Guest Tiki Bar Review: The Kon-Tiki – Oakland, CA by Kevin Crossman – Ultimate Mai-Tai

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Back in the late 40’s, Thor Heyerdahl made his epic voyage across the Pacific Ocean on his balsa raft called the Kon Tiki. I’m guessing Thor Heyerdahl never thought about someone opening up a tiki bar based on his amazing journey, but in 2017, that’s exactly what happened! My good friend Kevin Crossman paid a visit to The Kon-Tiki and came back with this incredible write up. I’ll let Kevin take it from here …

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Home Tiki Bar Spotlight #37 The Blue Ka-Tiki – Salida CA

Blue Ka-Tiki

It’s one thing to borrow the name of a tiki drink to use as your home tiki bar’s name but it’s even better when you were too drunk to remember the drink you wanted to name your bar after! This is the case of The Blue Ka-Tiki. Dwayne and his wife really enjoyed their drink at Trader Sam’s. The drink was so good that they couldn’t remember what it was called! I can tell you this, it wasn’t called a Blue Ka-Tiki…

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Oceanic Arts Whittier, CA (Tropical and Polynesian décor warehouse)

Oceanic Arts Whittier CA

Let’s go back in time to when it all began…

It’s the late ’50s and you’re a restaurant owner. The Tiki craze is in full swing and you want to open your own Polynesian paradise. Where do you go to buy the Tiki décor that will fill up your establishment? You go to Oceanic Arts!

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Home Tiki Bar Spotlight #26 The Lime Lounge Montreal, CA

The Lime Lounge

For a relationship to work, you need to have things in common. For Gen and Jim, their common interest is Tiki. Their love of Tiki Pop snowballed into one of the coolest Mid-Century home Tiki bars I’ve seen! Their place is called the Lime Lounge and it’s hidden in Gen and Jim’s apartment in Montreal, Canada. Here is their story…

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Home Tiki Bar Spotlight #25 The Tiki Hut Yucaipa, CA

 

The Tiki Hut

Most people build home Tiki bars to escape to a tropical paradise and sip Mai-Tais. When Erich Troudt built his Tiki escape, he had other plans. Erich doesn’t drink, but he loves his cigars. Wanting a place to display his Tiki mugs and enjoy a cigar or two, Erich didn’t build a Tiki bar, he built a Tiki Hut! Here is Erich’s story…

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