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41 Tiki Mugs
14 Swizzle Sticks
28 Visits
The Tiki Barber – Date: Unknown
Trader Tom – 26 Apr 2015
I visited several bars for the CATT (Chicago Area Tiki Tour) in 2015. This was one of them. I've been here on more than one occasion, though. I've flown in from Los Angeles and walked from my hotel, often taking the train downstate to visit family in Southern Illinois. The drinks here were good and I enjoyed talking to the bartenders. Also, great mugs and swizzles. However, the crowd is often just young 20-somethings that don't seem to really be there for the theme. It was nice to go there during the CATT event with fellow tikiphiles.
Jay Robinson – 19 Sep 2023
This was my 2nd visit. Everyone raves about this bar but I gotta say I've found it a disappointment.
The entrance is in an alley and then you have to go down a stairway to get to the bar. So far so good. Turn the corner into the bar and it's pretty dark. Still good. The decor is good but not great. Just a bunch of bamboo and a few tikis, with appropriate lighting. The music is just all wrong. Modern electro crap.
I sat at the bar. The bartenders are friendly and very competent. They just don't have a good menu to work with. Their drink menu isn't very long, and is mostly just strange takes on classic tiki drinks. For instance, I ordered a 2044 Mai Tai. Overproof Jamaican Rum, 55 degree Martinique Rhum Agricole Blanc, Brazilian Cachaca, Yellow Chartreuse, lime, and orgeat. Sounds like it might be an interesting take on the Mai Tai. Unfortunately it really is not at all reminiscent of a Mai Tai. Way too sweet, and the Cachaca just ruins it.
I hate to be so critical, but both visits were big disappointments. It just isn't a very "Tiki" experience.
Samantha – Date: Unknown
Pooch and Star – Date: Unknown
Pooch Visited on business trip
Nick Hummer – Date: Unknown
Nick - Three dots and a dash, cheif lapu lapu Al-Intro to agricole
Crab rangoon, thai fried chicken, coconit shrimp