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Gran Poobah
Member
Joined: Oct 03, 2012
Posts: 4
From: Capo Beach CA
|  Posted: 2012-11-26 4:07 pm Permalink
Absolutely Fantastic
Jealous
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Longboard
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Sep 25, 2012
Posts: 88
From: Twain Harte, CA
| Posted: 2012-11-27 5:32 pm Permalink
Well, I lasted a week as TC member.
Guess I'm not cut out for organized TIKI life.
And for those of you who don't think Bamboo Ben is a genius, well pour a shot of El Dorado rum 15 year old and wish you were half as cool
OUT
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happy buddha
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Sep 13, 2008
Posts: 157 | Posted: 2012-11-27 5:45 pm Permalink
wth?
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Atomic Tiki Punk
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jul 19, 2009
Posts: 4903
From: Costa Misery
| Posted: 2012-11-27 5:53 pm Permalink
Hey Longboard "What you talkin 'bout Willis" just get yur butt back here!
the Kona Thread you are getting a little bent out of shape for is six years old
the last post was in 2007, so it is old news and nothing to get riled up about.
And yes Bamboo Ben is a "Golden God" as well as a good friend, so King Kong got nothing on Ben!
cool your jets, have a cocktail and keep posting your Tiki Bar pics, bruddah!
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tikiskip
Grand Member (8 years) 
Joined: Nov 26, 2005
Posts: 2409 | Posted: 2012-11-27 8:19 pm Permalink
Your bar is REALLY great!
And I would guess most of the people on TC thinks Ben does great work.
I know I do.
Don't let the few run you off.
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michmoore
Member
Joined: Nov 19, 2008
Posts: 6
From: Memphis, TN
| Posted: 2012-11-28 11:32 am Permalink
Yes, don't go. Your bar is great with all of the nautical details....plus Bamboo Ben is the man.
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tikiskip
Grand Member (8 years)
Joined: Nov 26, 2005
Posts: 2409 | Posted: 2012-11-28 1:50 pm Permalink
"Just came from the Kona Club.
Wow, I guess I'm just a newbie at 57 (most of those years going to Tiki Bars, like the bars places like Lani in San Mateo and Trader Vic's in Oakland) but, WOW.
Bamboo Ben is a genesis and for the life of me I can't understand why all the negative posts here on Tiki Central.
I just joined and really, I'm thinking of rescinding my membership.."
Quote: Longboard
Ohh I get it now,
I take heat because I think the Mai Kai is, was, always will be better than the Kahiki.
Now I love the Kahiki but fact is fact, But that is just my opinion.
Don't know about Kona club.
But it just comes down to ones opinion, and likes dislikes.
I say stay and let Your opinion be known.
Did Ben do your bar?
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tikilongbeach
Grand Member (first year) 
Joined: Aug 05, 2011
Posts: 993
From: Long Beach, CA via Dallas, TX
| Posted: 2012-11-28 2:13 pm Permalink
Longboard,
Bamboo Ben is so well liked he's immortalized in ceramic mug form. Most of us that live in Southern California have something that Bamboo Ben carved, nailed together or painted in their tiki bar.
He's got bamboo running through his bloodline if you look up his family history in the tiki world.
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RevBambooBen
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Nov 12, 2002
Posts: 7342
From: Huntikington Beach
| Posted: 2012-11-28 6:11 pm Permalink
Come back Longboard!!!
This stuff happens all the time around here.
Don't let the Tiki Snobs get you down.
Hope to see you around after all the dust settles.
BB
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Custom Tropical Decor
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RevBambooBen
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Nov 12, 2002
Posts: 7342
From: Huntikington Beach
| Posted: 2012-11-28 6:22 pm Permalink
P.S. Skip I didn't do his bar but I wish I did!! Just saw him
here this week.
It's old school nautical fun fo' sure! Everyone else...
I'm not a god, I just do this for a living! And, like to make
people Happy 
BB
p.s.s. If Longboard doesn't come back I'm gonna start posting
all my stuff on his thread! lol!!
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Hale Tiki
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Oct 19, 2004
Posts: 1797
From: Pittsburgh
| Posted: 2012-11-28 7:00 pm Permalink
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On 2012-11-28 14:13, tikilongbeach wrote:
Longboard,
Bamboo Ben is so well liked he's immortalized in ceramic mug form. Most of us that live in Southern California have something that Bamboo Ben carved, nailed together or painted in their tiki bar.
He's got bamboo running through his bloodline if you look up his family history in the tiki world.
I don't. 
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Hale Tiki
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Oct 19, 2004
Posts: 1797
From: Pittsburgh
| Posted: 2012-11-28 7:02 pm Permalink
Also, your bar looks like it's 80 years old.
I really like that. Feels old. Loved. Used. Well traveled.
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forgotten tikiman
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Aug 18, 2011
Posts: 396
From: Forgotten Tiki Room. Pismo Beach, CA
| Posted: 2012-11-28 8:05 pm Permalink
Seriously Longboard. Listen to these guys. Come back!! Even Ben posted himself. I like your bar as well. Thats the way my Tiki room kinda is. Its a mix of nautical, asian, and polynesian. Mid-century style  . Plus. Its got Bamboo Ben swag. No Tiki bar is complete without something from Ben. Just my opinion. 
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Stay Tiki and Aloha!!!
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tikiskip
Grand Member (8 years)
Joined: Nov 26, 2005
Posts: 2409 | Posted: 2012-11-28 8:30 pm Permalink
"Also, your bar looks like it's 80 years old.
I really like that. Feels old. Loved. Used. Well traveled'"
That's why I thought Ben did it.
I have seen bars that people do, they look new.
And they are not comfortable, and having a commercial
bar that is uncomfortable is a good way to close soon.
"did ya sit in those uncomfortable seats before you bought em,or try to read
the menu in your way to dark restaurant?" (Not Kona Club, different place)
It's hard to get the right vibe in these places.
And that's why you should pay more for a pro like Ben.
I was going to try to open a tiki place (aren't we all)and was going to fly ben in,
if you want a bar like Frankies ya get the guy who did Frankies.
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McTiki
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Aug 22, 2004
Posts: 1949
From: Sunny Florida
| Posted: 2012-11-29 11:22 am Permalink
Who is Bamboo Ben?
Dude, I love your bar! It's got everything one would need.
Mahalo for sharing! Definately "cool"
McTiki
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