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Continue reading →: Surf City Tiki HutAfter months of waiting and confusion Surf City Tiki Hut has opened! Well it will open January 30th 2026. I was luckily enough to be able to visit during their soft opening. We arrived early, but not by much due to the location and where we live and the time…
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Continue reading →: Bali HaiStep Back to July 2023 where were you? I was visiting the the Bali Hai “Goof” IYKYK. Bali Hai is not the standard Tiki Bar, but a Tiki Restaurant. We visited for a late lunch and we were surprised with an fairly empty dinning room, I guess we timed it…
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Continue reading →: Tiki StarTiki Star is not the dark and closed off tiki bar/restaurant that I have come to expect in Arizona, since there is no ocean view to enjoy so there is no need to look out side. Tiki Star has the open view you might expect from a location on the…
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Continue reading →: Weekend ProjectSo I like many people have many overlapping likes, I like sci-fi, fantasy, Disney, and tiki (big surprise on the last one). Depending on who you talk too about tiki there are some strong stances on what is and what isn’t tiki. I look at it this way, A. Probably…
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Continue reading →: Blast From The Tiki PastAs a young child, I like many had no idea who I would be or what I would be into… but I did know what I liked and what I didn’t like! As you might be able to tell from the featured image, as a child of maybe four or…
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Continue reading →: Tiki RadioAnyone here garage sale? Park N Swap? Well I do every so often and when I do I just go to see what I see, never expecting anything. Well today I will tell you that on one of my recent outings I came across a radio and well to be…
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Continue reading →: New RoofAfter months of a “lazy shingle“ roof I have decided to replace the roof with a sold roof. The initial roof for The Lava Hut was based on the appearance not on the function, I wanted it to have the look of shingles. Why shingles you may ask, well I…
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Continue reading →: My Mai Tai (Z-Tai)I imagine everyone that has had a tiki drink ever has had some version of a Mai Tai. The real question is how close is that drink to the original Mai Tai. From my research there are conflicting stories of how the drink came to be, but from what I…
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Continue reading →: Why a Tiki BarThe quick answer WHY NOT… Ok so Arizona doesn’t have that many options for a decent tiki bar. Below are the few that are close to me and I have personally visited. These are all great options but they have a few down falls. Firstly Lenny my brother in law…
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I’m Trader Zach
The Lava Hut is my back yard Tiki Bar and my escape from from reality. This blog is my travels through all things Tiki. Please and enjoy!
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