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Home Tiki Bar Spotlight #87 The Hatches – Seattle WA

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Batten Down The Hatches!

Welcome to The Hatches. It’s Ken Herold’s home tiki bar located in the Seattle neighborhood of Leschi, which is only a couple minutes away from my home, so I didn’t have to travel far to visit this awesome bar. The Hatches combines elements of tiki and nautical, and Ken did a great job of mixing the two together. Speaking of mixing, Ken can make a perfect Mai Tai and a Three Dot And A Dash! Here is Ken’s story on how The Hatches came to be …

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Home Tiki Bar Spotlight #79 The Back Side Of Water – Gig Harbor WA

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The Backside Of Water, what an interesting name for a tiki bar, right? But if you love Disney and more specifically, The Jungle Cruise, you will totally get it! When Chris and Lauren Ringlee bought their new home with a finished basement, they knew what they had to do, they built a tiki bar! Here is their story …

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The South Pacific Libation Company – A Pop-Up Tiki Bar, Literally!

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Usually when I write about a tiki bar, I mention what city or town it’s located, but when the tiki bar is collapsible and can pop up anywhere, location doesn’t really matter. John Betts was thinking of building a shelf to display his growing tiki mug collection but decided instead to build a tiki bar that he can set up outside on his deck and serve his guests tiki cocktails from. When it starts raining here in the Pacific Northwest, John can easily tear down his bar and pack it away for the Winter. John invited me over for drinks at his home in Redmond WA and we talked about his one of a kind tiki bar called, The South Pacific Libation Company …

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Home Sweet Tiki Home #6 The Mainlander Room – Tacoma WA

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Before you reach Susan and Eddie Pena’s home tiki bar, you have to walk through the kitchen, then the dining room, then the living room and finally you turn to your right and bam! You are in The Mainlander Room. Susan and Eddie Pena’s home is a totally mid-century modern time capsule and once you step inside their home, you are transported back to a time before the internet and cable television.

The Mainlander Room is right next to the living room and the transition between the two is seamless, with some of the tiki and mcm blending the two styles together. When I visited The Mainlander Room, I honestly didn’t want to leave! Susan and Eddie, I can’t wait to come back, in the meantime, here is their story …

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Home Tiki Bar Spotlight #73 The Riviera Room – Burien WA

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When I first stepped inside The Riviera Room, the first thing I noticed was a collection of Otto Von Stroheim’s Tiki News editions displayed on the wall. I knew right there that the owner of the The Riviera Room knows his tiki. That man is Paul Brown and his home tiki bar feels like a tiki bar that would have been built back in the late 1960’s. It’s cozy, comfy and cool. Oh, did I happen to mention that there is an actual Shag painting on the wall?

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Home Tiki Bar Spotlight #59 The Cam-Tiki Terrace – Camano Island WA

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When I drove up to Grant Shaw’s place on Camano Island, I didn’t know which building was his home and which building was his garage!

Grant has a huge garage with an even bigger tiki bar upstairs on the second floor. It’s called The Cam-Tiki Terrace and it may be the biggest home tiki bar I’ve visited yet! Here is Grant’s story …

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Home Tiki Bar Spotlight #58 Twa-Wal-Kut’s Rocking Jellyfish Lounge, Gig Harbor WA

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Somewhere hidden in Heidi and Stephen’s Mid-century modern home you’ll find their tiki bar, the Twa-Wal-Kut’s Rocking Jellyfish Lounge, a beautiful modern-style tiki bar! I’ve been sworn to secrecy on how to get inside. Here is Heidi and Stephen’s story …

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