The Volcano Room opened December 17th, 2022.

The build-out was completed by Tiki Rancher (Frank Simotics).

Pinky's started in Charlotte, North Carolina (November 2010) and then added this second Huntersville, North Carolina location afterwards (December 2013).

Pinky's has been profiled on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives (May 2015).

Their food includes hamburgers, hot dogs, and Southern twists on fast food staples. Their cocktails are mostly original creations inspired by Tiki or Tropical classics.

High Roller re-located to this location in July of 2020 from 1636 Copenhagen Drive to 433 Alisal Rd.

All of the drinks served are variations on tropical drinks, using wine as the base instead of rum or other hard liquor. The space is thoroughly decorated with lauhala and tiki tchotchkes, and souvenir mugs are available.

Solvang was founded by a group of Danes who traveled west to establish a Danish community far from Midwestern winters. The city is home to a number of bakeries, restaurants, and merchants offering a taste of Denmark in California. The architecture of many of the façades and buildings reflects traditional Danish style. Additionally, since Solvang is in the heart of wine country, you can easily visit up to 20 different wine tasting rooms within walking distance, so remember to pace yourself!

*NOTE: In addition to the main bar, there is a separate entertainment space with stage for live music - Club 433 - just off the patio and feet from the main bar.

Menu below with hula girl illustration on 2nd page by Miss Fluff.

The Indo-China -- which served everything from Moo Goo Gai Pan to barbecued pork chops -- had a colorful clientele ranging from politicians to beat cops to Chinese American families celebrating special occasions. Until it closed in the early '60s, it was one of the most popular places in town.

The restaurant decor hearkened back to Joe's time working at Zombie Village and Joe also offered tropical drinks as well.

Joe Jung was best known for introducing dual menus -- Western and Cantonese -- in exotic decors outside Chinatown. "The idea," according to his son, David, "was not only to introduce Westerners to Chinese food, but to offer favorite American dishes, like fried chicken and prime rib, to Asian diners in a setting in which they felt comfortable."

Joe started his career by working for the legendary Frank Fat in Sacramento. There he learned the art of Chinese restaurant cooking and became Fat's youngest chef.

In 1940 he began to work for the Zombie Village in Oakland, owned by Skipper Kent who, along with "Trader Vic" Bergeron, whose Hinky Dink's restaurant was in Oakland at the same time, pioneered the marriage of Polynesian motifs with Chinese/Western cuisine.

But it was actually black cooks -- men who worked for the railroads and on their days off cooked at Zombie Village -- who taught Mr. Jung the basics of preparing the dishes for which he was to become famous: fried chicken, biscuits, prime rib and Southern gravy.

In the 1960s, when the O'Farrell Street location was razed to make room for the Nikko Hotel, he moved the restaurant to Chinatown at the corner of Clay and Stockton streets, where it quickly became a favorite of succeeding generations, especially for buffet parties, weddings, baby parties, and birthday celebrations.

Mr. Jung died May 8, 1998. He was 82.

This apartment community was built in 1960 and has 2 stories with 23 units.

The Isle sign is featured in Sven Kirsten's The Book of Tiki on page 219.

The poolside tiki looks to have been made by Trader Luke, who also carved tikis for other establishments in the area.

Opened October, 2019.

A tiki bar and speakeasy with a beer focus, Forbidden Cove belongs to its Kearny Mesa neighbor, Kilowatt Brewing.

The Kilowatt crew has opened Forbidden Cove inside their original Kearny Mesa brewery, accessible through a cloaked entrance. The space is a tiki-enthusiasts dream with a touch of psychedelic inspired neon and blacklight nuance that Kilowatt patrons have come to know and love. Being Forbidden Cove cannot serve distilled liquor, the menu is beer-based tiki drinks, as well as those made with Kilowatt Brewing’s hard seltzers and "undistilled spirits".

Open Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings, the Cove is only accessible if you make online reservations. Wait in the Kilowatt tasting room for an escort, who will guide you to the Cove via secret entrance.

The clock was ticking upon opening for this location as the landlord had already announced their intention to demolish the space in a year and a half, but then COVID happened, so the future remains uncertain...

Opened August 30th, 2022.

