Toratiki, Victoria BC’s only Tiki bar, makes for a fun outing. A long, skinny bar, it is decorated to the nines and has a super-friendly, helpful staff. When we visited on a Saturday night, it was busy but our small group had no trouble getting promptly seated in a booth right across from the bar.
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Suffering Bastard – Guest Tiki Bar Review by Tom Hemmen (Sanford FL)
Suffering Bastard is a bar, hidden off the main drag in the charming historic section of Sanford inside Tuffy’s Bottle Shop & Lounge. It’s tiny, and you will need to make a reservation unless you want a long wait and risk not getting in at all…
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Permanent Vacation – Guest Tiki Bar Review by Tom Hemmen (Maitland FL)
About half an hour outside of Orlando, Permanent Vacation is a speakeasy-type establishment hidden inside another bar – in this case, the Copper Rocket Pub.
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Coral Club – Guest Tiki Bar Review by Tom Hemmen (Vancouver WA)
Jeanie and I were excited at the opportunity to visit this recently opened Tiki bar in Vancouver, Washington, and called ahead to make sure we would be able to get a seat…
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Dead Man’s Isle – Guest Tiki Bar Review by Tom Hemmen (Astoria OR)
Like many, we’ve been looking forward to the opening of Munktiki’s Dead Man’s Isle now for a long time, and were delighted to finally get to spend a weekend in Astoria, and visit – not once, but twice. Consequently, our notes are a composite of those two experiences…
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Makai Surf & Tiki Bar – Rome, Italy Guest Write Up By Tom Hemmen
In Italy, we recently had the opportunity – thanks to the tip from a friend – to take a break from our antiquities death march and kick back at a Tiki bar in the Eternal City! Continue reading “Makai Surf & Tiki Bar – Rome, Italy Guest Write Up By Tom Hemmen”
Lost Spirits Distillery Tour – Guest Write Up By Tom Hemmen (Las Vegas NV)
Having already toured and reviewed Lost Spirits other property in Anaheim, California, we were curious to see how similar or different this new property would be … either way, it was likely to be an interesting outing!
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Guest Tiki Bar Review – The Honu By Tom Hemmen (Dunedin FL)
The day before we flew out from Florida we decided to squeeze in one last Tiki bar, and drove from Bradenton to the charming little walking town of Dunedin on the Gulf of Mexico…
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Guest Tiki Bar Review – Bahi Hut And Siesta Key Rum Distillery By Tom Hemmen (Sarasota FL)
Having investigated what is possibly Florida’s newest Tiki bar in St. Petersburg, Jeanie and I next checked out Florida’s oldest Tiki bar in Sarasota, the 1954 Bahi Hut …
Dr. BBQ – Burnt Ends Tiki Bar – Guest Tiki Bar Review By Tom Hemmen (St. Petersburg FL)
Burnt Ends Tiki Bar is possibly the newest Tiki bar in Florida. It is a speakeasy-style offshoot of a pre-existing business – Dr. BBQ in Saint Petersburg, Florida – and so, this is effectively a two-part review, the first part of which is not tiki.