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Vancouver Tiki Bar Reopens!!!! |
lamontkingclip
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Joined: Mar 01, 2006
Posts: 6 |  Posted: 2006-03-01 08:08 am Permalink
hey all - the legendary Tiki Bar at Vancouver's Waldorf Astoria hotel (Hastings street, minutes from downtown -- and not a terribly glamorous part of town!) is REOPENING this weekend, March 4th, and then will be open for business on weekends to the general public!! This is great news as this bar is in MINT CONDITION, all original stuff from its heyday in the 40's, 50's -- including original and incredible Leetag paintings -- worth zillions!! The people who are owning and running the place are really wonderful and deserve our support as they try to make a go of one of the few still remaining original tiki palaces in north america!
I'm directing a mystery movie there for here!tv at the end of the month, march 31, during the day -- if you are around, have a tux or dinner jacket or cocktail dress (retro style is fine!) and wanna be an extra, come on down....
in the meantime, hope you can make the first weekend opener, and let's really show these brave and lovely folks we appreciate what they're trying to do!!
mahola,
Ron Oliver
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mrsmiley
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| Posted: 2006-03-01 09:32 am Permalink
ZAZZ, ZAZZ ZAZZ ZAZZ (Repeating!). It is about time. Now for Chin TIki in Detroit to open! 
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Tikiwahine
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From: Ontario, Canada
| Posted: 2006-03-01 10:29 am Permalink
Yayyyyy!! This is wonderful news, especially for the annual "Holy Crap! It's a Tiki Event in Vancouver!"
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reedalong
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Joined: Aug 27, 2004
Posts: 61
From: Chicago, IL
| Posted: 2006-03-01 11:12 am Permalink
I sure hope it stays open through the Olympics in 2010 - and forever beyond that! As soon as it opens and you make it over there post photos please!!
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The Mayor Of Exotica
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Joined: Oct 09, 2005
Posts: 392
From: Boston
| Posted: 2006-03-01 11:26 am Permalink
Wow, sure wish I could make it out for all that! Sounds like great times. The Tikibar TV people should be most happy about this!
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Sabu The Coconut Boy
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Joined: Aug 20, 2002
Posts: 2784
From: Carson, California
| Posted: 2006-03-01 11:39 am Permalink
That's Amazing News!! Can't wait to see photos of this place. Especially the Leeteegs.
Sabu
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Humuhumu
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Joined: Aug 22, 2002
Posts: 3536
From: San Francisco
| Posted: 2006-03-01 11:39 am Permalink
Whoa! That's fantastic!
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virani
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Posts: 1435
From: Volcanic area of France
| Posted: 2006-03-01 12:11 pm Permalink
that place is amazing...I remember when they used to do monthly partys in 1999, when I discovered this place...I loved it.
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Tikiwahine
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Joined: Apr 09, 2003
Posts: 3288
From: Ontario, Canada
| Posted: 2006-03-01 12:23 pm Permalink
Large thread including pictures from last year's adventures:
Lushy at the Waldorf Hotel, Vancouver - Saturday, July 30th 2005
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thejab
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Joined: Mar 25, 2002
Posts: 2986
From: Tradewinds Apartments, Alameda, CA
| Posted: 2006-03-01 1:25 pm Permalink
2 new tiki bars opening in my area, new Trader Vic's opening all over, and now this! Yowza! (well, zazz was already taken) 
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Pepe le Tiki
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Joined: May 09, 2005
Posts: 325
From: Vancouver, BC
| Posted: 2006-03-01 7:23 pm Permalink
Yipeee!!! We'll see you there this weekend Ron!!
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Slacks Ferret
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Joined: Oct 02, 2003
Posts: 1178
From: Calgary
| Posted: 2006-03-01 7:45 pm Permalink
Great news! I've got to get my photos of the Waldorf up one of these days...
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tikivixen
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Joined: Aug 28, 2002
Posts: 724
From: Vallejo CA
| Posted: 2006-03-01 11:04 pm Permalink
Holy frijole!!! I am THRILLED!!!
I wonder if I can bug our Portland friends to take a field trip up there with us when we visit them in a few weeks...they already love the Alibi...
Well, one way or another I am so there. Sounds like an "ultimate tiki experience" in many ways, I mean, think about it: an original 40's-50's tiki bar with NO CRAPPY 80'S REMODEL.
Can't wait.
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Jeff Central
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Joined: Jul 23, 2002
Posts: 1529
From: Columbus, Ohio
| Posted: 2006-03-02 03:58 am Permalink
This is definitely very good news!!! Vancouver is such a beautiful place to visit too! So is Victoria Island and the Empress Hotel!! Lots of antiques if I remember correctly! Yee Haw!
Cheers and Mahalo,
Jeff
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lamontkingclip
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Joined: Mar 01, 2006
Posts: 6 | Posted: 2006-03-02 07:50 am Permalink
I just reread my first post on this thread - written at OHMYGOD O'CLOCK yesterday morning before I was awake - and just realized something - did I actually write "MAHOLA?"
good lord...
I guess the first round's on me.
mahalo (ahem),
RO
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