Help Neal
Got this email from Midnight Sun reader Neal:
When I was out in LA a few months back I absolutely fell in love with authentic tiki-style drinks. Since I got back I've been looking around for something similar here and have come up with zeroes across the board.
Any ideas where someone can go in the area for an authentic tiki drink? I'm not necessarily looking for the full-on kitsch experience, more for the quality of the drinks. A good zombie or scorpion (etc) is all I'm after, and if it comes with the decor and the music that's
just a bonus.
Neal
I don't know of any authentic tiki bars around here.
Anybody got some suggestions for him?
Erik Maza is a features reporter at the Baltimore Sun. He writes for several sections of the Sun paper and contributes weekly columns on music and nightlife. He also writes and edits the Midnight Sun blog. He often covers entertainment, business, and the business of entertainment. Occasionally, he writes about Four Loko, The Block, the liquor board, and those who practice "
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Well, in another 5 months or so he can give The Tiki Bar a try.
http://www.tikibarsolomons.com/
Posted by: Josh Hall | December 11, 2007 8:22 AM
Sorry Neal, this is Baltimore, we don't have room for your frilly, girly drinks here. If you'd like, we can just ask the bartender to put an umbrella in your rum and diet coke. I'll even buy you one, I'm assuming you're the one with the popped collar?
Posted by: Matt | December 11, 2007 8:56 AM
I'll take a whiskey sour and your girliest drink!
Two whiskey sours coming up!
Tiki drinks, hm? Don't mistake that harbor water for something tropical. Order a Budweiser. Or go to TGIFridays and order up one of their foofoo drinks.
Posted by: JTK | December 11, 2007 10:32 AM
Maybe try the Big Kahuna in Harborplace?
Posted by: emily | December 11, 2007 12:01 PM
i think baltimore has lots of room for girly drinks, personally. i mean, girly drinks are for girls, and who wants to go to a lame bar filled with only guys?
Posted by: a | December 11, 2007 1:18 PM
If you like making love at midnight in the dunes of the cape, try the Hippo.
Posted by: J.M. Giordano | December 11, 2007 4:06 PM
The New York Times just did a story on tiki-style drinks. So apparently, they are back in vogue. The story included recipes. If you can't find one in a charm city bar, perhaps you can make your own. But maybe not on a first date.
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B06E6DA173FF93BA15752C1A9619C8B63
Posted by: leeann | December 12, 2007 10:28 AM