Tiki bar
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A tiki bar is a themed drinking establishment that serves elaborate cocktails, especially rum-based mixed drinks such as the Mai Tai and Zombie cocktails. Tiki bars are aesthetically defined by their
Kalua Restaurant (Seattle, 1953)
Clifton's Pacific Seas postcard
Exterior view of a tiki restaurant in New Orleans (1950s)
A Mai Tai
Trader Vic's
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Trader Vic's is a restaurant and tiki bar chain headquartered in Martinez, California, United States. Victor Jules Bergeron, Jr. founded a chain of Polynesian-themed restaurants that bore his nickname
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…torches outside which enhanced its ambiance. A Don the Beachcomber was located at Waikiki's International Market Place. The other archetypical bar is Trader Vic's, the first of which was created by Victor Bergeron in Oakland, California, in 1936. The quintessential tiki cocktail, the Mai Tai, was concocted at the…
Trader Vic's, London
Old menu cover, original Trader Vic's, Oakland
Entrance to Trader Vic's in Atlanta in 2026
A cocktail served at Trader Vic's in Emeryville, CA