The Fireside started out as just a small pyramid-shaped restaurant with a focus on Chinese/Polynesian food and tropical cocktails.

The dinner theater aspect proved a success and they continued to expand to hold larger and larger audiences until the pyramid section, though still there, is almost obscured in the sprawling conglomerate of add-on structures.

They continue to thrive to this day, although the tropical drinks menu is much smaller and they no longer sell branded tiki mugs.

The following timeline is condensed from the Fireside's website:

1964

Dick and Betty Klopcic build an intimate, 60’ X 60’ pyramid-shaped restaurant. Naming it The Fireside after the cozy fireplace at its center, they offer the finest foods and exceptional service. People drive for miles and miles every night of the week to experience this unique new restaurant designed by Fort Atkinson architect Helmut Ajango.

1966 to 1972

The restaurant proves to be so popular that the Klopcic family expands it four times during this period to accommodate the ever-increasing demand for dining space.

1978

The Fireside restaurant building is joined to another building nearby that had previously housed an art gallery. The Klopcics transform this new space into a spectacular 435 seat theatre-in-the-round.

1992 to 1993

The Fireside Dinner Theatre undertakes a major renovation under the direction of Company President Rick Klopcic. The entire complex is upgraded to consistently welcome several thousand guests each week.

Opened March 17th, 1955 by John J. Allen.

The Blomberg Center was a mixed-use space with offices and shops that faced out on a central court.

The Lanai later became Danny's Garden Restaurant @ 1963.

At some point the Blomberg Center was renamed "The Lanai Shops" and the restaurant space housed a successive variety of other restaurants, including Ming Garden, World Seafood & Sushi Buffet, and lastly, The Hong Kong Islander which had an arson fire in 2023 which has seemingly closed the location indefinitely.

Opened August 30th, 2025.

Located in the basement of the B. Social Feedstore restaurant.

Concept and operations by Katie and Rian James, year-round residents of Silver Cliff.

Opened December 22nd, 2025.

Although having a tiki bar at Excalibur seems wildly off-theme, the space itself is very large and fairly well-decorated.

Aside from the pinstriped suit of wooden armor...which is just a bit of an odd mash-up.

The bar has proper lighting from hanging swag lamps, and is decked out in bamboo, and thatching, with carved tiki poles and zebra print covered barstools.

The entire back of the space is taken up by a large stage flanked by large screen televisions. With nothing playing, this is a bit of a black hole, but with a good Hawaiian style band, the entire vibe could change...

The area tables and chairs are sort of generic and there are areas of this large space that feel a bit neglected with just a piece of nautical rope dangling in the void as though they didn't quite have enough cash in reserve to lavish attention on every corner, but they can always fill-in gaps later if the bar proves successful.

That success may prove difficult with a less than memorable and generic name like "The Tiki Bar" paired with a cocktail menu that seems to have been engineered to promote certain liquor distributor favorites (Captain Morgan's Spiced Rum and Tito's Vodka and Fireball "Whiskey"). Rather than honoring classic tiki cocktails and the craft cocktail revolution they seem to be pushing relatively simple "boat drinks" with inexpensive base alcohol. Despite this, they have still slapped premium prices on all their drinks at $17 and $18 a piece.

Still, the potential is there, and it will be interesting to see how this new venture forges ahead.

Opened in February 2024.

In 2020, branding & design specialist John-Patrick approached Shag with the concept of The Shag House. They would find a Midcentury home in need of rescue and transform it into a Palm Springs experience like no one has ever seen before. Shag would design the look of the house and its furnishings, and JP would connect all the dots, pulling together a dream team of Makers and supply partners.

The wheels began turning in Shag’s mind, and he immediately said he was in. Initial sketches were soon underway, and JP set off in search of a property where they could execute their ambitious vision.

JP and realtor Morgan Janney found what they were looking for in a tired but much-loved house perched on the edge of Prescott Preserve—a recently established 120-acre nature preserve on the site of the former Mesquite Golf Course.

The residence we now know as The Shag House was constructed in the Little Beverly Hills neighborhood of Palm Springs in 1958. It was designed by midcentury modern “starchitects” Palmer & Krisel, and built by the famed Alexander Construction Company.

The house appeared on the real estate market in spring of 2021. Prompted by Shag and JP, Palm Springs businessman and philanthropist Brandon McBurney purchased the property and renovation work began in earnest shortly after.

From the very beginning, the artist Shag had one charge: to wildly reimagine the 1958 home so that future visitors would feel as though they’ve climbed into a life-size version of one of his paintings.

He went to work creating illustrations for every area of the property, making sure that each room and outdoor space was a distinctive work of art. As the Creative Director and Lead Designer of The Shag House, he made all the design decisions. Colors, textures, tiles, furnishings, fixtures… from top to bottom, the property’s aesthetic is totally Shag!

