The one and only thing I can say is good about being older is that I got to visit the Chicago Trader Vics as a child when my grandfather would take me there on business trips( virgin bahias for me). They still served ALL drinks in all of the traditional mugs. The scorpion/tiki bowl, the hot buttered rum skull mug, and the Nubian coffee mug. As a kid I was fascinated by the decor and the clam shells they served appetizers in(still have few of those around). Thanks for reviving those memories.
Spike, I just want to say how much my wife & I enjoy your channel. Mid-century fans for awhile now, it was just a matter of time that we discovered Tiki culture & it's community. We're now in the process of converting our home basement bar to Tiki & you have been our #1 inspiration. We've been hitting the flea markets in our state (Missouri) like mad trying to find whatever we can to help with our remodel. It hasn't been easy, but we recently had a bit of luck come our way. Just yesterday an aquaintance had us over to her home to sell off some of her Tiki mugs. Of the 20 or so mugs we acquired, one of them was the Mainlander mug from St. Louis (about 3 hours away). I wish it was still there since there are no Tiki establishments close to where we are. Spike, keep up the good work. Your show is guiding us through our journey and for that we say Mahalo!
I am blown away that St. Louis had any tiki bars! I’ve lived here all my life and never would have guessed. Guess now I’ll have to visit every flee market i see in search of some mugs!
Okay, absolutely fantastic. Love the info here, Spike. I now know I MUST have a Suffering Bastard and Tiki Bob mugs for my tiki bar. Now I feel shamed I didn’t have these. That Tiki Bob story…awesome history. Mahalo!!!!!
I've been secretly obsessed with everything Tiki since I was a little kid in the 70s but the only thing I had was a thrifted mug that someone stole from me so your videos really have me going! I'm jonesing hard now, thank you! My favorite place at Disneyland is the Enchanted Tiki area with the singing birds, I don't know why but it captivated me.
I remember going there when I was a little kid in the 60s and it being my fave 'ride' of the park even when the thunderstorms struck and were a bit scary. ;)
Very cool episode, Spike. Great job with it. Your show is inspiring to me as I am beginning to discover this wonderful world called Tiki. And just like St. Louis, Mo is a great place for a tiki bar, I feel Vermont would be an even better place.😄 To the best of my knowledge there are no tiki bars in my state, though a pizza place here in Burlington sets up an outdoor bar and seating area in the summer that they claim to be “tiki-style”. It’s not that great. But anyway - keep on doing this, and thanks for your music as well.
@@BreezewayCocktailHour You said it, Spike. Winter has hit us hard here this year with tons of snow and below-freezing temperatures; so watching your videos, and hearing The Hula Girls’ music, has succeeded in being an escape for me, though have yet to make any of the cocktails. I downloaded Beachbum Berry’s app and can’t wait to get started. The 1944 Mai Tai will be my first.
Very cool stories. Thanks Spike! I bought some tiki mugs from Etsy last year and one was a Foo Man Chu mug. My husband’s eyes lit up when he saw it. He told me he had one like it that he got at a tiki restaurant in Connecticut back in 1973. It came with a zombie. Unfortunately he can’t remember the name of the restaurant.
my top 5 are : Peanut mug from tiki bob's (cant afford a bob from bob's), tiki bob from hawaiian village, mr bali hai (concave) from Bali Hai, Don the beachcomber Barrel mug (found in a thrift near hollywood), and Tonga Room Bucket mug (my first tiki bar).
Like you my favorite vintage tiki mug is from a local place I wish I could have gone, the Mark Thomas Outrigger in Monterey. I think I did go as a child remembering windows in the floor as it is/was over water in Cannery Row. My buddy Jon picked up two of their mugs at a local thrift store, yes with the wax pencil price in the bottom and after whipping up a couple cocktails one of them was mine.
We all have faint memories of those places that our parents took us... For me it is the Royal Hawaiian in Laguna Beach in the 1980's... Thanks for the story, Glen!
Spike, you nailed it when you said you like to see your drinks in the glass, unless your at a tiki bar. I totally get it, totally understand it and totally feel the same way. Nonetheless I still always look for vintage tiki mugs. (Side note) Totally sorry for how many 'totally's' in this comment.
My Son & I Loved This Episode he Loves Your Tiki Bob :) Great Collection We Both Enjoyed This Very Much The History Behind it Is Fabulous I Love That Your Take the Time With The History Behind Every Thing You Talk About, Yes We R Binge Watching The Breezeway Cocktail Hour! Cheers!!
