The pirate-themed tiki bar with a menu full of tropical cocktails is filled with intricate decor, which features impressive custom decorations like a mermaid’s skeleton, a ship’s helm, and giant ...

Do you own a dive bar or novelty restaurant, or run a business organizing bachelorette parties? Here’s your chance to make things a whole lot funkier. One of the country’s oldest purveyors of all ...

When The Inferno Room co-owners Ed Rudisell and Chris Coy began dreaming about opening a tiki bar last year, they knew they wanted a huge, scary mask to greet visitors. And when it comes to ...

NOT SO LONG ago, just a few years in fact, America seemed determined to rid itself of all remaining traces of one of its most extravagant lapses in taste. But those who were out to cleanse the ...

Tiki bars have always been havens for fantasy — an immersive experience, titillating in a Disney-musical kind of way. They’re the safest kind of strange. The pleasure of entering a tiki bar for the ...

From churro pancakes for charity to a new Highland Cafe in Glassell Park, here’s this week’s Eastside food and drink news.

With the news that Rosemead’s 45-year-old Tiki shrine Bahooka Family Restaurant is set to close this Sunday, we again have to face the fact that the region’s once robust scene of kitschy ...

Grab your ukulele, strap on a grass skirt and order up a round of umbrella drinks. Tiki culture is back. Long banished to suburban rec rooms and a handful of restaurants, Tiki–a term that embraces all ...

A tiki bar means many things to many people, from a Polynesian paradise to a Florida retreat. And at home, it can be the centerpiece of a backyard resort, a tropical escape from life's cares. "It's ...

EscondidoEscondido — If you’ve never heard the name Bosko Hrnjak, you’re not alone. But in the world of tiki, the Escondido artist is a legend. Hrnjak, 55, is widely credited with leading the revival ...

For many years—or so they say—Santa has made his home the snowy North Pole. But this year, things are a little different as the big man heads to the South Pacific for the ultimate mashup of kitschy ...

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