Tiki Bars
Trader Vic's - at the Festival Centre - Dubai
United Arab Emirates (Closed)
The Festival City Trader Vic's was located within Festival Centre, and operated from 2012 to 2015.
Trader Vic's Mai Tai Lounge - Dubai
United Arab Emirates (Closed)
This mini-Vic's was located on the first floor of the Al Fattan Tower at the Dubai Marina. It was a scaled-down execution of a Trader Vic's, with a limited menu and decor. It was open from October 2007 until 2016.
Trader Vic's - at the Souk Madinat Jumeirah Shopping Center - Dubai
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
This newer, sleeker Trader Vic's opened in September 2004. It is located within the Souk Madinat Jumeirah shopping center.
Surf N Shack
Capitola, California, United States (Closed)
Opened around 2007.
Surf N Shack mostly specialized in surf and skate apparel, but they also had a good selection of tiki mugs from Tiki Farm.
In 2009, Surf N Shack's owner, Ray Apolskis, donated a tiki carved by local carver Jason Rimmer to replace one that had been stolen from nearby Capitola Beach.
Closed around November 2020.
Tiki King's Ukuleles of Felton
Felton, California, United States (Closed)
Ukuleles of Felton was the retail presence for Tiki King (Pat Baron), who has long been a purveyor of fine, hand-crafted tiki tchotchkes and a friend to ukulele players everywhere. It opened in Felton in November 2010.
The focus of the store was on ukuleles. From beginning Flea ukuleles all the way up to high-end fine ukes.
There were also plenty of King's famous tiki necklaces and keychains, and tiki mugs and other small tiki items, too.
Closed June 24th, 2018.
Trader Vic's - Pearl District - Portland
Portland, Oregon, United States (Closed)
This Trader Vic's location opened in Portland in June 2011. There was a Trader Vic's in Portland from the '50s through the '90s in the Benson Hotel, just a short distance south of this new location.
In early March 2016, a small fire in the medical offices above caused some minor damage to a small patch of the ceiling. Though the repairs were to be covered by insurance, the owners of the location opted to close the restaurant entirely.
One of the two large exterior tikis that used to flank the entrance to the Portland Trader Vic's before it closed (around 8' tall with large lips, a small nose, and concentric Tangaroan-style eyes) now resides in a Dubai Trader Vic's.
Monte Proser's Beachcomber - Providence
Providence, Rhode Island, United States (Closed)
This pre-tiki location was part of Monte Proser's chain of Beachcomber restaurants. It purported to be the home of the Zombie -- the restaurant name, concept and drink had been lifted from Don the Beachcomber in Hollywood. It was located in the Crown Hotel. The interiors were created by Clark Robinson. The first Monte Proser's Beachcomber was in the Theater District north of Times Square in New York City; there were additional locations in Miami Beach, Boston and Baltimore.
Sometime around the late '40s, the Beachcomber changed ownership, and became Ruby Foo's Beachcomber. Ruby Foo's was a chain out of Boston.
Monte Proser's Beachcomber - Baltimore
Baltimore, Maryland, United States (Closed)
Opened in the early 1940s.
This pre-tiki location was part of Monte Proser's chain of Beachcomber restaurants. It purported to be the home of the Zombie -- the restaurant name, concept and drink had been lifted from Don the Beachcomber in Hollywood. The interiors were created by Clark Robinson. The first Monte Proser's Beachcomber was in the Theater District north of Times Square in New York City; there were additional locations in Miami Beach, Boston and Providence.
Monte Proser's Beachcomber - Boston
Boston, Massachusetts, United States (Closed)
This pre-tiki location was part of Monte Proser's chain of Beachcomber restaurants. It purported to be the home of the Zombie -- the restaurant name, concept and drink had been lifted from Don the Beachcomber in Hollywood. It was located directly across from Boston Common. The interiors were created by Clark Robinson.
As of December 2022, the space is up for lease. It is immediately adjacent to Emerson College, located in the Theater District along the south side of the Boston Common.
The first Monte Proser's Beachcomber was in the Theater District north of Times Square in New York City; there were additional locations in Miami Beach, Baltimore and Providence.
Monte Proser's Beachcomber - Miami Beach
Miami Beach, Florida, United States (Closed)
This pre-tiki location was part of Monte Proser's chain of Beachcomber restaurants. It purported to be the home of the Zombie -- the restaurant name, concept and drink had been lifted from Don the Beachcomber in Hollywood. The interiors were created by Clark Robinson. This location was under construction in December 1940, and opened then or shortly after the following year. The first Monte Proser's Beachcomber was in the Theater District north of Times Square in New York City; there were additional locations in Boston, Baltimore and Providence.
Monte Proser's Beachcomber - New York
Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (Closed)
Monte Proser was one of the first to lift Donn Beach's Don the Beachcomber concept, and he lifted the famous Zombie drink right along with it. Proser was largely responsible for introducing the Zombie to the east coast. He started with "Monte Proser's Zombie," a bar created for the New York World's Fair in 1939. Based on that success, he opened Monte Proser's Beachcomber at the end of that same year, December 26th, 1939, in a space above the Winter Garden Theatre in the Theater District north of Times Square (the same space would later hold Lanai, and then Hawaii Kai). The interiors were created by Clark Robinson.
Proser's chain of Beachcomber restaurants grew to include locations in Miami Beach, Florida, Boston, Massachusetts, Baltimore, Maryland and Providence, Rhode Island. His love affair with the Beachcomber concept didn't last long... his attention was taken by his other, more famous New York nightclub, the Copacabana. By 1943, the location had become a new nightclub, Zanzibar (which moved the following year to the old Hurricane space).
Tahiti Joe's - Las Vegas
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States (Closed)
Tahiti Joe's opened in 2007 as the on-site restaurant for the Tahiti Village Resort & Spa. This restaurant was more heavily tiki than the surrounding resort, with some large, modern carvings, and more traditional carved wall pieces. It closed in May 2014.