I dig it! What a great collection you have! I have a favorite one but its more of a tiki glass - it has a happy face on one side and a angry face on the opposite side.
Spike, dang it Man!!! You hit the nail on the head It's not so much the mug itself it's a story behind it and what it represents to the collector to the person that has this search for that certain mug or a certain emotional attachment to an event that the mug represents , dude love the show keep up the great work
I love vintage mugs! My favorites are “peanut” mugs. I have a Mr. Bali Hai that has a slight mark across the “L” in California making it read Catifornia. I’ve heard those are the originals.🤷♂️
Had my 21st BDay at the Kona Hawaii, born 1954=67. Had no idea how special ! Unbelievable video. Thank god to lingerie lunches. I did a few of them when I was young. It was for the girlfriend as well. Did I say unbelievable vlog !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!nYour neighbor in Fountain Valley
Alright. I love you. Recommended to me by this LOVELY couple at Trader Sam's!!! And then I listen to you, and you tell such an AMAZING story about how I've come to love Tiki!!! Thank you.
spike, do you know about the pearl city tavern in hawaii? i consider it to be a tiki bar, before there were tiki bars. ww2 sailors and marines would drink there before shipping out to war. they had live miniature monkeys behind the bar, asian food served by waitresses in kimonos, and a rooftop garden area! they had a monkey mug and i have one. ( i also told you about my 2 tiki bobs )
Good job on this video. I think I’m going to have a very small collection, because the mug needs to check all the boxes for me. Waiting on your custom mug as my 1st.
Your 1st mug looks exactly like my 1st mug only mine was The Islands Phoenix. And come on Tiki mugs in the dishwasher?? I got The Islands Phoenix at A yard sale yet wasn't really into Tiki then. hmmm ps Great backstories and pics
I have zero tiki mugs and I suspect finding any vintage ones is pretty much impossible here in Finland, if not even all of Europe. Collecting these would be too hard of a hobby, so I'll stick to other glasses when doing Tiki drinks. Loved the video and the stories!
I live in Cincinnati and the Kahiki was only 1.5 hours away. I never knew about it until it was closed... I have yet to see any vintage Kahiki anything in the local thrift shops. Perhaps one day...
I'm from st louis and never knew about that restaurant. The only tiki bar we have now is surprisingly good for the cocktails (their 314 swizzle is a great take on the chartreuse swizzle) but it's kind of simple and small and the food is hit or miss. But now I have a new "holy grail" mug to look for. My previous one was the Trader Sam's hatbox ghost. But since getting a few pop culture mugs maybe I need a little more actual vintage designs.
The whites of Mr Bali Hai’s eyes and his tusks are currently painted with glow in the dark paint. I have an album by a band called The Kahilis that is a restaurant album from Kono, circa 1975.
BTW, I have a portable Tiki bar with a grass roof and next week I'm taking it to the office and we're going to have Tiki Thursday with all sort of drinks to be created and served in my Tiki mug collection.
Fantastic Episode! FYI…did you know there is a small version of Mainlander mug? I won it on eBay around ten years ago. It’s about 1/2 the size of regular one….I wonder what they served in it??🤙🏻
I think one of the reasons people are not as seemingly concerned with vintage mugs these days is that they're very hard to find nowadays, and when you do, they're extremely expensive. I love vintage mugs, but I can never afford them when I find them, so my collection is entirely new mugs.
I really love the vintage mugs too, but to pick my favourite five tiki mugs in my collection? Hmmmm….I feel like I need to put on a really tight Hawaiian shirt and upload a response video on TH-cam just to answer that question.
Day job? You don't do this for your "living"? I thought the Hula Girls and your knowledge of Tiki / Surf would make you wealthy.... or perhaps not. Sigh...
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The one and only thing I can say is good about being older is that I got to visit the Chicago Trader Vics as a child when my grandfather would take me there on business trips( virgin bahias for me). They still served ALL drinks in all of the traditional mugs. The scorpion/tiki bowl, the hot buttered rum skull mug, and the Nubian coffee mug. As a kid I was fascinated by the decor and the clam shells they served appetizers in(still have few of those around). Thanks for reviving those memories.
That's so amazing. I love hearing those stories.
