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tiki bar

American  
[tee-kee bahr] / ˈti ki ˈbɑr /

noun

  • tiki bars
    plural
  1. a bar or restaurant that has a theme inspired by an exoticized combination of various Pacific Island cultures and usually serves elaborate rum cocktails.


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Stolen Saddle in Chicago—a three-story, 16,000-square-foot behemoth on a busy strip near Wrigley Field—was, until recently, a tiki bar.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 23, 2025

This new mishap left only the historic Pacific Seas tiki bar ready for limited weekend reservations.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 4, 2024

Over the toss of the tide and an arcade full of screaming children, I could hear the opening bassline of New Order’s “Blue Monday” emanating from inside the tiki bar.

From Salon May 27, 2024

Her play, about a lonely, full-grown man with an imaginary friend who drinks away his life at a tiki bar until he is aided by some residents of his small town outside Rochester, New York.

From Seattle Times May 6, 2024

Viviana had built the deck herself, and erected a fully-stocked tiki bar, complete with carved masks, coconuts, and a thatched roof.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson

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