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Hatchi Mix Series at Breadbar: Rum Amok with Caña Rum Bar
The carb-crazy restaurant Breadbar in Century City has been hosting a bunch of pop-up foodie events over the past year, including the “Hatchi Mix” series where mixologists concoct a one-night-only...
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Mission Tiki Drive-In Theatre – Montclair, CA
Hey, it’s my 100th post! For this little milestone I wanted to feature a tiki spot that’s quickly grown dear to my heart: The Mission Tiki Drive-In in Montclair, which is just past Pomona (home of the...
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Tiki No Bar – North Hollywood, CA
Here in “The Valley” we already have the Tonga Hut, and the Tiki-Ti is just over the hill, but it was still very exciting to hear that a new tiki bar was opening last month in North Hollywood: Tiki No...
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Home With The Beachcomber – Simi Valley, CA
As previously mentioned, I love Anthropologie, but not crowds. So whenever we feel the need to shop, my cohort Curious Laydee and I head out to the Simi Valley Town Center, an outdoor mall that’s...
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Trader Vic’s Los Angeles – L.A. Live Downtown
While many major cities lack even one Trader Vic’s, Los Angeles is lucky enough to have two! (Sort of. The Beverly Hills “lounge” is a story for another time.) This is one of the newer locations of...
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Tiki Cocktail Menu at 1886 Bar – Pasadena, CA
Before embarking on our recent European fortnight, we had the pleasure of meeting up for drinks with the Gastronomer, G-ma’s Bakery and their respective others. We had already chosen 1886 at The...
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Bahooka Ribs & Grog – Rosemead, CA
A night at Bahooka is like having dinner in Davy Jones’ locker. The restaurant’s booths look as if they were constructed from driftwood, while more than one hundred aquariums emanate a mysterious...
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Animal Kingdom by Shag – Corey Helford Gallery
On February 11, the Corey Helford gallery in Culver City hosted an opening party for Shag’s latest exhibition of paintings entitled Animal Kingdom. His previous show here was the doom and gloom fest...
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Christmas Tiki-Ti Tiki Mug by Derek Yaniger
I usually would say it’s too early to be thinking about Christmas until after Thanksgiving, but this is a special case. The Tiki-Ti has just released their second signature tiki mug, a festive little...
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Saying Goodbye to Bahooka
It’s always a bummer when tiki bars shut down, but hearing last month that Bahooka would be closing was a particularly tough blow (as you might have been able to tell from all my tweets on the...
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Giveaway + Tonga Hut’s 55th Anniversary Celebration
Last Sunday the Tonga Hut in North Hollywood celebrated its 55th anniversary with an art show, live music and the debut of new merch, including t-shirts, Mai Tai glasses and tiki mugs. (They also took...
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(Walking in a) Tiki Wonderland at the Tonga Hut
Maybe you’ve already started taking down the holiday decorations, but I just have to sneak one more festive post in. (I guess my new year’s resolution should be to be more timely with my blogging…)...
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Shag: Pink Elephants Art Show
My favorite tiki-influenced artist is Shag (aka Josh Agle), whose paintings often portray retro revelers indulging in various vices and swilling martinis. But it seems like life has been imitating art...
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Not-to-Miss Tiki Events This Summer
Florida’s Hukilau just wrapped and tiki events are in full swing for the summer. Here’s a heads-up on some of the festivities coming up — admittedly with a Southern California bias. June 26-29 – Ohana...
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Tiki Tablescaping & Luminasia at the LA County Fair
Every year we go to the LA County Fair and every year I stumble across something related to tiki. (And every year we wonder why we ride this giant Ferris Wheel as we freak out when it reaches the...
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A-Frame Goes Hawaiian with Local Favorites & Tiki-Inspired Drinks
Five years ago, chef Roy Choi of Kogi food truck fame transformed an old IHOP in Culver City into an Asian-influenced “urban picnic” dining spot called A-Frame (after its iconic shape, naturally). In...
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Mondo Tiki! – Tiki Farm’s 15th Anniversary Exhibition
Tiki Farm is the king of modern tiki mug manufacturing. For 15 years, founder Holden Westland and his team have collaborated with super-talented artists to create more than 2,000 designs. La Luz de...
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Don the Beachcomber featured at “To Live and Dine in L.A.” Menu Exhibit
Ernest Raymond Beaumont Gantt essentially created the concept of what would later be called tiki bars when he opened Don’s Beachcomber Café in Hollywood in the 1930s. Naturally, he’s an important...
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Lions and Tigers and Pin-Ups, Oh My! – Jungle Drums by Shag
The artist Shag (aka Josh Agle) has a new solo show, Jungle Drums, at the Corey Helford Gallery through February 13, 2016. But before you jump in your car to head for Culver City, you must know that...
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Preview of Pacific Seas Tiki Bar at Clifton’s Cafeteria – Los Angeles
Los Angeles has some of the oldest and greatest tiki bars in the country, but the opening of Pacific Seas has still been much anticipated. (It’s officially on Saturday night!) There was talk that a...
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