The prominence of many of the images can be traced to the arrival of tiki bars in Hawaii - from California. Trader Vics and Don the Beachcomber restaurants started the bars on the mainland in the ...

In Pictures: Tiki Bar Timeline Jul 01, 2008, 06:00pm EDT Jun 19, 2013, 04:52pm EDT. Share. ... This musical featured Der Bingle crooning several Hawaii-flavored songs, including "Blue Hawaii." ...

HONOLULU, Hawaii - Coconut bras aren't Hawaiian. Neither are grass skirts. Tiki bars? They're from California. Yet they're all among the most recognizable symbols of a Hawaiian vacation.

This tiki bar in Hawaii is one of the last original, authentic establishments from the 1950s and it's a favorite of locals, travelers, and even celebrities.

“(Tiki is) bright, beautiful and a good time,” said Robert “Kui” Wright, a Native Hawaiian bartender who works at the historic Royal Hawaiian Resort’s 70-year-old Mai Tai Bar. “You ...

Nothing is more appealing than Hawaii, or the South Seas, replete with tiki torches, grass skirts, and brightly colored patterned shirts, and those iconic images were invoked, even in the desert.

A new tiki bar is coming to Over-the-Rhine this spring. Vincente “Vinny” Benedett, his wife Elena and cousin Keawe Miller, owners of Onolicious Hawaii, have signed a lease to open 10th Island ...