It’s hard to talk about Tonga Hut Palms Springs without talking about Tonga Hut North Hollywood…
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Home Tiki Bar Spotlight #34 Trader Dick’s – East Brookfield, MA
Richard Barnes tells it like it is. The Tiki scene up around Boston is pretty nonexistent. Richard did something about it. He converted his garage into his own Tiki bar called Trader Dick’s. This place doesn’t look real! Here is Richard’s story…
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Tiki Bar TV
I know I’m way late to the party, but I have to tell you all about Tiki Bar TV!
Tiki Bar Review #42 Bootlegger Tiki Palm Springs, CA
One room.
Four booths.
Six bar stools.
And a plethora of amazing Tiki cocktails!
This is Bootlegger Tiki and if you’re in Palm Springs, you need stop by…
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Guest Tiki Bar Review – TikiCat Kansas City, MO by Dieter Weber
Dieter Weber, the man behind some of the great photographs you see here on Tiki With Ray, happened to be in Kansas City. It looks like my photographer made it to TikiCat before I did! That’s cool with me, because he came back with tons of great photographs and a write up as well! I’ll let Dieter take it from here…
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Home Tiki Bar Spotlight #33 Aloha Theater and Tiki Bar Denver, CO
It all started with some fake palm trees on sale…
John Mumford has been into the Tiki since he was in middle school. His parents actually let him build his own Tiki bar in the furnace room. Those are some cool parents! Fast-forward to 2009. John found some fake palm trees on sale for $50 at a hardware store tent sale and he couldn’t pass up them up! The rest they say is history. Here is John’s story…
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Tiki Bar Review #41 Tiki Terrace Des Plaines, IL
Sometimes the action isn’t happening in the middle of a city. Instead, sometimes it’s happening in a strip mall far out in a town called Des Plaines.
Tiki Terrace is located in an unassuming shopping center. It doesn’t look like much from the outside, but head on in and you’ll find yourself in a full-on Hawaiian luau!
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Tiki VIP #28 Christine Benjamin (Tiki Artist)
Remember those “big eyes” paintings?
I do! These were paintings of children with big heads with even bigger eyes and I remember seeing them everywhere when I was kid. The artist’s name was Margaret Keane and her paintings were quite cute.
When I first saw Christine Benjamin’s art, it reminded me of Keane’s paintings, which at the same time reminded me of my childhood! I know I’m not the only one who has been moved this way by Christine’s art. Here is Christine’s story…
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Home Tiki Bar Spotlight #32 The Black Lagoon Room Milwaukee, WI
The Creature from the Black Lagoon was always my favorite monster. He’s my favorite color (green) and was in 3-D! Katie Monachos and Pete Klockau are on the same page with me. They took the basement of their home in Milwaukee and converted it into a Tiki bar with a nod to the Creature from the Black Lagoon for good measure! Here is their story…
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TikiTronic!
TikiTronic makes songs from the 80’s sound even more like the 80’s! –Ray Wyland