This tiki bar appears to have been active @1961-1962.

It was later the location of the Bali Hai which ran from June of 1963-1969.

The Tropic Isle's tiki mascot figure was issued in mug form, both with and without dry ice pockets on top rim.

As of 2022, this location appears to be a Vans shoe store or adjacent to where the shoe store currently stands.

Jimmy Wong's was located at 426 S Wabash Avenue in Chicago. Although it was a Chinese restaurant, it was quite famous in its day and extremely "tiki adjacent".

Eventually 2 other locations were opened. One of them was at 3058 West Peterson. The third was at 423 S Clark (Nan Yan).

Jimmy Wong's was known for its Cantonese cooking, Hong Kong Steak, and whole fish dishes. It was also known for celebrity sightings.

The two-floor restaurant had an impressive neon sign out front, a pagoda-like skylight, Chinese green tile divider screens along the booths, bamboo trim on the walls, and a bubbling Buddha fountain.

Although it was marketed as a Chinese restaurant, like so many other Chinese restaurants of this period, they borrowed classic tiki elements that were all the rage in the 60s. Waiters wore flowered Aloha shirts and there was a Polynesian cocktail menu with take-home mugs marked for Jimmy's. All five shown in their menu are represented in this site's collections. See menu below…

This original Jimmy Wong's opened in 1959 and stood for nearly 40 years under the Wabash El between Van Buren and Jackson. The building was closed and torn down in 1997.

As a South Loop restaurateur, Jimmy Wong was best known for his Hong Kong Steak and the opportunity to spot celebrities at his restaurants -- see him with Sammy Davis Jr. in the photo below.

Mr. Wong passed away in 2001 -- a beloved entrepreneur of Chicago's 50's & 60's.

Opened August 12th, 2022.

Hades Hula House took over the old Candy Bar beneath the cinema on Hindley Street. This was a move from the previous Hades Hula House location at 52 Semaphore ROAD, Semaphore, South Australia (February 2018 - May 2022).

This new location was larger, but a bit more modern and sparse in its decor.

As always, they opened their arms to an inclusive community and had a loyal fan base that packed out the new location just as they did the old.

Hades Hula House permanently closed on Dec 30th 2023.

Sunken Harbor Club is an intimate nautical cocktail bar tucked away on the second floor above Gage & Tollner.

After eight years as a weekly pop-up at owner St. John Frizell's Red Hook mainstay Fort Defiance, The Club finally anchored in Downtown Brooklyn in October 2021.

Though this bar has no tikis, they certainly excel in making tiki style cocktails and various craft rum drinks.

They also have a mid-century friendly 200+ hour-long soundtrack that boasts Exotica, Surf, and Bossa Nova, for a retro feel -- and some thunderstorm sounds and other special effects mixed in to give a bit of that Don The Beachcomber rainstorm vibe.

The bar was profiled in Exotica Moderne Issue 17, 2022 and a good comparison was made to other nautical bars that are "tiki adjacent" such as the Molokai Bar at the Mai-Kai in Ft. Lauderdale.

While some tiki purists may bemoan the lack of actual carvings or artwork, they do not claim to be a "tiki" bar. However, there is no doubt that this venue appreciates tiki connoisseurs, understands tiki history, and has created a wonderful nautical bar that any mid century modern or tiki enthusiast would have a very difficult time not enjoying.

Operated during the 1970s.

This was once the ONLY Polynesian restaurant located in Cape May County.

Blue Hawaii was once the Bavarian Inn and after being the Blue Hawaii, it would become The Thunderbird Inn.

Sadly, the whole property would become townhouses.

A restaurant of the same name and using the same logo graphics was also located in Nashville, Tennessee. No known connection.

Opened November 5th, 2022.

This is a speakeasy style tiki bar/restaurant in Vancouver, Washington.

Coral Club is a passion project of Angela Deans who, along with her husband, owns the popular Brickhouse bar and restaurant just a few blocks away.

The drink menu contains tiki classics, Coral Club originals, and a wide assortment of non-tiki options. The bar stocks more than 30 types of rum along with a wide selection of other libations from around the world. All cocktails are hand-measured and mixed using fresh juices and the finest ingredients available. The food menu, similarly, includes re-imagined tiki classics as well as a number of original dishes including Poke Bites, Kahlua Pork, and Beef Short Ribs.

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.

Opened in 2019 on the site of what used to be Buchanan Arms, a British pub.

Upon opening, there were minimal changes made to the decor (some skeletons and cutlases and nautical netting) but this was in keeping with what the owners described as a pirate bar serving up British pub fare (Fish n’ Chips, Bangers n’ Mash, and Shepherd’s Pie).

However, from early on they had a heavily tiki influenced cocktail menu.

The cocktail program and regular food menu received excellent reviews and customers were told that they were going to lean more heavily toward tiki with future updates.

Further remodeling took place and in November 2022, the bar re-opened with a much more heavily tiki influenced interior including tons of rattan and thatched huts. The pirates and skeletons are still there also, but the overall tropical ambiance is much enhanced -- right down to Jose and Juan, skeletal versions of the parrots found in Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room.

The name phased out from "The Burbank Pub" and into "Broken Compass" some time around the beginning of 2023.

This 46 room mansion was built in 1913.

Later, it was sold in 1941 to Stanley Wiedner who invested half a million and remodeled it to become the Plantation Restaurant.

The pre-tiki establishment had a smaller area known as the Tahitian Room located inside, complete with plenty of rattan, bunches of bananas hanging from the ceiling, and private huts for intimate dinner conversation.

The picture of the nude Tahitian girl shown below was a backlight transparency and was there until the restaurant closed.

The Tahitian Room was open until 1980 and was the social setting for those in the Quad Cities and beyond.

The days of the Plantation and the Tahitian Room were numbered when the Manager, Nick Chirekos, was murdered by a disgruntled employee on November 18th, 1979. The restaurant closed in 1980.

In 1981, the building was sold and reopened as W.L. Velie’s along with a club called the Back Door Club that was quite popular. As time went on, it was hard to compete with river boat gambling.

The restaurant and club closed and an antique mall was there briefly before closing and leaving the mansion empty. That is until Quad City Bank and Trust chose the location for their bank.

Grand opening on November 5th, 2022. This is Kobe, Japan's first tiki bar.

Opened @ 2016.

This is an upstairs establishment in a very thriving and popular district. The big draw appears to be the upstairs balcony area that gives a great view of the entire street's nightlife scene.

There is a mural upstairs which is obviously based off of Tiki Shark's (Brad Parker's) "Forbidden Island" painting, but much cruder, and the artist worked a giant bottle of Jose Cuervo Gold into the artwork (Gag!).

It appears their back bar is loaded with Jose Cuervo and Bacardi, so be aware going in...

They do have some classic tiki drinks on the menu, however, and serve drinks in tiki mugs and bowls.

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.