It’s Time to Oil Critiki’s Joints!
oooooil can! *squeak!* oooooil can! Aloha, dear friends! Many of you have wondered why Critiki hasn’t been updated as much in recent months. I’ll skip to the ending you want to know: updates are coming...
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Mystery Buyer of the Jordan Reichek Tiki Collection Revealed
The Art of Tiki show just wrapped up after a month-long run at La Luz de Jesus in Los Angeles. (Read Critiki News coverage of the show’s modern art, historic artifacts, and the book.) There was a lot...
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Critiki’s Ten Best Tiki Bars in the World 2017
These are the ten best tiki bars found in the world today, as rated by the best tiki experts around: the members of Critiki. Critiki is a travel guide and historic archive of Polynesian Pop culture...
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The Art of Tiki: a Sneak Peek at Sven Kirsten’s Latest Book
This is the conclusion of a three-part series about the upcoming The Art of Tiki show in Los Angeles at La Luz de Jesus gallery. The show is a celebration of the 21 years that have elapsed since the...
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The Art of Tiki: Jordan Reichek’s Collection of Rare Mid-Century Polynesian Pop
This is part two of three in a series about the upcoming The Art of Tiki show in Los Angeles at La Luz de Jesus gallery. The show is a celebration of the 21 years that have elapsed since the first Art...
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Mt. Fuji Inn in Omaha Is Closing
Mt. Fuji Inn, photo by mokantiki A sad report on Omaha’s Mt. Fuji Inn from Critiki member AWESOM-O—it’s closing at the end of October: I was in town on business and debated about coming, but figured I...
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The Art of Tiki 21st Anniversary: Otto von Stroheim on Curating the Show
This is part one of three in a series about the upcoming The Art of Tiki show in Los Angeles at La Luz de Jesus gallery. The show is a celebration of the 21 years that have elapsed since the first Art...
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Hurricane Irma Impacts on Tiki Places and People
Forecast path from the National Hurricane CenterWhen tiki people think of Florida, their first thought is of the Mai-Kai, but there are other tiki places—and many, many tikiphiles and home tiki...
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Check Out this Incredible Tiki Condo in Palm Springs
How many times have you daydreamed about having your own little place in Palm Springs? This sweet mid-century condo could be it. Two bedrooms, two baths, 1,289 sq. ft., asking $419,000. Now that the...
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Pau Hana Lounge, Seattle’s New Tiki Bar on a Boat
Seattle’s modern tiki offerings have tended to be on the oddball side—but this newest venture looks to be oddball in fun ways. On the Hiyu is a new events space coming to Seattle later this year, with...
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Music Video Filmed at Chicago’s Hala Kahiki
The Orwells have just released a music video for their song “Vacation” filmed at Hala Kahiki in River Grove, just outside of Chicago. Hala Kahiki was built in 1966 by Stanley and Rose Sacharski when...
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The Mai-Kai Book Is a Thing You Need
Tim “Swanky” Glazner’s book all about the Mai-Kai came out at the end of last year. He’s about to embark on a big West Coast tour to promote the book, culminating in a presentation at this year’s Tiki...
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New Tiki Bar Coming to Tacoma: Devil’s Reef
Jason Alexander at Tacoma Cabana, photo by MrLzrd Jason Alexander and Robyn Murphy, the fine folks behind the beloved and lauded Tacoma Cabana, have an exciting new project underway. Devil’s Reef is...
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My Tiki Bar Regrets
The Aku-Tiki Room in Kewanee, Illinois, photo by Swanky I regret that I never made it to the Aku-Tiki Room in Kewanee, Illinois. The Aku-Tiki Room was a spectacular bit of remote tiki, nestled in a...
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The State of Tiki Drinks (from Where I’m Sitting)
The cocktail revolution is over. Now what? Artwork by Jason Hoffman for Thrillist. Kevin Alexander at Thrillist has written an uncommonly good article on the state of the craft cocktail world, “The...
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Love Tiki Bars? Make Your Voice Heard!
In September Critiki—the worldwide guide to tiki bars and Polynesian restaurants—will publish the yearly list of the top ten tiki bars in the world, based on the ratings of the members of Critiki. This...
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Toast Hawaii
The most American mid century Polynesian Pop snack is from Germany. The hero of our tale, Clemens Wilmenrod I only learned of Toast Hawaii a few months ago, during a bout of insomnia-driven internet...
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How to Find and Care for Vintage Aloha Wear
My closet, reds through blues. Not in frame: more of the reds, purples, blacks, grays, whites, browns (so many browns!), and my aloha shirts. One of the most fun things about tiki is dressing up in the...
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New Features: Save Locations, Driving Directions, Sharing, and More
I’ve heard countless folks say Critiki is where they turn first when it’s time to make travel plans. With that in mind, I’ve just made some changes to the Critiki location page that I think you’re...
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My Travels: The State of Portland Tiki in 2017
Our family travel plans for early 2017 kept changing on us, and ultimately fate sent us on a road trip to Oregon. The first leg of our trip was in central Oregon, and I have nothing to report because...
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