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Century Club - Visited 100 or more tiki bars - Check in!

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I'm at 104. Anyone else 100+?

I stopped counting at 100, but I'm guessing close to 115 now.

I have about 100 in the old repertoire. So many of them are long gone or many of them changed names over the decades.

It's interesting. Once you get to a certain number, you realize that no one cares how many tiki bars you visited.

Except perhaps, those who have visited just as many.

Far and few between.

Almost there, I think I'm up to 8! LOL

Does the count include home tiki bars as well?

I think that would get me to 11 if I count my own :D

T

Damn wow! 100 not even close.

BUT we have been to many of the best tiki bars still here and some dead ones.

Mai Kai, Kahiki, Tiki Ti, Chicago Trader vic's, Swanky's, Kirby's, Amys tree house,Three Dots,Frankies.

I know I missed a few, been to more but that's the top ones.

S

I've been to 53 locations listed on Critiki (not all of them are bars) but i think that's pretty good considering that i live in Australia.

https://www.critiki.com/profile/?user_id=6954

Tiki Bars Visited
Aku Aku, Orlando, FL (2017)
Aku-Aku, Cambridge, MA (1999)
The Alibi, Portland, OR (2017)
Arnold’s Beach Bar, Honolulu, HI (2019)
Bali Hai Restaurant, San Diego, CA (2017)
Bamboo Club, Long Beach, CA (2021)
Bamboo Hut, San Francisco, CA (1999)
Bamboo Island, Pleasanton, CA (2002)
Banana Hut, Eureka, CA (2020)
Beachbum Berry's Latitude 29, New Orleans, LA (2018)
Billy's at the Beach, Newport Beach, CA (2018)
Bootlegger Tiki, Palm Springs, CA (2020)
Cane Tiki Room, Paso Robles, CA (2022)
Cat Eye Club, San Diego, CA (2016)
Creeki Tiki, San Luis Obisbo, CA (2021)
Clifton’s Pacific Seas, Los Angeles, CA (2019)
Conga Lounge, Oakland, CA (2013)
Cuckoo Coconuts, Honolulu, HI (2019)
Damon's, Glendale, CA (1999)
Devil's Reef, Tacoma, WA (2018)
Don Ho’s Island Grill, Honolulu HI (2000)
Don the Beachcomber, Huntington Beach, CA (2016)
Don the Beachcomber, Kona, HI (2019)
Downtown Tiki Lounge, San Mateo, CA (2019)
Dr. Funk, San Jose, CA (2021)
Drunk Munk, Scottsdale AZ (2022)
False Idol, San Diego, CA (2017)
Forbidden Island, Alameda, CA (2010)
Foundation, Milwaukee, WI (2021)
Frankie's Tiki Room, Las Vegas, NV (2015)
Golden Tiki, Las Vegas, NV (2021)
Harbor House, Morro Bay, CA (2021)
Hawaii West, San Francisco, CA (2019)
Hale Pele, Portland, OR (2017)
High Roller Tiki Lounge, Solvang, CA (2018)
Hukilau, San Jose, CA (2017)
Hula Hoops, South San Francisco, CA (2018)
Hula's Island Grill & Tiki Room, Monterey, CA (2018)
Hula's Island Grill & Tiki Room, Santa Cruz, CA (2016)
Hula's Modern Tiki, Phoenix, AZ (location #1) (2016)
Hula's Modern Tiki, Scottsdale, AZ (2015)
Jan & Dean’s Tiki Lounge (2018)
