Black Pearl, St. Petersburg, FL (restaurant) - Locating Tiki

TT Tonga Trader Tiki Socialite Chicago Joined: Jan 23, 2006 Posts: 127	TT Tonga Trader Posted posted on Mon, Apr 27, 2009 7:46 AM On 2009-04-25 12:28, Mo-Eye wrote: The thing I can't believe is how much of a Tiki Mecca St. Petersburg was. They had a good 5+ Polynesian themed places. And I'm still finding more as I go along. I lived there through most of the '80s, and I can't believe it. Looks like all this stuff you dug up was long gone by then. It was a pretty sleepy town when I was there, apparently things were different before that. That said, I do remember Hawaii being a big influence there, though more in terms of the surfing culture (even though there isn't really surf on the gulf coast.) Thanks for posting. TT [ Edited by: Tonga Trader 2009-04-27 07:53 ]

On 2009-04-25 12:28, Mo-Eye wrote:
The thing I can't believe is how much of a Tiki Mecca St. Petersburg was. They had a good 5+ Polynesian themed places. And I'm still finding more as I go along.

I lived there through most of the '80s, and I can't believe it. Looks like all this stuff you dug up was long gone by then. It was a pretty sleepy town when I was there, apparently things were different before that.

That said, I do remember Hawaii being a big influence there, though more in terms of the surfing culture (even though there isn't really surf on the gulf coast.) Thanks for posting.

[ Edited by: Tonga Trader 2009-04-27 07:53 ]

Post #449956 by Tonga Trader on Mon, Apr 27, 2009 7:46 AM