Lost Inferno is a tiki bar with a strong homage to the classic 1985 film by Stephen Spielberg, The Goonies. The name of the bar directly references the pirate ship from the film, which belonged to One-Eyed Willie.

There are pirate skeletons and sections of the bar feel like they are a cavern straight from the film. They are a little light on actual tikis in the decor, although they do have some tiki masks up on the walls.

This was a 1930's era pre-tiki tropical bar, and it is difficult to know whether this version or the one in Los Angeles came first. Both advertised "Rain On The Roof". They appear to have been owned separately, however, and were not sister locations.

Today, this location is a parking lot.

February 9th, 2018, this tiki bar was completed for the Laguna Beach Hobie store location.

Built by Craig Dunlap.

Although it isn't open as a working bar, it is certainly trimmed out perfectly and encapsulates the classic vibe of a mid century Southern California Tiki Bar.

The Oceanic Arts PNG mask on the door is a nice touch.

It might possibly see some actual bar use for the occasional employee party, but is mostly used for photo ops.

Hobie also has another larger bar at their warehouse location termed "The Embassy" that seems to get more use as an actual bar space for employees.

Soft opening on October 11th, 2022.

From Lime In The Coconut:

"Lime in the Coconut takes you to a place of salty air and sandy toes. Time slows down and the island vibe transports you someplace tropical. Enjoy casual island fare from Hawaii, the Philippines, Vietnam, Japan, and the Caribbean. The menu, designed by executive chef Jeremy Galapon (formerly of the Bali Hai, San Diego), features fish, pork, chicken, tofu, and vegetable sandwiches, salads noodles, and snacks.

Vacation vibes begin with craft cocktails designed by Snake Oil Cocktail Co. and made with fresh, hand-pressed juices and the finest rums, tequilas, gins, and liqueurs. Mocktails are equally tasty and tropical for those choosing to forgo alcohol.

You don’t have to travel to escape."

Opened March 2nd, 2022.

The Luau was developed by owner/bartender Brett Rose to "stoke the masses".

Though not as lavishly decorated as some tiki palaces, tilting perhaps a touch more towards the surf bar than the tiki bar end of the spectrum with its coral painted walls and serviceable wood café chairs, there are still, indeed, several tikis throughout.

It has a live music stage in front of house and an outdoor patio in back.

Some nice decorative touches include a wall of ukuleles behind the live music stage, some Oceanic Arts style masks on the walls, lauhala matting, fish floats, and a couple of concrete tiki fountains out on the patio.

Tiki favorites are served in tiki mugs and volcano bowls. Including the Tropical Itch cocktail, with backscratchers included.

This was the sister location built in the late 1950s after the first location in Laguna Beach was already thriving.

The plans were announced publicly in the Santa Ana Register on January 16th, 1957.

It was located on South Los Angeles Street and Ball Road in Anaheim, which is now re-named Anaheim Boulevard. It was a converted home previously known as the Flynn Residence.

Plans were stated to include 5 acres of tropical gardens, swimming pool, luau parties, ukulele parties, aquaria with tropical fish, and Hawaiian and Cantonese foods.

Today, this location is occupied by the Anaheim Global Medical Center.

Del Webb's hotel Ocean House was located on the Pacific Coast Highway on Mission Bay.

Del Webb was an American real-estate developer, and a co-owner of the New York Yankees baseball club. He also built the Kuilima Hotel & Resort (now known as the Turtle Bay Resort) in Hawaii.

Opened in 1962, with design by Las Vegas architect Martin Stern, Jr. (1917-2001).

The complex sat on several acres, had 200 rooms in the hotel, a dining room, coffee shop, the Jolly Roger cocktail lounge, and banquet and convention facilities to accommodate up to 1,000.

The most notable tiki features were several impressive carvings around the pool area. There were also brightly painted tiki mask faces along one exterior wall -- shown in the Jerry Lewis film, The Big Mouth (1967).

The cocktail lounge was not a tiki bar, but was a deeply immersive nautical themed space.

It was sold two years later to become the Hilton San Diego Inn, becoming the Hilton San Diego Resort & Spa, renovated in 2007.

Currently (as of 2022) owned by Noble House Hotels & Resorts and branded as the San Diego Mission Bay Resort. No trace of the tikis today...