Spike, I just want to say how much my wife & I enjoy your channel. Mid-century fans for awhile now, it was just a matter of time that we discovered Tiki culture & it's community. We're now in the process of converting our home basement bar to Tiki & you have been our #1 inspiration. We've been hitting the flea markets in our state (Missouri) like mad trying to find whatever we can to help with our remodel. It hasn't been easy, but we recently had a bit of luck come our way. Just yesterday an aquaintance had us over to her home to sell off some of her Tiki mugs. Of the 20 or so mugs we acquired, one of them was the Mainlander mug from St. Louis (about 3 hours away). I wish it was still there since there are no Tiki establishments close to where we are. Spike, keep up the good work. Your show is guiding us through our journey and for that we say Mahalo!
Wow, what a score! Thanks for watching!!
I really love your enthusiasm and I can really relate. You and your channel is the sole reason I came bak to the Tike World after some 20 year hiatus.
I am blown away that St. Louis had any tiki bars! I’ve lived here all my life and never would have guessed. Guess now I’ll have to visit every flee market i see in search of some mugs!
Love the Look back into the array of vintage mugs, and the history behind them!
My parents loved Kono Hawaii! We used to go there whenever family stayed with us. That, the beach and Lion Country Safari!
Thank you for mentioning the Polynesian Restaurant / Tiki Bar in Columbus, Ohio. I loved going there!
Watching you nerd out on mugs makes me happy! Keep it up spike!
Hahaha... thank you
Thankz Spike ...really enjoy Tiki history.
Okay, absolutely fantastic. Love the info here, Spike. I now know I MUST have a Suffering Bastard and Tiki Bob mugs for my tiki bar. Now I feel shamed I didn’t have these. That Tiki Bob story…awesome history. Mahalo!!!!!
Another great show I really love my vintage honi honi mug from 1963 and my Samoan fog cutter mug from 1963 those are my favorite vintage glass mugs
Super cool.
Loved this one! Tiki Bob is my holy grail! I love him!
I've been secretly obsessed with everything Tiki since I was a little kid in the 70s but the only thing I had was a thrifted mug that someone stole from me so your videos really have me going! I'm jonesing hard now, thank you!
My favorite place at Disneyland is the Enchanted Tiki area with the singing birds, I don't know why but it captivated me.
I remember going there when I was a little kid in the 60s and it being my fave 'ride' of the park even when the thunderstorms struck and were a bit scary. ;)
Very cool episode, Spike. Great job with it. Your show is inspiring to me as I am beginning to discover this wonderful world called Tiki. And just like St. Louis, Mo is a great place for a tiki bar, I feel Vermont would be an even better place.😄 To the best of my knowledge there are no tiki bars in my state, though a pizza place here in Burlington sets up an outdoor bar and seating area in the summer that they claim to be “tiki-style”. It’s not that great. But anyway - keep on doing this, and thanks for your music as well.
Haha... Thanks so much for watching, Edward. I agree Vermont would be a great place for something tropical... Especially in winter!
@@BreezewayCocktailHour You said it, Spike. Winter has hit us hard here this year with tons of snow and below-freezing temperatures; so watching your videos, and hearing The Hula Girls’ music, has succeeded in being an escape for me, though have yet to make any of the cocktails. I downloaded Beachbum Berry’s app and can’t wait to get started. The 1944 Mai Tai will be my first.
Great to hear the stories of discovering Tiki mugs and their history. My favourite is my Mai Kai mug, always reminds me of the place.
I saw my mug in the Don's Case picture!
Memories... 😪
Very cool stories. Thanks Spike! I bought some tiki mugs from Etsy last year and one was a Foo Man Chu mug. My husband’s eyes lit up when he saw it. He told me he had one like it that he got at a tiki restaurant in Connecticut back in 1973. It came with a zombie. Unfortunately he can’t remember the name of the restaurant.
my top 5 are : Peanut mug from tiki bob's (cant afford a bob from bob's), tiki bob from hawaiian village, mr bali hai (concave) from Bali Hai, Don the beachcomber Barrel mug (found in a thrift near hollywood), and Tonga Room Bucket mug (my first tiki bar).
Like you my favorite vintage tiki mug is from a local place I wish I could have gone, the Mark Thomas Outrigger in Monterey. I think I did go as a child remembering windows in the floor as it is/was over water in Cannery Row. My buddy Jon picked up two of their mugs at a local thrift store, yes with the wax pencil price in the bottom and after whipping up a couple cocktails one of them was mine.
