Charcuterie Charcuterie is a fancy word for a flat board with mixed cured meats, cheeses, bread and crackers, along with some olives and...
Category: Dining
Cloverleaf Tavern Cloverleaf Tavern opened up the day Prohibition ended in 1933, which leads me to believe it was a speakeasy. It is now on its...
Izumi Hibachi Once known as “Bali Kai”, a Polynesian themed restaurant and Tiki bar, it opened in 1968 but later became a Japanese Hibachi...
Lam's This once was at the Livingston Circle and eventually became a Chain Restaurant (Houlihan's or Bennigan's), then a Mexican restaurant and...
Jade Island Staten Island is often referred to as the “Forgotten Borough” of New York City. No subways run there, and if you are there, sometimes...
Aruba Aruba is a small Caribbean Island country which gained independence in on January 1, 1968 from the Netherlands. Slightly smaller than the...
Kowloon Sagus, Massachussetts – Brother Cleve said this had the “Best of the Worst” cocktails, meaning, don’t expect this to be a great Tiki...
Tiki Rock Other than Kowloon, which is actually just outside of Boston, Tiki Rock has to be the coolest tiki bar. They have dozens of rums you...
The Polynesian NYC The Polynesian in NYC was a short lived but probably one of the very best modern tiki bars that ever was. In fact it once...
Hunan Taste From the highway this looks so bizarre and out of place it can only a lure to draw in people to a lame all you can eat buffet where...