Ancient Mariner
Jeff "Beachbum" Berry relies on a split rum base and fresh citrus juices alongside a quarter of an ounce of allspice dram in this tiki rum sour.
Martin Cate | Owner, Smuggler’s Cove
"There's really no connection between tiki, rum and the fez," explains Martin Cate of his epic headpiece. "People like tiki and people like secret societies," he says referring to the Shriners,…
Honolulu’s Second Golden Age of Tropical Drinking
For decades, Honolulu has been a city synonymous with orchid garnishes and syrupy Mai Tais. But a craft cocktail scene is percolating just beyond Waikiki—and with it, a new era…
- story: Alia Akkam
- photo: AZ Adam
Rejiggering Tiki for the 21st Century
Welcome to "About a Bar," a column that explores America's most notable bars and cocktail programs. Today: Chicago's modern tiki mecca, Three Dots and a Dash.
- story: Emma Janzen
- illustration: James Carpenter
Inside LA’s Tiki Underground
In the city where Polynesian cocktail culture was born, the tiki tradition has gone underground and is thriving in the basements and backyards of its loyal enthusiasts. (Slideshow ahead. →)
- story: Jennifer Cacicio
- photos: Dylan + Jeni
Nicole & Joe Desmond | New York’s Famous Rhum Rhum Room
Nicole and Joe Desmond aren't quite sure when they fell for tiki. It was a gradual shift from cocktail curiosity to tropical obsession, but a trip to the Mai-Kai restaurant…
Pearl Diver
Donn Beach’s iced take on the Hot Buttered Rum featuring the honey and butter-based Gardenia Mix.
ZZ’s Pineapple Cocktail
At ZZ's Clam Bar in New York City, this cocktail is served in a vintage, brass pineapple, mounded with cobbled ice and garnished with a drift of aromatic chamomile powder…
Painkiller
With coconut cream, pineapple and orange juice and a Virgin Islands birthplace sometime in the 1970s, this rum-based cocktail is a tropical drink to the core.
