Post #201920 by christiki295 on Tue, Dec 6, 2005 7:08 PM

On 2002-08-29 12:00, thejab wrote:
tiki chris wrote:
"are there any purists that think a tiki bar should only have tikis - & if so do you not consider tv's a tiki bar?"

Hell no! I would agree with the other posters who feel that Trader Vic's (and Don the Beachcomber) invented the classy tiki bar/restaurant style by mixing various Oceanic and Polynesian arts with nautical themes (as being different from original non-classy tiki bars like the Tiki Ti, for example). It's the variety that makes it appealing.

But please save the african masks for the "safari" bar (like the one in the Florida Keys).

I agree & disagree. I prefer only tikis.

I also would like to have one room with only Hawaiian tikis, one with only Moai and one with only Melanisian - something for eveyone.

I would not have the nautical effect that many tiki bars, the Tonga Lounge, the Mai Kai and, Trader Vics, have.