The Jungle Bird, Sacramento, CA (2017)
The Kon-Tiki, Oakland, CA (2017)
The Kon-Tiki Room, Oakland, CA (2021)
Kona Club, Oakland, CA (2017)
La Mariana Sailing Club, Honolulu, HI (2005)
Last Rites, San Francisco, CA (2018)
Lava Lounge, Seattle, WA (2019)
Lava Tube Waikiki, Honolulu, HI (2019)
Lilo Lounge, San Francisco, CA (1999)
Longitude, Oakland, CA (2017)
LONO Hollywood (2018)
Luau Lounge, San Francisco, CA (2017)
Lucky Cricket, Minneapolis, MN (2019)
Makai Island Kitchen & Groggery, Santa Cruz, CA (2021)
Max’s South Seas Hideaway, Grand Rapids, MI (2021)
Myna Bird Tiki Bar, Honolulu, HI (2019)
Navy Strength, Seattle, WA (2018)
No Bones Beach Beach Club, Seattle, WA (2019)
North Shore Lagoon, Bothell, WA (2019)
Ohana Belltown, Seattle, WA (2019)
The Old Hangout, Tacoma, WA (2019)
Pagan Idol, San Francisco, CA (2016)
Paradise Tiki Bar and Grill, Dania, FL (2019)
Psycho Suzi’s Motor Lounge, Minneapolis, MN (2019)
Purple Orchid Exotic Tiki Lounge, El Segundo, CA (2018)
The Reef, Palm Springs (2019)
Royal Hawaiian, Laguna Beach, CA (2018)
The Shameful Tiki Room, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (2017)
The Sinking Ship at Tiki-Ko (2022)
Skull & Crown Trading Company, Honolulu, HI (2019)
Smuggler’s Cove, San Francisco, CA (2011)
Stinger Ray’s Tiki Bar & Lounge, Lihue, HI (2022)
Strong Water Anaheim, Anaheim, CA (2022)
Tacoma Cabana, Tacoma, WA (2018)
Tahiti Nui, Hanalei, HI (2016)
Tambu Lounge, Disney's Polynesian Village Resort, Orlando, FL (1995)
Tangaroa Terrace Bar and Grill, Anaheim, CA (2019)
Three Dots and a Dash, Chicago, IL (2015)
Tiki Haven, San Francisco, CA (2019)
Tiki Hut, Elko, NV (2001)
Tiki Iniki, Princeville, HI (2022)
Tiki-Ko, Bakersfield, CA (2018)
Tiki Palace, Braintree, MA (1998)
Tiki Restaurant Lounge, Gautier, MS (2018)
Tiki-Ti, Los Angeles, CA (2016)
Tiki Tolteca, New Orleans, LA (2018)
Tiki Tom's, Walnut Creek, CA (2001)
Tiki's Grill & Bar, Honolulu, HI (2005)
Tilted Tiki, Stillwater, MN (2019)
Tipsy Tiki, Honolulu, HI (2022)
Tonga Hut, Los Angeles (2022)
Tonga Hut, Palm Springs (2020)
Tonga Room, San Francisco, CA (2000)
Toucan’s Tiki Lounge, Palm Springs, CA (2020)
Trader Sam's Enchanted Tiki Bar, Anaheim, CA (2011)
Trader Sam's Grog Grotto, Orlando, FL (2016)
Trader Vic's, Atlanta, GA (2016)
Trader Vic's, Emeryville, CA (1998)
Trader Vic's, Las Vegas, NV (2008)
Trader Vic's, Palo Alto, CA (2001)
Trader Vic’s SJC, San Jose, CA (2021)
Trader Vic's Final Resting Place, Oakland, CA (2018)
Trad'r Sam, San Francisco, CA (2017)
Undertow (location #2), Phoenix, AZ (2021)
VenTiki Lounge and Lanai, Ventura, CA (2020)
Waitiki, Orlando, FL (2019)
Wiki Waki Woo Tropical Bar, Honolulu, HI (2019)
Wilfred’s Lounge, Napa, Ca (2021)
World Famous Turf Club, Hayward CA (2019)
Wreck Bar, Fort Lauderdale, FL (2019)
Zombie Village, San Francisco, CA (2018)

