The Temple Bar, Berkeley, CA (restaurant) - Locating Tiki

A AquaZombie Member Thrillville Joined: Aug 01, 2003 Posts: 461	A AquaZombie Posted posted on Fri, Aug 22, 2003 12:57 PM Name:The Temple Bar Type:restaurant Street:984 University Ave. City:Berkeley State:CA Zip: country:USA Phone:510.524.6403 Status:operational Description: This place has been open for years, in fact I hosted my first Elvis Hawaiian D Day party there a decade ago. The problem was this family owned operation (run by and catering to indigenous Hawaiians)was open so sporadically I lost touch with it. But last night I happened to be driving by looking around for a place to eat, saw the heartening neon OPEN sign - and beneath it, the magic words written on the front window: Restaurant and TIKI BAR. Though they still feature live Hawaiian music the first Sunday of every month, it almost seemed like this very old school joint - which looks more like a saloon - almost played down its ethnic heritage. It always had luaus and exotic drinks, but the ambience was more like any other old restaurant. Now they've added more tikis and have a delicious dinner menu, open for business five nights a week, Wed-Sun. (4-9 Wed-Fri, 5-9 Sat/Sun). My Mai Tai was served in a real tiki mug and was damn strong! The appetizers and entrees were likewise very tasty, and moderately priced as well. The owners are off the boat Hawaiians and are very friendly. Their teenage daughter was our server and she too cute - she remembered my Elvis party, even though she was only 6 at the time! They also still have on display the autographed photo of Julie Parrish with Elvis and the gals in "Paradise Hawaiian Style" (Julie was the guest that night). Anyway, if you're ever in the East Bay, this makes THREE cool tiki bar/restaurants to check out (along with the Conga Lounge in Oakland and Tiki Tom's in Walnut Creek). We also just recently ate at a tiki restaurant called the Bamboo Lounge (I think)in Pleasanton, but more on that later. The Temple Bar also does catering and allows private parties. See link below for more info: http://www.templebar.org [ Edited by: AquaZombie on 2003-08-22 13:00 ]

Name:The Temple Bar
Type:restaurant
Street:984 University Ave.
City:Berkeley
State:CA
Zip:
country:USA
Phone:510.524.6403
Status:operational

Description:
This place has been open for years, in fact I hosted my first Elvis Hawaiian D Day party there a decade ago. The problem was this family owned operation (run by and catering to indigenous Hawaiians)was open so sporadically I lost touch with it. But last night I happened to be driving by looking around for a place to eat, saw the heartening neon OPEN sign - and beneath it, the magic words written on the front window: Restaurant and TIKI BAR.

Though they still feature live Hawaiian music the first Sunday of every month, it almost seemed like this very old school joint - which looks more like a saloon - almost played down its ethnic heritage. It always had luaus and exotic drinks, but the ambience was more like any other old restaurant. Now they've added more tikis and have a delicious dinner menu, open for business five nights a week, Wed-Sun. (4-9 Wed-Fri, 5-9 Sat/Sun). My Mai Tai was served in a real tiki mug and was damn strong! The appetizers and entrees were likewise very tasty, and moderately priced as well. The owners are off the boat Hawaiians and are very friendly. Their teenage daughter was our server and she too cute - she remembered my Elvis party, even though she was only 6 at the time! They also still have on display the autographed photo of Julie Parrish with Elvis and the gals in "Paradise Hawaiian Style" (Julie was the guest that night). Anyway, if you're ever in the East Bay, this makes THREE cool tiki bar/restaurants to check out (along with the Conga Lounge in Oakland and Tiki Tom's in Walnut Creek). We also just recently ate at a tiki restaurant called the Bamboo Lounge (I think)in Pleasanton, but more on that later. The Temple Bar also does catering and allows private parties. See link below for more info:

http://www.templebar.org

[ Edited by: AquaZombie on 2003-08-22 13:00 ]

Post #48889 by AquaZombie on Fri, Aug 22, 2003 12:57 PM