We all have faint memories of those places that our parents took us... For me it is the Royal Hawaiian in Laguna Beach in the 1980's... Thanks for the story, Glen!
Spike, you nailed it when you said you like to see your drinks in the glass, unless your at a tiki bar. I totally get it, totally understand it and totally feel the same way. Nonetheless I still always look for vintage tiki mugs. (Side note) Totally sorry for how many 'totally's' in this comment.
Totally
I have 1/1 Wendy Cevola Devo Tiki Bob Mug that we co designed. Just Perfect!
Rad
My Son & I Loved This Episode he Loves Your Tiki Bob :) Great Collection We Both Enjoyed This Very Much The History Behind it Is Fabulous I Love That Your Take the Time With The History Behind Every Thing You Talk About, Yes We R Binge Watching The Breezeway Cocktail Hour! Cheers!!
Really enjoyed this episode! One of my favorites is The Mainlander too…I live in Missouri and love finding the Mainlander mug in its natural habitat.
Do you see them often?
@@BreezewayCocktailHour No, not too often. I think I've picked up 3 in the 3 years I've lived here.
Love love love your shows
Thank you!!!
I dig it! What a great collection you have! I have a favorite one but its more of a tiki glass - it has a happy face on one side and a angry face on the opposite side.
Haha... those are cool too. I have a few of those. Most commonly from Disney World from what I understand.
Great episode! Have a great week! 🌺🌋
Spike, dang it Man!!!
You hit the nail on the head It's not so much the mug itself it's a story behind it and what it represents to the collector to the person that has this search for that certain mug or a certain emotional attachment to an event that the mug represents ,
dude love the show keep up the great work
Thanks!! I'm happy that you 'get' my take on it!
@@BreezewayCocktailHour I'm honored to be a part of the
100%er club
Another great episode! Thanks Spike!
Thanks!
I love vintage mugs! My favorites are “peanut” mugs. I have a Mr. Bali Hai that has a slight mark across the “L” in California making it read Catifornia. I’ve heard those are the originals.🤷♂️
Oh wow! Cool. I never knew that.
My favourite tiki mug is the Spike Breezeway mug! (can’t wait to receive it)
Hahaha... I can't wait for them to be sent out!!
Had my 21st BDay at the Kona Hawaii, born 1954=67. Had no idea how special ! Unbelievable video. Thank god to lingerie lunches. I did a few of them when I was young. It was for the girlfriend as well. Did I say unbelievable vlog !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!nYour neighbor in Fountain Valley
Thanks!!
Alright. I love you. Recommended to me by this LOVELY couple at Trader Sam's!!! And then I listen to you, and you tell such an AMAZING story about how I've come to love Tiki!!! Thank you.
Thank you so much.
spike, do you know about the pearl city tavern in hawaii?
i consider it to be a tiki bar, before there were tiki bars.
ww2 sailors and marines would drink there before shipping out to war.
they had live miniature monkeys behind the bar, asian food served by waitresses in kimonos, and a rooftop garden area!
they had a monkey mug and i have one.
( i also told you about my 2 tiki bobs )
Great show 🍹🌺
Good job on this video. I think I’m going to have a very small collection, because the mug needs to check all the boxes for me. Waiting on your custom mug as my 1st.
I got my zombie glasses today and they are beautiful! Thanks Spike!
Great!!
Your 1st mug looks exactly like my 1st mug only mine was The Islands Phoenix. And come on Tiki mugs in the dishwasher?? I got The Islands Phoenix at A yard sale yet wasn't really into Tiki then. hmmm ps Great backstories and pics
My favorite vintage tiki mugs, would be my collection from Bahookas in Rosemead. The place that started it all for me. RIP Rufus
Aw, Rufus...
Speaking of mugs/glassware.....any plans to offer more Hi Tide/Spikes Breezeway glassware..specifically Zombie glasses?
We may do another color of the Larissa zombie glass
Fun episode!
I like this tutorial. I now know what mugs to get. Do you have any Trader Sam’s mugs?
I do have a few of the early ones from there.
I have zero tiki mugs and I suspect finding any vintage ones is pretty much impossible here in Finland, if not even all of Europe. Collecting these would be too hard of a hobby, so I'll stick to other glasses when doing Tiki drinks. Loved the video and the stories!
aloha, i have a tiki mug from the kon tiki museum in oslo.
that is a rare one. relativity close to you.
