The first incarnation of Don The Beachcomber's was across from the Royal Hawaiian Hotel, at the Queen's Royal Gardens.

This first Don's lasted 10 years which is how long his original lease was for.

Don the Beachcomber moved to the International Market Place, a short distance away, after it was built sometime in 1957, and this was on a new lease of 17 acres.

This version of Don's had the famous Dagger Bar with walls covered in Don's collection of daggers he had picked up during his travels.

Adjacent was also Don's tree house, which was inspired by earlier tree houses that he had on his property in Encino, California.

It was at Don the Beachcomber’s that Martin Denny got together with vibraphonist Arthur Lyman and bassist John Kramer to play jazz. The trio got a record contract in 1955, and bongo player Augie Colon joined the group the following year. Denny played at the International Market Place Don's on a regular basis.

Duke Kahanamoku's moved into the Don The Beachcomber building at the International Marketplace at some point and Don moved to another nearby location (circa 1971), although this final location was named The Colonel's Plantation Beefsteak and Coffee House. This location burned in a fire in 1966, due to outdated and faulty wiring.

Opened in 2010.

It occupied a space formerly filled by an R.J. Gator's.

This was a scaled-down concept, or "Trader Vic's Light" if you will.

Closed July of 2013.

The property, including the stand-alone building and surrounding 2.2 acres, was listed for $1,995,000 on Loopnet.com and the interior was liquidated. A few of the more authentic pieces went to a Tiki Centralite. Most of the remaining carvings had been created by Indonesian carvers, and weren't as coveted as pieces you might see in other long-standing Trader Vic's locations.

Opened December 9th, 2020.

This location has a colorful mural wrapped around the exterior. The inside is decorated in classic fashion with some Bosko carvings, shell lamps, and much more.

The Sillman Hotel was built in 1910 by the Sillman Brothers.

It was a five-story brick construction (125 rooms and 8 apartments) on the Southwest corner of Third and Monroe in Spokane, Washington.

The ground floor had a large dining room, The Monkey Room (a Pre-Tiki Tropical Bar), and a cafe, as well as a barber shop and lobby.

The Monkey Room was aptly named for the caged gibbons kept on display.

Old timers like to mention that customers entered the bar laughing and pointing at the monkeys and later, the monkeys would laugh and point at the drunken customers on their way out.

Sold in 1945 to Thomas F. Bowers, who sold it a few years later in 1950 to the Cardinal Investment Company.

In 1964, it was purchased by James P. Purvis. Purvis changed the name of The Monkey Room to the "Tahitian Dining Room".

At some point after this, the hotel was demolished. Today in 2022 it is a parking lot used by the Lexus dealer across the street on the North side.

This location flourished during the 1970s and featured Polynesian dance shows.

King's Tropical Inn was opened in 1927 in Los Angeles/Culver City.

The inn stood at 5935 Washington Blvd. and was built in a Spanish/Moorish style.

Users recount that: "the place had tables in little roofless bamboo 'huts' and the painted night sky had moving stars and clouds. And 'tropical' music played."

They were known for their chicken dinners with biscuits and honey.

It was also a major pre-tiki location that updated and changed over the years. The Treasure Island Bar appears to be a newer edition, added in the late 50s or more probably, the 60s.

They did produce some souvenirs, including a ceramic ashtray with a chicken on it for their 25th anniversary in 1952.

Closed in 1968 and the building was later demolished.

Opened Summer 2022.

Le Fern was a tropically-inspired bar with midcentury drop lights, carved Tiki heads behind the bar, live plants and the Caliente Tropics’ original carved wood door.

“A la 70s, fern bars have always fascinated me,” Rory Snyder said. “It’s my generation. The term ‘yacht rock’ coined about 10 years ago, is the music of Michael McDonald, Kenny Loggins, Steely Dan. It has a huge history. Think TGIF’s as a typical fern bar.”

Catering to more feminine tastes, fern bars were inspired by the early feminist era when women, earning their own money, began going to bars where they felt safe to go alone.

