Post #290359 by Ojaitimo on Wed, Mar 7, 2007 4:39 PM

Well, they are not using grenandine in the mix any longer but still use the sweet and sour. A little progress I suppose.The Warehouse is currently owned by Lee Spencer who I was talking to the other night. He was headed over to Trader Vic's, "I need to see it while it still there." Lee grew up loving tiki and Don the Beachcombers where his parents frequently took him as a child in 1949.
Lee bought the Warehouse about 10 years ago from his friend Burt Hixon a cinematographer who had traveled world wide like Bigbrotiki. Burt now lives in Mexico and visits when he is in town.
John Wayne who was Burts friend helped him build it in Marina Del Rey, California. If you check out the gallery in the front( You will need a good hour) you can see it was quite the place in its day.
The upstairs photographs of his travels are not to be missed either. Happy hour is a great time before the dinner crowds to look around.
In Taboo Table, Jeff Berry has the signature drink from the Warehouse so the history of great drink making is there. Jeff, help us Obiwan.
Tryng to convince them to use fresh limes and once again make drinks like Burt did,(apparently he was a great mixologist) may take a visit from you. I thougtht about bringing a case of limes in and seeing how long it would take to juice a gallons worth of juice. I'm guessing 20 minutes.

So what is the difference between triple sec and curacao then? Why do the same distillers make both? A while back this same sort of issue came up about Orgeat vs Falernum last year. Someone was insisting that there was no difference between orgeat and falernum. Beachbum Berry at great personal risk; He trys to avoid Tiki Central because we are too addictive for him here at TC.Recently at the Tiki Ti, Sven laughed when he heard that. "Yeah, I'm late for shoots some mornings because I have to tear myself away from Tiki Central. But to settle this triple sec vs curacao issue maybe you can settle it Jeff?

I'd like to see the Shrunken Head Lounge if I am in Seattle and try your test for myself DJ. Any photos you can post?
Big Tiki Dude, you mentioned going to the Warehouse after Vacation Fest and if it was on a weekend, there is no happy hour on Sat or Sun. Its Mon to Fri 4pm to 6pm.

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[ Edited by: ojaitimo 2007-03-08 00:27 ]