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This is a list and documentation of Tiki bars which have come and gone. It would be impossible to list them all, especially since they were just as common as pizzerias at one time. After the 1970s most of them died out. Then during the Pandemic of 2020 any of those still standing, including the newest and most promising ones, also faded away. Here are just a few we visited and/or were able to document.

ALPHABETICAL LISTING (Extinct)

Archipelago (Washington DC) CLOSED SUMMER 2023
Black Tail (Manhattan NY) CLOSED 2022
Chan’s Dragon Inn (Ridgewood NJ) CLOSED 2020
China Gourmet (West Orange NJ – CLOSED 2020)
China Paradise (Wayne NJ – CLOSED 2016)
Fuchsia Tiki Bar(New Paltz NY) CLOSED October 2023
Hawaii Kai(Manhattan NY – CLOSED 1992)
Lam’s (Livingston NJ – CLOSED)
Lun Wah (Roselle NJ – CLOSED 2020)
Mother of Pearl (Manhattan NY – CLOSED 2020)
Polynesian (Manhattan NY – CLOSED 2020)
Selma’s Bar (Queens NY – CLOSED 2022)
South Pacific (Pine Brook NJ – CLOSED 1980s

Hawaii Kai Manhattan NY	Lun Wah Roselle NJ	Fuchsia Tiki Bar New Paltz NY	Lost Lake Washington DC	Chan’s Dragon Inn Ridgewood NJ
Lam’s Livingston NJ	South Pacific Pine Brook NJ	China Gourmet West Orange NJ	Selma’s Bar Queens NY	Mother of Pearl Manhattan NY
Polynesian Manhattan NY	China Paradise Wayne NJ	Paris Creperie Seaport Boston MA	Room Upstairs Philadelphia PA	Tiki Philly Philadelphia PA