With its bold midcentury design, vibrant ambiance, and commitment to community, The Shag House has quickly become one of Palm Springs' most distinctive and sought-after event venues.

This stunning 4-bedroom, 3-bath midcentury modern estate was built for entertaining. The thoughtfully planned layout includes: a symposium courtyard, poolside bar and grill, interior service bar, deluxe catering alley for seamless hospitality, and an all-tiki themed bedroom.

Little is known about this Mexico City tiki bar, other than it thrived in the 60s and often featured live music.

This was an early pre-tiki bar, restaurant, and nightclub.

Frank Champagne's Tropic Room, at 1306 Strand in Hermosa Beach, was open at least as early as 1948. Frank also appears to have run the bath house right next door.

Additionally, Frank (who was born in 1898 and 50 years old at the time) was president of the aquaplane race association in Hermosa beach, which seems to have been an annual event drawing thousands of spectators each year.

So, Frank was a prominent businessman and personality in the community. Third photo below shows Frank with arms outspread in front of the bath house at 1307 Strand.

At some point shortly thereafter, however, Frank Champagne's Tropic Room appears to have underwent a name change to the Hermosa Tropics.

It is unclear when the establishment closed.

Today, as of 2026, the location is occupied by condos.

Partners Eric Rozestraten, Dan Herzog, and Kelly McDonald, opened the Easy Sailor Tiki Bar on Park Avenue in Rochester on Tuesday, August 26th, 2025.

The bar is a speakeasy of sorts with a false room at the front made to look like a travel agency with a postcard mural on the wall advertising Paradise just a short trip away.

The interior bar just beyond is well-named as it tilts nautical heavy and tiki light. However, aside from the thatching over the bar and the multicolored hanging swag lamps, there are also some tiki masks on the opposite wall.

More memorable "set pieces" include the fiberglass red octopus on the far side of the room and the fiberglass shark hanging further down the wall.

They have an original array of tropical cocktails and serve drinks in tiki mugs.

Opened December 7th, 2022 at UE Square, bringing Tipsy Collective’s animal kingdom concepts to a total of six.

This gastrobar was located in a mall and offered Hawaiian cuisine and tiki inspired craft cocktails.

Layout was open, offering half indoor and half outdoor seating.

Opened by co-founders David Gan and Derek Ong, and located along one of the most popular nightlife areas in Singapore.

Closed July 28th, 2024.

Opened May 7th, 2024 at the Waikiki, Peninsula Grand Hotel, Andheri East.

Created by the Peninsula Hospitality Group.

This two-storeyed contemporary dining restaurant and tiki bar exemplifies modern high concept.

Unlike traditional tiki bars which have layers of artifacts and artwork, Waikiki depends on a few large statement pieces bolstered by prints and patterns to lend support.

They have one significant tiki statue in the restaurant that is covered in gold and also serves as a backdrop for the DJ booth which is active nights and weekends.

The center of the dining area has a glass chandelier sculpture (supposed to resemble an upside down volcano).

The overall sense of the decor is being enveloped in a swath of carefully chosen textiles and fabrics with tropical leaf wallpaper, animal skin prints, and leafy plants featuring prominently for a tropical vibe.

There are also some interesting nature motifs at play, including some stained glass window images of dragonflies. More dragonflies and butterflies are also worked into a mosaic wall on the backbar.

Food is Hawaiian inspired Pan Asian fusion.

Waikiki also features a carefully curated cocktail menu by renowned consultant mixologist Karl Fernandes.

Opened October 2nd, 2025.

This relatively small bar has an indoor dining area with bench and table seating framed by large shaded windows and tropical leaf wallpaper punctuated by a few carefully placed tiki masks.

They also feature outdoor seating.

Small curated menu of about a dozen cocktails and a backbar with a good representation of Planteray, Real McCoy, and other fine rums...and they also have zero proof mocktail options using Lyre’s Non-Alcoholic products.

Chin's was one of the many already established Chinese restaurants that jumped on the Pop Polynesian bandwagon to help bring in customers.

Chin's was the oldest Chinese restaurant in Western New York, established in 1933. Paul G.E. Wong purchased the business in 1949 and ran it as a family business until he retired in 1977. The family continued to run it for several years afterward until the closing in 2018.

They specialized in Cantonese cuisine, but postcards from around 1977 show their exterior lounge and advertising highlighting "Chin's Islander Lounge Chinese Polynesian also American Foods and Exotic Drinks".

Their earlier Red Dragon logo from 1950s menus appears to have been replaced with the Polynesian emphasis.

Today, as of 2025, the space is home to Coco Bar & Bistro (French food and burgers).

Additionally, Chin's appears to have had two younger sister restaurants with the same name at the other end of Lake Erie, in Cleveland, Ohio (one at 3042 St. Clair Avenue and one at 10613 Euclid Avenue).