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Tiki Island Bar & Lounge, Corona, CA (restaurant) |
kenbo-jitsu
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jul 27, 2011
Posts: 363
From: Southern CA
|  Posted: 2013-08-08 2:46 pm Permalink
Excellent trip report, LostIsland. Thank you for doing the reconnaissance.
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LostIsland
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jul 27, 2012
Posts: 116 | Posted: 2013-08-08 3:26 pm Permalink
Thanks Kenbo! As soon as I get the menu pictures, I will post them as well so folks can get a look at the other food and drink offerings.
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tobunga
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Apr 12, 2008
Posts: 1190 | Posted: 2013-08-08 10:04 pm Permalink
Mahalos for the report LostIsland!
Sadly, it looks and sounds like it's mostly sportsbar with tiki as an afterthought... but Mucho Aloha beer? Now that I gotta try! I love the cultural mashup there... I often sign off with "mucho mahalos!" myself.
Well, if we're in the neighborhood, we'll check it out!
Mucho Mahalos!
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LostIsland
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jul 27, 2012
Posts: 116 | Posted: 2013-10-04 9:21 pm Permalink
Holy crap, talk about an ordeal.... Ifinally got the pictures of the menu. They aren't great or anything, but they do give you some idea of the food and drink offerings....
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kenbo-jitsu
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jul 27, 2011
Posts: 363
From: Southern CA
| Posted: 2013-10-25 09:48 am Permalink
"Mucho Aloha" is more than beer now. I saw this recently at Wahoo's Fish Tacos.
If the beer was a cold fusion, then I guess this would be a hot one. With a name like Mucho Aloha, you'd think there might be some tropical slant to the product. You'd be wrong. It's just hot sauce. The ingredients were pretty much the same as the Cholula and Tapatío sitting next to it.
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kenbo-jitsu
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jul 27, 2011
Posts: 363
From: Southern CA
| Posted: 2014-01-13 4:02 pm Permalink
I found this picture of what I assume is the front door.
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bigtikidude
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Aug 10, 2004
Posts: 9188
From: Anaheim,Ca.
| Posted: 2014-01-13 6:31 pm Permalink
is it closed?
it looks rundown
Jeff(btd)
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kenbo-jitsu
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jul 27, 2011
Posts: 363
From: Southern CA
| Posted: 2014-01-13 10:30 pm Permalink
Quote:
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is it closed?
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It is still open. I called for you to make sure. 
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arriano
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jun 13, 2006
Posts: 1434
From: San Diego
| Posted: 2014-01-14 2:46 pm Permalink
Quote:
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On 2014-01-13 18:31, bigtikidude wrote:
it looks rundown
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I believe the term is "weathered"
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A Frame
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Apr 16, 2009
Posts: 328
From: Mr. C's on the Coast Highway
| Posted: 2014-02-28 3:55 pm Permalink
No lights on & no one answers the phone. That just could signal that this Tiki ship has sailed...
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kenbo-jitsu
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jul 27, 2011
Posts: 363
From: Southern CA
| Posted: 2014-02-28 5:47 pm Permalink
Thanks for the report, A-Frame. When their web site disappeared a while back I started wondering. I'ill change the status to Defunct unless I hear back from anyone with other news.
I know not many tears will be shed here on TC. I started this thread to tell people what Tiki Island wasn't, more than to celebrate what it was. But gosh, it's scary how quickly some places come and go.
Farewell, Tiki Island, farewell.
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LostIsland
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jul 27, 2012
Posts: 116 | Posted: 2014-04-27 9:31 pm Permalink
It IS closed. I drive by there daily. It had potential but was hardly anything to mourn...
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kenbo-jitsu
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jul 27, 2011
Posts: 363
From: Southern CA
| Posted: 2015-07-01 10:57 am Permalink
Here is where Tiki Island used to stand. As you can see, not only has Tiki left the building, the BUILDING has left the building.
This is what happens when you anger the tiki gods - invoking them from your lousy sports bar.
GoogleMaps - April 2015
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A Frame
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Apr 16, 2009
Posts: 328
From: Mr. C's on the Coast Highway
| Posted: 2015-07-01 11:32 am Permalink
You can't stop the carousel of progress...or in this case, the widening of the 91 Freeway. For drivers of this corridor like me, they'll be a
"great big beautiful tomorrow" if we can stay patient for 2 or 3 more years...there just won't be any TIKI.
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