I got too tipsy to drive just reading that 
sounds delicious! I’m going to go look up several of those cocktail recipes from the safety of my couch. My roomie can always wake me up to go to bed.
@Johnny_L.A~~ thanks. Pretty sure I need a Sidewinder Fang, a Fogcutter and a MaiaTai. Right now.
Captain’s Grog for dessert.
Before and after 2000 - Alewife Brook Parkway, Cambridge MA.
No comment necessary.
San Francisco has the Tonga Room:
https://www.tongaroom.com/about/
In fact, I see that the example from your Wiki link is from there. I thought it was amusing and fun. It was built around a large swimming pool, to which they added a floating platform for a band.
We have a friend who’s big into Tiki bars and such. A couple he’s introduced us to:
Frankie’s Tiki Room in Las Vegas. Closer to Downtown than the Strip. Dive bar meets tiki lounge. Dark, a little seedy-seeming, but the drinks are excellent (and powerful), there is usually a surf movie on the little TVs, and there’s video poker at the bar (of course). It’s become one of our regular stops when we’re in Vegas.
UnderTow in Phoenix, AZ. It’s the basement level of a small restaurant that’s housed in a former lube shop (hence the punny name). It’s pretty tiny and very popular, so you have to make reservations, and you are limited to 90 minutes per seating (although, if you go with other people and make back-to-back reservations you can extend your time). The drinks can be lethal, but they are very, very good.
After seeing an episode of one of Anthony Bourdain’s shows, we had some drinks at La Mariana Sailing Club in Honolulu a few years back. It’s the kind of place I love; a bar and restaurant right in the middle of an active commercial marina area. The food is fine; nothing to write home about. The drinks are good, although I’ve had better elsewhere, it’s mostly about the atmosphere and the history. Looks like they’ve been shut down for a long time, but their Facebook page says they are due to open on June 1. Worth a stop on your way to the airport.
Gotta give a shout out to Latitude 20 in Torrance, CA. Always known to us as kids as the weird Tiki Room looking place. Always reminded us of Disneyland. I went there once as a teen but don’t remember too much on account of the rum cocktails.
Darn, you beat me to it. I was actually going to use nearly identical photos as well.
I’m going to spend a day walking around Chicago, Grant Park/Art Institute area. After reading all this, I’ve GOT to find a good tiki bar!
Any near there? I may just have to hike across the river to… 3 Dots and a Dash (?)(V in morse code?)…
My old office was directly across the street from the Art Institute, and, as far as I know, there aren’t any tiki bars in the loop. Three Dots and a Dash is only about a 10-15 minute walk from the Art Institute, and that’s probably your best bet without a drive.
This website indicates that there is (or, at least, in 2019, was) a little Tiki bar in the Riverwalk, but even if it’s still there, it’s probably just a walk-up bar with some tiki drinks. It also mentions Broken Shaker, which, like Three Dots and a Dash, is in River North, but it also appears to be closed at this point.
Okay, I might just time my Chicago trip to when I can get a reservation at ••• –
“You must learn the ways of the Tiki, if you are going with me to Chicago.” 
I mentioned my nearby tiki bar/restaurant, Chef Shangri-La, upthread – it’s pretty high on the kitsch scale, and also does have really good food, but it’s in North Riverside, which is a 20-30 minute car ride from the Loop, even without traffic.
I had no idea there were so many, even if a lot aren’t around any more.
Three Dots and a Dash and Lost Lake are both pretty new and much more polished than kitschy. They’re more nightclub than rummies flopped about. Both are very good and I recommend a visit.
Hala Kahiki is the place to go for kitsch. And awesome hot dogs from Gene & Judes up the street. And a beef from Johnnie’s a little further but still pretty close.
Hmm, if I abandon my “take the train to the Big City and walk around” idea, I could take I-294 and 290 and stop by Hala Kahiki and Chef Shangri-La on my way ho… oh, wait, but then I’d be unable to drive home!
That’s a feature, not a bug!
Of the three I mentioned, stick with Three Dots. It feels high end and exclusive.
One of the first Tiki Bars was opened in Oakland, CA in November 1934, during the depth of the Great Depression. It was called Hinky Dink’s, later renamed to Trader Vic’s. Hinky Dink's - Oakland - LocalWiki
It closed in 1972, relocating to nearby Emeryville. Visit the historic location on Google Maps. It’s now an open lot, across the street from a liquor store. (San Pablo Avenue and 65th Street).
I am not so sure. Afterall, the islands have plenty of large ugly concrete buildings and we don’t complain about them stealing our culture! 
Harvey’s Top O’the Wheel. They had these, among others:
Harvey’s Lake Tahoe Bucket Mug - Harvey’s Top of the Wheel - Open Edition - The Search For Tiki
There was a little bar somewhere in LA that me and some friends would go to one in a Blue Moon. Straight outta 1940. Tiki and straw roofs over the bar, umbrellas in every drink and The Andrews Sisters on the Jukebox. Good times!
Yes, I was on Detail there and if you bought a drink (which included a cola) you got to eat the happy hour buffet, which was not bad at all.