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Home Tiki Bar Spotlight #120 Mahu Lounge – Ypsilanti MI

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Mahu Lounge

There’s a waterfall in the shower!

Kurt and Lance live in a small town east of Detroit. It’ called Ypsilanti and I have no idea how to pronounce it! Downstairs in the basement of Kurt and Lance’s home you will find the Mahu Lounge but what’s unique about their home tiki bar is that it expands into different rooms. A bedroom adjacent to the bar has been turned into the The Dirty Pearl VIP Champagne Room. The tiki has also moved into the downstairs bathroom as well. They never use the shower so they put a waterfall in it! Great idea! Here is the story of the Mahu Lounge and The Dirty Pearl VIP Champagne Room…

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Home Tiki Bar Spotlight #119 Paradis du Zombi – Grosse Pointe MI

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Paradis du Zombi

When I walked in to Zach Robert’s home tiki bar, I felt like a I stepped into a temple, a tiki temple! The bar is in the center of the Zach’s space with two tall tikis from Detroit’s Mauna Loa, two smaller tikis on the far sides of the garage and one giant tiki towering above the bar. The name of this incredible bar is Temple of Rum but that doesn’t include what’s on the outside! I will let Zach tell you more about Paradis du Zombi…

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Home Tiki Bar Spotlight #117 Kraken’s Bay Tiki Lounge Warren MI

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Kraken's Bay Tiki Lounge

From Parrot Head to Tikiphile…

Before Ed Schroeder discovered tiki, he was a Parrot Head. There’s a lot of crossover between the tiki, pirate and Jimmy Buffett subcultures. From an outsider’s perspective, they may appear all the same, but as Ed slowly discovered the world of tiki, he realized that tiki bars are the “real deal” and started to build his own! Kraken’s Bay Tiki Lounge is Ed’s basement but it feels like paradise. Here is Ed’s story…

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Home Tiki Bar Spotlight #116 The Exotica Suite – West Bloomfield MI

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The Exotica Suite

It’s been said that good things come to those who wait.

In the case of The Exotica Suite – a home tiki bar in West Bloomfield, Michigan owned by Matt and Nui Totsky – that certainly rings true. Matt shares how their story of patience and perseverance finally paid off with the room of their dreams.

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Home Tiki Bar Spotlight #112 The Satin Tiki Room – Redford MI

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The Satin Tiki Room

Are you a punk rock guy? I used to play drums in a band called Negative Approach from Detroit…

Chuck Burns is a musician from out of The Motor City and has been playing music for most of his life. He’s into rock and punk and yes, has played drums for Negative Approach which is one of the most influential hardcore punk bands there is. I’m a big fan of rock and punk and to answer Chuck’s question, Hell Yeah! I’m a punk rock guy! Chuck is also into tiki and has created his own tiki bar in his basement. It’s called The Satin Tiki Room and here is Chuck’s story…

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Home Tiki Bar Spotlight #105 Ka Laki Lolo Tiki – Dundee MI

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Sometime life imitates art, or is it the other way around?

Mr. X’s Valet, a painting from Shag, was the inspiration for the Ka Laki Lolo Tiki. Art decided to use elements of the tiki bar in that Shag painting and Ka Laki Lolo Tiki was born! Art and Maria’s home tiki bar is in Dundee Michigan and when things get cold in the winter they have a wonderful tiki bar to escape to. It’s an enclosed patio turned tiki bar and Art and Maria can enjoy a Mai Tai or two even though it might be two below outside! Here is their story…

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Home Tiki Bar Spotlight #82 The Boom Boom Room – Royal Oak MI

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I usually like my tiki bars dark but in the case of Matt “Captain” Wittstock’s Boom Boom Room, keep the lights on! I’ve always wondered what a home tiki bar might have looked like in the 70’s and I think I found my answer. There are so many cool little details inside the Boom Boom Room that it would be a sin to turn the lights out. Here is Matt’s story …

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