Comments on: Terrible Tiki http://sloshed.hyperkinetic.org/2006/06/14/terrible-tiki/ Adventures in Amateur Mixology Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:34:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Humuhumu http://sloshed.hyperkinetic.org/2006/06/14/terrible-tiki/#comment-20 Humuhumu Mon, 04 Sep 2006 17:45:47 +0000 http://sloshed.hyperkinetic.org/2006/06/14/terrible-tiki/#comment-20 This may not be a thunderbolt from Mount Olympus, but it may help explain some of the nuttiness you experienced that night. The Tonga Hut was purchased in late 2005 by a young couple that wants to restore it to its tiki glory. The bar has been kept open by the set of patrons you saw that night for the past couple of decades -- some of whom line up at the door at 6 a.m. The new owners have been making changes slowly... as much as they'd like to make all the changes at once, they knew that they needed to make changes in a way that wouldn't (immediately) alienate the only people keeping the place afloat. That means changes in small chunks, rather than a great big overhaul. They've been putting a lot of effort into it -- they got that great fountain working again, they've been slowly removing the TVs and dartboards, they don't open at 6 a.m. anymore, they've at least tried to train the bartenders a bit on tropicals, and you saw the neat stuff they snuck into the jukebox. I haven't been there in months, but I do know it's only getting better. Maybe give it another try? This may not be a thunderbolt from Mount Olympus, but it may help explain some of the nuttiness you experienced that night. The Tonga Hut was purchased in late 2005 by a young couple that wants to restore it to its tiki glory.

The bar has been kept open by the set of patrons you saw that night for the past couple of decades — some of whom line up at the door at 6 a.m. The new owners have been making changes slowly… as much as they’d like to make all the changes at once, they knew that they needed to make changes in a way that wouldn’t (immediately) alienate the only people keeping the place afloat. That means changes in small chunks, rather than a great big overhaul.

They’ve been putting a lot of effort into it — they got that great fountain working again, they’ve been slowly removing the TVs and dartboards, they don’t open at 6 a.m. anymore, they’ve at least tried to train the bartenders a bit on tropicals, and you saw the neat stuff they snuck into the jukebox.

I haven’t been there in months, but I do know it’s only getting better. Maybe give it another try?

]]> By: Doctor Cocktail http://sloshed.hyperkinetic.org/2006/06/14/terrible-tiki/#comment-19 Doctor Cocktail Fri, 16 Jun 2006 22:56:57 +0000 http://sloshed.hyperkinetic.org/2006/06/14/terrible-tiki/#comment-19 Nicely described. As soon as it goes under, let's buy it! Nicely described. As soon as it goes under, let’s buy it!

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