tiki bar

noun

: a restaurant or bar decorated in a simulated Polynesian theme that usually serves exotic cocktails

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Visit the Sippin' Santa holiday pop-up bar Bitter & Twisted Cocktail Parlour in downtown Phoenix has been transformed into the popular Sippin' Santa holiday tiki bar until Dec. 28. Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic, 10 Dec. 2024 Buzzworthy Chef Julio Hernandez — a James Beard semifinalist — opened his new spot on 8th Avenue South Monday, Oct. 7, only four years after launching his first Nashville eatery, an East Nashville food truck outside Chopper tiki bar. Mackensy Lunsford, The Tennessean, 11 Oct. 2024 This week’s column has more details on The Duchess, as well as a pizza switch-up in Bolton Hill and a new tiki bar in the Baltimore Peninsula. Amanda Yeager, Baltimore Sun, 11 Nov. 2024 The new one-story building will have a 1,233 square feet kitchen and a 2,010 square feet cafe tiki bar with a dining deck. Lisa J. Huriash, Sun Sentinel, 10 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for tiki bar 

Word History

First Known Use

1959, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of tiki bar was in 1959

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“Tiki bar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tiki%20bar. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.

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