[ Edited by kevincrossman on 2022-08-31 11:20:32 ]

An excellent list! Congrats

Unlucky timing to post a link to Critiki

It wasn't five days ago when i made that post. If i knew what was coming i would have taken some screen shots of the link so i had the information for my own personal records.

Using the Wayback Machine I was able to collect my total off Critiki (well, where my total sat for quite a while until last May): 50 + 5

I'm just over halfway to 100 (although not all of these can be called tiki bars)

Slacks Ferret has visited: Adrift, Denver, CO American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY Bahooka Ribs & Grog, Rosemead, CA Bali Hai Restaurant, San Diego, CA Caliente Tropics Resort, Palm Springs, CA Crowne Plaza Hanalei Hotel, San Diego, CA Damon's, Glendale, CA Disney's Polynesian Village Resort, Orlando, FL Don the Beachcomber, Huntington Beach, CA Drift Lounge, Scottsdale, AZ The Enchanted Tiki Room, Orlando, FL The Enchanted Tiki Room, Anaheim, CA False Idol, San Diego, CA Frankie's Tiki Room, Las Vegas, NV Funhauser Decor, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada The Galley, Santa Monica, CA Humphrey's Half Moon Inn, San Diego, CA The Islands Restaurant, San Diego, CA Jack's Sugar Shack, Hollywood, CA Kon Tiki Lounge, Tucson, AZ Kona, Huntington Beach, CA The Lucky Tiki, Mission Hills, CA Mai-Kai, Fort Lauderdale, FL Oceanic Arts, Whittier, CA Otto's Shrunken Head, New York, NY Pagan Idol, San Francisco, CA Painkiller, New York, NY The Polynesian Room, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Purple Orchid Exotic Tiki Lounge, El Segundo, CA Raglan's Bistro, North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Royal Hawaiian, Laguna Beach, CA Sam's Seafood, Huntington Beach, CA Sip-N-Dip Tiki Lounge, Great Falls, MT Smuggler's Cove, San Francisco, CA Tangaroa Terrace, Anaheim, CA Tiki Lodge, Spokane, WA Tiki-Ti, Los Angeles, CA Tiki Village Motel, Vernon, British Columbia, Canada Tonga Hut, North Hollywood, CA Tonga Room, San Francisco, CA Trader Mort's Liquor & Deli, San Diego, CA Trader Sam's Enchanted Tiki Bar, Anaheim, CA Trader Sam's Grog Grotto, Orlando, FL Trader Vic's, Atlanta, GA Trader Vic's, Emeryville, CA Trader Vic's, Beverly Hills, CA Trader Vic's, Scottsdale, AZ Trader Vic's Lounge, Beverly Hills, CA Trad'r Sam, San Francisco, CA

New (all in Palm Springs): The Shag Store Bootlegger Tiki Royal Hawaiian Estates Tonga Hut Palm Springs The Reef Bar

I think I've done ok for a Canadian!

[ Edited by Slacks Ferret on 2022-09-23 14:02:17 ]

My count is now 109. Here is the list:

