Tiki bar is a themed drinking establishment that serves elaborate cocktails, especially rum-based mixed drinks such as the Mai Tai and Zombie cocktails.
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11 Facts About Tiki bar
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One of the earliest and perhaps the first of what is known as a tiki bar was named "Don the Beachcomber, " created in Hollywood in 1933 by Ernest Gantt .
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The Tiki bar served a wide variety of exotic rum drinks, and later Cantonese food.
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Tiki bar began opening franchises outside of California, beginning with The Outrigger in Seattle, WA in 1949.
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The original restaurant was demolished, but a much smaller version in the form of a side-room Tiki bar named the Pacific Seas resides at another Clifton's location.
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Tonga Room of the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco is an iconic tiki bar operating since 1945, still retaining its Polynesian flair after having undergone a number of facelifts over the years.
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From California, tiki spread north, and The Alibi Tiki Lounge is a currently operating tiki bar established in Portland, Oregon from 1947.
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California's Tiki bar Ti is another historically important tiki establishment still in operation, as is Florida's Mai Kai, which is a focal spot for a large annual hukilau tiki gathering.
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Some like the Chin Tiki bar were multiple-level affairs, requiring patrons to climb stairs or cross bamboo bridges to get to other sections.
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Tiki bar is known from having created the Ancient Mariner and Von Tiki cocktails.
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The name of the Tiki bar is often listed on the back of the mug or its bottom.
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