Opened in 2005.

Tiki Boyd's was the creation of controversial pop culture figure Boyd Rice, known to many from his early industrial/noise music outfit NON, known to tikiphiles for his essay in Taboo: The Art of Tiki. Rice is a tiki enthusiast, and a vintage music aficionado -- and this bar reportedly played music only from vinyl.

It was located in the Ramada Inn in downtown Denver which was originally called The Heart O’ Denver Motor Hotel when it was built back in the 1960s, and its bar was called simply the Tiki Lounge - designed by none other than legendary beachcomber and consultant to Disneyland, Eli Hedley.

In January 2006, just a few months after opening, several key players (including Boyd Rice) pulled out of the venture. The bar then operated without Boyd's tiki decor, under a different name, and was more of a retro/rockabilly bar.

It appears the space is now home to Ahuevo Cantina Kitchen.

According to a 1992 L.A Times article, this location was open from 1965-1980 as Wellman Jue's Paradise.

It appears to have been a Chinese-gone-Polynesian restaurant.

The same building stands today.

After the Paradise closed it was Marianne's (an Italian restaurant), and then Yasmeen's Indian Cusisine, and then Maharaja (2007-2017). It might have housed several more restaurants over the years since the building's construction in 1948.

No connection to the Jue's Market just down the street, which is owned by a different family.

Sneaky Tiki opened on the site of a former Hamburger Mary's in summer 2005. Early reports were lackluster; the restaurant was not actually particularly tiki by a tikiphile's standards -- more modern upscale nightclub. Pan-Asian food and mixed cocktails, tikis on the swizzles & napkins, but not a Polynesian Pop environment.

Sneaky Tiki closed in spring 2006.

From 2013 through 2022, this location has been home to The Willows, a bar and hamburger establishment.

Open at least as early as 1979.

This location, in the Almond Orchard Center mall, was run by Bill and Amy Pang.

Later (in 1988-1992) it became Lollipops, a 1950s themed club. For a time it was the Chico Cabaret.

There is also an entire line of mugs that were stamped "Trader Pang's" on the reverse. These mugs were sold through Hilo Hattie's or other retailers around 2002 and appeared at the time to be brand new, not NOS (New Old Stock).

Some have claimed a connection to this Chico location with these mugs, but it is more likely that they were a fleeting name used by a foreign manufacturer to reproduce old Orchids of Hawaii designs.

No photos or menus showing these mugs in use at the Chico location have turned up, which supports the idea they are reproduced imports.

Opened in 1971 and closed in 1973 (possibly as late as 1975).

Photo below shows entrance tikis being moved into place just before opening.

This restaurant was in the Sheraton Bel-Air Resort Hotel & Marina, which earlier was the Outrigger Inn, which also had a Polynesian lounge.

Today, as of 2021, this location is home to the Magnusson Hotel Marina Cove Resort.

This new Trader Vic's location opened in November 2004, marking the return of Trader Vic's to San Francisco proper. Until the early '90s, Trader Vic's had a location in San Francisco at Cosmo Alley. This new location had most recently held the famous Stars restaurant. Renovations were rumored to be budgeted at $3.5 million dollars.

The restaurant had several dining rooms, many suitable for private parties. The main dining room and bar area were large and open, with many Papua New Guinea masks and very large carved tikis. There was a bit of a rough start as the restaurant first opened, but after a series of improved bartender hirings, the drink quality improved.

The restaurant never quite found its footing, and closed in December 2007, after just three years in operation.

Formerly Don the Beachcomber's.

Duke Kahanamoku's restaurant opened on September 1, 1961 with none-other-than Donn Beach handing over the keys to the Hawaiian surfing legend.

The restaurant hosted many regular musical acts, including Martin Denny and Don Ho.

*NOTE: Small standing menu below in last photo is signed by Zulu 5, the original Hawaii 5-O.

This location may be gone today, but currently, as of 2025, there is also a Duke's chain of restaurants that carry on this tradition with 3 locations in the Hawaiian Islands -- Waikiki, Maui, and Kauai. They also have 3 on the Mainland -- Huntington Beach, La Jolla, and Malibu.

This restaurant, along with Johnny's Tiki Hut in Salt Lake City, was owned by Johnny Quong.

The Hawaiian was Quong's masterpiece and it thrived from 1961 through 1983 or a little later...

Among other details, customers remember its periodic monsoon thunderstorm special effects.

While he owned the building, Quong didn't own the land underneath it. When his lease came up, he decided he needed to close it, due to health issues stemming from diabetes. The restaurant was eventually converted into a Veterans Of Foreign Wars hall.

Mister Tiki's was a new tiki bar and restaurant managed by the Cohn Restaurant Group, in the trendy Gaslamp district of San Diego. The group had invested also in the nearby Spa Tiki. Mister Tiki's was a trendy, modern take on Polynesian Pop, but tried to hold true to some mid-century influences. The artwork of Bosko was featured heavily throughout the bar and restaurant.

Mister Tiki's opened in 2004, and closed in early 2010.

This was one in a chain of Tiki Bob's Cantinas (no relation to the historic Tiki Bob's in San Francisco).

These have died out since the early 2000s, and were known for being dance clubs with very little tiki theming and aimed at young college-aged people.

It opened in March 2002 but lost its liquor license and closed in September 2002, so was only open 6 months in total.

Opened in 2002 and closed in 2006.

This was one in a chain of Tiki Bob's Cantinas (no relation to the historic Tiki Bob's in San Francisco).

These have died out since the early 2000s, and were known for being dance clubs with very little tiki theming and aimed at young college-aged people.

This was one in a chain of Tiki Bob's Cantinas (no relation to the historic Tiki Bob's in San Francisco).

These have died out since the early 2000s, and were known for being dance clubs with very little tiki theming and aimed at young college-aged people.

This space is now home to La Luna Restaurant since @2011.