“Typically, the drinks were sweeter, like Grasshoppers, Pink Squirrels, and modified Mai Tais,” says Snyder. “BLTs, cheese sandwiches, Croque Monsieur and Croque Madame were on the menus.”

Le Fern offered more modern fresh produce libations such as lime, basil and other juice and herb concoctions. Club sandwiches, cheese fondue and other 70s throwback eats were on the menu.

With the closing of Oceanic Arts, Snyder was able to acquire an original Ed Crissman carved tiki at auction (several of which already resided at the Caliente Tropics) and this Crissman tiki was prominently displayed at Le Fern and served as inspiration for one of their tiki mugs.

Although some purists may decry fern bars as "tiki adjacent" at best or, at worst, part of the much lamented tiki devolution that took place in the 70s and 80s, Le Fern had some pieces (including the Ed Crissman carving) that far outshone those in other tiki bars.

Le Fern was also bigger than the sum of its parts when considered as part of the greater Caliente Tropics complex.

It closed Sunday, April 28th, 2024 with Rory promising that the space would not remain vacant for long...and indeed, it didn't. The Le Fern space was quickly incorporated into the adjacent Sancho's Restaurant as a Cantina. Some tiki pieces can still be seen here, including quite a few mugs behind the backbar.

The original pre-tiki location of Tropical Hut opened in 1941 on Fifty-Seventh Street near Kenwood Avenue (1320-24 1/2 E. 57th St.).

Urban renewal pushed the original restaurant out in 1966 and it moved into this pagoda-like building at Ninety-Second Street and Stony Island Avenue (9156 S. Stony Island Ave.). This second location lasted into the early '90s. The last incarnation of this second location was as Nipsey's, a southern food restaurant, which burned down on March 2nd, 2022.

*NOTE: Exterior photo below was pre-Nipsey's era but may have been after Tropical Hut closed in the 90s. Still, it shows the roofline.

This pre-tiki location opened in 1941 on Fifty-Seventh Street near Kenwood Avenue (1320-24 1/2 E. 57th St.).

Urban renewal pushed the original restaurant out in 1966 and it moved into a pagoda-like building at Ninety-Second Street and Stony Island Avenue (9156 S. Stony Island Ave.). This second location lasted into the early '90s. The last incarnation of this second location was as Nipsey's, a southern food restaurant, which burned down on March 2nd, 2022.

Opened in 2021 underneath a Vietnamese restaurant in DC's Adams Morgan neighborhood.

Tiny Tiki is a small, intimate bar, seating around 30 people, with 6-8 at the bar. The decor is traditional tiki, with lowered lights, statues, carvings, and Polynesian-pop decoration throughout. A very large Moai at the entrance faces a decommissioned Vespa next to the table seating. The drink menu covers the Tiki greatest-hits with a reasonably extensive rum list, organized by origin. The bartenders will take orders off menu. No food is available, but can be brought in from neighboring shops.

*NOTE: Not to be confused with the Tiny Tiki in Spokane, Washington (closed "temporarily" since 2021).

Tiny Tiki closed on 29 June, 2024.

The Tiki Hut was open and running circa 1962 -- with "exotic beverages" served in the Shell Room lounge -- and continued into the 70s (at one point also know as "Hope's Hut"). In the 80s it was the Blue Hawaiian Restaurant (still featuring the Shell Room) until becoming Lee Chee Garden in the late 80s. It was later known as Chen's Village from 2005-2018.

As of 2022, this location is a Sisters and Brother Nashville hot chicken restaurant.

There was also a second location for Tiki Hut, at one point, in Lynnwood at 5621 196th S. W.

*NOTE: The menu below mentions a Harvey Wallbanger cocktail and lists 3! cocktails with Galliano which seems to date it to the 1970s.

Opened in 1975.

Jesús García and Ramón Tourís closed the premises in February 2011, due to retirement, after 36 years of history.

This pub was one of the few that still remained from the golden age of Santa Cristina Beach in La Coruña, Spain.