  1. Trader Vic’s, Beverly Hills - 1976
  2. Boom Boom Room, East Lansing - 1981
  3. Trader Vic’s Washington, DC – 1981
  4. Polynesian Show – The Polynesian, Disneyworld - 1999
  5. Mai Kai, Ft. Lauderdale – 2007
  6. Trader Vic’s, London
  7. Trader Vic’s Los Angeles
  8. Trader Vic’s, Emeryville, CA
  9. Trader Vic’s, Atlanta
  10. Trader Vic’s Island Bar and Grill, Sarasota
  11. Trader Vic’s, Chicago (the second one)
  12. Three Dots and a Dash, Chicago
  13. Bamboo Room speakeasy within Three Dots and a Dash, Chicago
  14. Lost Lake, Chicago
  15. Kahala Koa, Arlington Heights, IL
  16. Hala Kahiki, River Grove, IL
  17. Tiki Terrace, Des Plaines, IL
  18. Tong’s Tiki Hit, Villa Park, IL
  19. The Breakers, Crystal Lake, IL
  20. Foundation, Milwaukee
  21. Paradise Lounge, Tiki Resort, Lake George
  22. Waikiki Supper Club, Tiki Resort, Lake George
  23. Tiki Tours floating tiki bar, Lake George
  24. House of Foong Lin, Bethesda
  25. Tiki TNT, Washington, DC
  26. Archipelago, Washington, DC
  27. Tiki Thai, Reston, VA
  28. Adrift, Denver
  29. Shameful Tiki, Toronto
  30. Shore Leave, Toronto
  31. Yachtsman, Philadelphia
  32. The Upstairs Bar, Philadelphia
  33. PKNY, New York
  34. Polynesian Room, New York
  35. Jade Island, Staten Island
  36. Lun Wah, Roselle, NJ
  37. Lee’s Hawaiian. Lyndhurst, NJ
  38. Chan’s Dragon Inn, Ridgefield, NJ
  39. UnderTow, Phoenix
  40. The Alibi, Portland
  41. Hale Pele, Portland
  42. Sip n’ Dip Lounge, Great Falls, MT
  43. Bootlegger Tiki, Palm Springs
  44. The Reef, Palm Springs
  45. Tonga Hut, Palm Springs
  46. Tonga Hut, LA
  47. Don the Beachcomber’s, Huntington Beach
  48. Tiki Ti, LA
  49. Purple Orchid Exotic Tiki, El Segundo, CA
  50. The Warehouse, Marina Del Ray
  51. Tiki No, North Hollywood
  52. Damon’s, Glendale
  53. Lono, LA
  54. Lava Lounge, Hollywood
  55. Trader Sam’s Disneyland
  56. Trader Sam’s Disneyworld
  57. Tambu Lounge, Disneyworld
  58. Trad’r Sam’s, San Francisco
  59. Last Rites, San Francisco
  60. Smuggler’s Cove, San Francisco
  61. Pagan Idol, San Francisco
  62. Tonga Room, San Francisco
  63. Bamboo Hut, San Francisco
  64. Lua Lounge, San Francisco
  65. Forbidden Island, Alameda
  66. Kon-Tiki, Oakland
  67. Kona Club, Oakland
  68. Jungle Bird, Sacramento
  69. Bahi Hut, Sarasota
  70. Aku Aku, Orlando
  71. Suffering Bastard, Sanford, FL
  72. Secret Tiki Temple, Jacksonville
  73. Waterworks, Tallahassee
  74. Hawaiian Inn, Daytona Beach
  75. Kona Tiki Bar, Ormand Beach, FL
  76. Wreck Bar, Fort Lauderdale
  77. Jerry’s Ponce Inlet, FL
  78. Bali Hai, Lynnefield, MA
  79. Kowloon, Saugus, MA
  80. Tiki Island, Medford, MA
  81. Frankie’s, Las Vegas
  82. Fiji Island, Roanoke
  83. Voodoo Tiki, Charleston
  84. Caroline’s Aloha, Charleston
  85. South Seas, Charleston
  86. Water Witch, Savannah
  87. Bamboo Room, Savannah
  88. Tiki Tango Hideaway Oasis, Atlanta
  89. S.O.S., Decatur, GA
  90. Little Hawaiian, Carrollton, GA
  91. Inferno, Indianapolis
  92. Max’s Hideaway, Grand Rapids
  93. Mutiny, Detroit
  94. Lost River, Detroit
  95. Chin’s, Livonia, MI
  96. Porco Lounge, Cleveland
  97. Tiki Underground, Hudson, OH
  98. Hidden Harbor, Pittsburgh
  99. Tiki Lounge, Pittsburgh
  100. Jack Rose’s Tiki Room, Washington, DC
  101. Politiki (pop up), Washington, DC
  102. Tiki on 18th, Washington, DC 11/2/21
  103. Trader Vic’s pop up Capital Hilton, Washington, DC 5/26/22
  104. Fuchsia Tiki Bar, New Paltz, NY 6/27/22
  105. Tiny Tiki, Washington, DC 7/8/22
  106. Tiki Bar Del Ray, Alexandria, VA 7/8/22
  107. Tiki Tiki Bang Bang, Cincinnati 10/27/22
  108. Huli Huli Tiiki Lounge, Powell, OH (near Columbus) 7/27/22
  109. Tiki Underground (the new one), Cuyahoga Falls, OH (near Akron) 7/28/22

[ Edited by leevigraham on 2023-01-08 01:14:08 ]

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I obviously need to up my game. I feel like I've been to a whole lot of tiki bars, but when I add them up I can only come up with 36.

I've just added "Tiki Bar Visits" to https://mytiki.life which replicates some of the lost Critiki functionality.

If anyone needs help finding their critiki list shoot me a message.

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Fabulous! Could you add a pin map to this? That's what I used to love about Critiki. I'd just look up where I was going and see if there were any tiki bars nearby.

There's a map here: https://mytiki.life/tiki-bars/map

Thanks for this! There were a number of places I'd forgotten about.

Where you on Critiki? I can help get a list of your previous check-ins.

Yeah, I was. I went through My Tiki Life and added all the places I've been to. I also added a few old local places now gone.

Unfortunately we didn't record all the user checkins, only the location information.

However I have been able to help people find a cached version online. Message me your critiki username and I'll see what I can find.

T

Damn the important question is what do you do to rack up the kind of cash it would take to go to over 100 tiki bars! Let alone the time needed to take off for all these trips.

I can tell ya not one who did this owned a restaurant, we were lucky to get one week off a year it would take 100 years for us to do this. And many times I would spend that week cleaning / fixing / waxing floors of that damn restaurant.

Wait don't tell me you are in health care, ever notice that the BIG eBayers are in health care.

Now you know why heath care is so costly.

If you are on this list, you are very fortunate people.

Good work! You should try to visit the Foundation Bar in Milwaukee, WI. You won't be disappointed. Strange name for an authentic tiki bar.

Recent trip to the Bay Area put us over the mark. It does include a few of the non-bars that were on the Critiki list...

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