I live in Cincinnati and the Kahiki was only 1.5 hours away. I never knew about it until it was closed... I have yet to see any vintage Kahiki anything in the local thrift shops. Perhaps one day...
Keep an eye out, the Kahiki used those same moai mugs for years and years!
I'm from st louis and never knew about that restaurant. The only tiki bar we have now is surprisingly good for the cocktails (their 314 swizzle is a great take on the chartreuse swizzle) but it's kind of simple and small and the food is hit or miss. But now I have a new "holy grail" mug to look for.
My previous one was the Trader Sam's hatbox ghost. But since getting a few pop culture mugs maybe I need a little more actual vintage designs.
The whites of Mr Bali Hai’s eyes and his tusks are currently painted with glow in the dark paint.
I have an album by a band called The Kahilis that is a restaurant album from Kono, circa 1975.
Oh coool...
Love your channel by the way
Thank you so much!
Bali Hai won’t mind. They have a warning on their Mai Tais - love that place
Hahahha.... true
Great video, Spike!
Thanks, buddy!
will it take off Imron paint ? ;)
Love the Tiki Bob!!! One thing though…it’s Spike’s cocktail hour not Spike’s cocktail 16 mins just say’n
Hahahaha... The 'hour' has almost never been an 'hour.'
BTW, I have a portable Tiki bar with a grass roof and next week I'm taking it to the office and we're going to have Tiki Thursday with all sort of drinks to be created and served in my Tiki mug collection.
Love the scorpion bowl 🥣
Since you have history in stockton you should recreate/make the Tommy Lee/Islander cocktail menu
If only I had the recipes...
I have a Frankoma Bamboo tumbler from The Trade Winds in Tulsa. One day I'll find a Widowmaker.
Very cool.
Those straps are used to secure backpacks. The design originated on jackets for military use. I think it’s just done for fashion these days though.
Where can we buy your branded tiki straws?
Surfsidesips.com Type 'Breezeway' in the coupon code!! Thanks!
Yup! Knew the middle one was the suffering bastard mug.
Yo spike, what’s your holy grail tiki mug or glassware that you currently don’t own?
Geeze.... I don't know... Maybe the Ren Clarke severed head? But is that really a 'tiki' mug??
so cool
Fantastic Episode! FYI…did you know there is a small version of Mainlander mug? I won it on eBay around ten years ago. It’s about 1/2 the size of regular one….I wonder what they served in it??🤙🏻
No way! Maybe some kind of aperitif or something??
Small correction: Actually after watching (again LOL) The wife noticed that the one you have IS the small one. The 2nd one is a LARGER mug.
@@TheHearn74 oooh... there's a LARGER Mainlander mug??
@@BreezewayCocktailHour yup….wish I could post picture here
I think one of the reasons people are not as seemingly concerned with vintage mugs these days is that they're very hard to find nowadays, and when you do, they're extremely expensive. I love vintage mugs, but I can never afford them when I find them, so my collection is entirely new mugs.
The things on the shirt are called epaulettes. They're used to hold small items like a pair of gloves, etcetera, when you need to go hands free.
Oooooh.... thank you! Now I know where to store my gloves! Haha...
Orchids of Hawaii...
Those things on your shoulders are epaulettes. They can hold your hat
Not gonna lie I would love a tiki bob mug. Not gonna spend a ton of money though
Yeah, they're pricy now!!
Down the street from the Bob statue is a nice bar Zombie Village. (Named after Kent's Zombie Village) they are owned by Pagan Idol
@@nunestunes I've been in there! Some amazing 'new' tiki bars in San Francisco!
I really love the vintage mugs too, but to pick my favourite five tiki mugs in my collection? Hmmmm….I feel like I need to put on a really tight Hawaiian shirt and upload a response video on TH-cam just to answer that question.
That is the only way to properly respond to this video... in a tight Hawaiian shirt. Hahahaha....
Day job? You don't do this for your "living"? I thought the Hula Girls and your knowledge of Tiki / Surf would make you wealthy.... or perhaps not. Sigh...
Hahaha... sadly I still have the day job.
I understand and appreciate his place in Tiki's history but Tiki Bob sucks.
Hahahahhaa.... The most adorable and also the most polarizing mug in the pantheon of tiki.