Foundation
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Foundation began as a punk bar, and around 2004 began a conversion into a punk tiki bar at the prompting of manager Don Nelson. Today the bar has left its punk roots behind, and has completed the metamorphosis into a beloved and completely punk-free tiki bar. It is chock full of tikis, many carved by local tiki artist Lake Tiki. The menu is full of traditional and modern tropical drinks, served in tiki mugs.
In 2017, a fully tikified vacation rental was added above Foundation, the Captain's Quarters.
Details
- Type
- Bar
- Phone
- +1 414-374-2587
- Address
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
- Closed?
- No
- Links
Gallery
5 Tiki Mugs
27 Visits
The Tiki Barber – 3 Aug 2022
My first time at Foundation was quite a while ago..I would say it was in 2004/05. It was definitely memorable but I was a young parent with small children at that time in my life and we barely went out. They were rare date nights... fast forward to now and I'm fully immersed in Tiki and Foundation is a clear and obvious choice for my favorite Milwaukee Tiki Bar. It's always great to catch the Exotics on a random Thursday night. Performing live in the bar
Captain Coconuts – 8 Feb 2014
My Home Bar/First Tiki Bar I ever went to!
Textiki – 13 Sept 2025
aloha.taboo – Date: Unknown
Papagoon – 10 Dec 2024
Melissa – 4 Apr 2025
BrewCityTikiGuy – 3 Sept 2010
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midcentury markitect – 30 Jan 2018
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