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Aunt Tiki’s – New Orleans, LA
A few months ago when we visited New Orleans, Chad and I were walking along Decatur Street in the French Quarter on our way to Cafe du Monde when I stopped in my tracks, pointed up and shouted:...
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Tonga Hut – Palm Springs, CA
Next year Palm Springs Modernism Week will celebrate its 10th installment and it seems like appreciation for mid-century modern architecture keeps growing, so now is a great time for the city to get a...
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VenTiki Tiki Lounge & Lanai – Ventura, CA
We’ve passed through Ventura many times driving on the 101 from Los Angeles to Santa Barbara, but we were never really compelled to stop by this coastal town until VenTiki Tiki Lounge & Lanai came...
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A Tricky Trio – Players Sports Grill, Tiki Bar & Arcade, San Francisco
On our last visit to San Francisco, Mr. Hockey found an ad in our little tourist map for Players Sports Grill & Arcade that billed it as “San Francisco’s only waterfront tiki bar.” He asked me if...
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Torpedo Room at Eat Street Social – Minneapolis
With its vintage vibe and old-fashioned soda fountain drinks, Eat Street Social in Minneapolis seemed like a place I would have liked even if they hadn’t installed a pop-up tiki bar last September....
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Lunch at Capt. Cook’s: Set a Course for…Nachos!
Five years ago when I first set foot on Disney’s Polynesian Resort, I was pretty unimpressed by the decor of Capt. Cook’s, the quick-service restaurant in the Great Ceremonial House. Dated pastels and...
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A-Frame Goes Hawaiian with Local Favorites & Tiki-Inspired Drinks
Five years ago, chef Roy Choi of Kogi food truck fame transformed an old IHOP in Culver City into an Asian-influenced “urban picnic” dining spot called A-Frame (after its iconic shape, naturally). In...
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Bootlegger Tiki – A Rum-Soaked Oasis in Palm Springs
In 1926, a young man named Ernest Raymond Beaumont Gantt left home and traveled around the South Pacific, Caribbean and beyond. Back on American soil, he was a bootlegger during Prohibition and when...
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Germany Tiki Tour, Part 3: Trader Vic’s Munich
Our little tiki tour of Germany started in Nuremberg with Kon Tiki and Die Blume von Hawaii, and concluded a little farther south into Bavaria with Trader Vic’s Munich. During the 1950s, ’60s and...
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Underwater Artistry: Mermaid Shows at the Wreck Bar – Fort Lauderdale, FL
We have all been led to believe that mermaids are just mythical creatures, but you may be convinced otherwise with a weekend visit to the Wreck Bar at B Ocean Resort (formerly Sheraton Fort Lauderdale...
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