Hot Lava (a.k.a "How Bowers") plays baritone ukulele and sings with America's best tiki music band, 
Tiki Bar & Lounge, Melbourne, Australia
Wednesday, October 31st, 2007
Tiki Bar & Lounge is Melbourne’s only classic tiki bar, which happens to be located in a dance studio!
Don’t be taken aback though — Kevin, the head bartender, knows how to mix drinks the right way, with fresh ingredients and attention to detail. When the space isn’t offering cabaret shows or dance classes along with the cocktails, the bar plays a selection of Martin Denny and Arthur Lyman tunes over the stereo — something very hard to find in today’s exotica-unfriendly world.
Visit Tiki Bar & Lounge mySpace page | Visit official website | Read The Age review | Thanks Kevin!
Tiki Bar TV, the uber-popular podcast that easily mixes comedy and alcohol, now has a tiki mug in the shape of its logo for sale.
When Sam’s Seafood in Huntinton Beach, California closed down last year, long-time patrons were sad to see another classic tiki bar/restaurant wiped off the face of the map. Rumors of the restaurant’s purchase fueled speculation of what was to come — and fortunately for all, the best elements of the location were preserved (the decor and drinks) while the worst have been fixed (the food, which had been described as lackluster at best).
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The food critic for the Sydney Morning Herald, who pines for a real tiki bar Down Under, has a lot of good things to say about this Thai restaurant with enough of a tiki feel to get him by. The bar serves Thai-twists on tropical drinks, like a Pina Colada that uses coconut cream, ginger and lemon bitters instead of pineapple juice.
Late last week, Disney announced that it’s building a new resort hotel on the island of Ohau in Hawaii. How the company is going to handle this will be interesting — they’ve were one of the forces behind the polynesian-pop phenomena of the ’50s thanks to the Enchanted Tiki Room — yet all the press about the project emphases how culturally sensitive they’re trying to be, so there may not be any of Rolly Crump’s tiki gods hidden in the bushes (but then you never know.)
Etsy artist and seller sosuzi makes fantastic, whimsical art from scrap wood. This piece measures 3.25 inches by 7.25 inches and is painted with acrylics.