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Ground has been broken on Portland's newest tiki bar |
Robertiki
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jan 11, 2006
Posts: 179 |  Posted: 2006-05-12 10:06 am Permalink
The name: Thatch
the bar: Sunken
the consultant: Charlie, from Portland's old Trader Vic's
the booths: Armet and Davis, famous LA googie architects, from a Denny's
All TCers are welcome to stop by and see how its coming along. Although I'd bring a dust mask if I were you. Concrete gets cut this weekend for pond and sunken bar.
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dogbytes
Grand Member (8 years) 
Joined: Mar 24, 2002
Posts: 2240
From: seattle, wa
| Posted: 2006-05-12 10:19 am Permalink
when is Opening Day?
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Robertiki
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jan 11, 2006
Posts: 179 | Posted: 2006-05-12 10:25 am Permalink
eeeek, fighting words.
something has to look presentable by the NW tiki crawl, so all bamboo work should be done by then.
OLCC taskes a long time, so...late June?
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dogbytes
Grand Member (8 years)
Joined: Mar 24, 2002
Posts: 2240
From: seattle, wa
| Posted: 2006-05-12 10:46 am Permalink
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On 2006-05-12 10:25, Robertiki wrote:
eeeek, fighting words.
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no pressure
[whisper] open,open,open[/whisper]
just excited to have another bar semi-nearby.
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Robertiki
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jan 11, 2006
Posts: 179 | Posted: 2006-05-13 01:53 am Permalink
say, I desparately need the contact info for Shameas (SP?)
The guy who makes tiki statues outta concrete.
Anyone???
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Tikitronic
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Jan 06, 2003
Posts: 78
From: mora tora mora
| Posted: 2006-05-13 12:57 pm Permalink
His website is
http://www.tikisbyseamus.com/
and his email contact is
seamus23@actionnet.net
And I would also like to thank you, most dearly, for opening a Tiki bar within minutes of where I live:)
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Rum Balls
Grand Member (7 years) 
Joined: Oct 04, 2004
Posts: 828
From: Portland, OR
| Posted: 2006-05-13 8:01 pm Permalink
(What I will be doing when Thatch opens)
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QueenAlani
Tiki Centralite
Joined: May 10, 2006
Posts: 22
From: The Volcano Room - Portland, OR
| Posted: 2006-05-15 11:38 am Permalink
Also please accept my thanks for this endeavor, from the bottom of my (tiki mug?) heart.
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sporkboyofjustice
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Mar 30, 2004
Posts: 184
From: Eugene, Oregon
| Posted: 2006-06-15 3:10 pm Permalink
Any chance of getting a few pics of progress? Hopefully I'll be able to stop by sometime to check on the progress as I'll be spending a lot of time in Portland in the next couple of months.
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ChopSueySisters
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Mar 07, 2006
Posts: 26
From: Honolulu, born and raised!
| Posted: 2006-06-16 12:03 pm Permalink
Any word on an opening day?
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Robertiki
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jan 11, 2006
Posts: 179 | Posted: 2006-06-16 6:38 pm Permalink
As alays, the only thing you can count on are set-backs. Couldn't locate a sewer, but luck would have it, I had a key to the vacant place next door, so I cut a trench through the concrete, 18 feet long, 4 feet deep and tied in with the sewer. Then I told the landlord.
Actually, he saw the pile of dirt 4 feet tall and wondered W.T.F....
So, electrical is done.
framing is done.
little group VIP section (TCers and Uke players only)is done.
outgoing sewer will be done by Monday
Concrete gets poured on Wednesday
Thursday is for Tiki Charlie, former BAr Manager from Portland's much missed Trader Vic's (in otherwords, GOD) builds the ponds, then bamboo mistro Troy Susan does his bamboo magic.
If you stop by POUR, on the corner, I'd be happy to walk you through.
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Jungle Trader
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jan 04, 2003
Posts: 3691
From: Trader's Jungle Outpost, Turlock, Ca.
| Posted: 2006-06-16 8:57 pm Permalink
RobertTiki, I, for one, appreciate your hard work.
Mahalo brah.
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pablus
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jul 23, 2003
Posts: 2146
From: www.crazedmugs.com
| Posted: 2006-06-17 05:51 am Permalink
<<Uke players only>>
About time we got the recognition we deserve.
All 17 of us.
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Robertiki
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jan 11, 2006
Posts: 179 | Posted: 2006-06-18 6:31 pm Permalink
Portland has a ukelale society. I have offered to let them meet at Thatch, with drink specials on any monday they seem fit.
Rober
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freddiefreelance
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Feb 15, 2003
Posts: 2983
From: San Diego, Ca.
| Posted: 2006-07-09 2:48 pm Permalink
Robert, I loved to see the ground broken within the soon-to-be friendly confines of Thatch on the NW Tiki Crawl piture threads, do you have any new images to share? Did you get ahold of Seamus and find out about the concrete Tikis?
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