Too bad there isn't much else going on down there... -Joe
E ErichTroudt Tiki Socialite SoCal Joined: Mar 27, 2002 Posts: 634	E ErichTroudt Posted posted on Sun, Jul 31, 2005 9:21 PM Years ago I passed thru Twin Falls while traveling to Hailey Idaho. I took a wrong turn, and discovered "The Cove" while trying to find my way back to the right road. I stopped and took pictures of the outside only, they were closed at the time. I remember seeing the very old tikis out front, an outrigger, and very old sun faded turtle shell hanging on the outside wall. I have to do some serious digging to find the pics I took. Thats totally cool that you got to see the insides.
T tikibars Tiki Socialite Aku Hall, Chicago Joined: Apr 11, 2002 Posts: 2034	T tikibars Posted posted on Sun, Jul 31, 2005 9:27 PM On 2005-07-31 20:35, Rum Demon wrote: I spent many sporadic years of my childhood in Idaho Falls and was very disappointed when the book Tiki Road Trip declared "there is no evidence of Tiki in Idaho" or something like that. Glad to see there's something. Me too! I spent three days in Twin Falls once, and in spite of many conversations with the locals, I managed to miss this little gem. Great find!
STCB Sabu The Coconut Boy Tiki Socialite Carson, California Joined: Aug 20, 2002 Posts: 2807	STCB Sabu The Coconut Boy Posted posted on Sun, Jul 31, 2005 11:38 PM Beautiful nostalgic building. I'm very impressed. Great find! Sabu
H hewey Tiki Socialite Sydney, Australia Joined: Sep 14, 2004 Posts: 4283	H hewey Posted posted on Sun, Jul 31, 2005 11:47 PM Very cool looking bar. Great find
H Humuhumu Member San Francisco Joined: Aug 22, 2002 Posts: 3691	H Humuhumu Posted posted on Sun, Jul 31, 2005 11:50 PM What a fantastic spotting! Thanks for getting the pics to share with everyone. It's so great to hear that there are still hidden little preserved pockets like that.
UB Unga Bunga Tiki Socialite CaliTikifornia Joined: Jun 06, 2003 Posts: 5878	UB Unga Bunga Posted posted on Mon, Aug 1, 2005 2:32 AM :music: I'm livin in my own Tiki Idaho! :music: Thanks for the heads up Lava!
T thejab Grand Member (1 year) Tradewinds Apartments, Alameda, CA Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 2992	T thejab Posted posted on Mon, Aug 1, 2005 3:15 PM Idaho? Youdaho! I love it when people discover a tiki place that not much is known about. Nice discovery Larry!
E ErichTroudt Tiki Socialite SoCal Joined: Mar 27, 2002 Posts: 634	E ErichTroudt Posted posted on Mon, Aug 1, 2005 11:02 PM Okay, I dug around and found the pics. Several are very similar to Larry Lava's pictures. I also found out it was about 5 years ago that I took these. This was before I built my hut, so several of the pics were taken for design references (the closeup of the roof peak). very old and faded Sea turtle shell on the side Front door Tiki and outrigger by the front door Side door leading into parking lot Close up of roof peak
UB Unga Bunga Tiki Socialite CaliTikifornia Joined: Jun 06, 2003 Posts: 5878	UB Unga Bunga Posted posted on Tue, Aug 2, 2005 12:24 AM Even better pics. Thanks Trout!
T TikiGardener Member 1st website dedicated to Tiki Gardens Joined: Mar 24, 2002 Posts: 1368	T TikiGardener Posted posted on Tue, Aug 2, 2005 12:35 AM WOW!!! What an amazing facade! Isn't the rush of finding some lost or mostly forgotten tiki palace a one of a kind thing?

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