The second drive the mile down Depot Road to the Atlantic Ocean was not met with a shuttered establishment.
The Tiki Bar was …
Hold on there, enthusiastic sir!
As my dear wife Karen and I practically skipped from the parking lot to the little open-air joint already packed with people on the Friday Happy Hour as our pre-tourist explosion annual June week in Cape Cod, a serious-as-Stoly gentleman hauling coolers across the walk heard the word Tiki escape these lips and corrected me.
“Beach Bar, sir,” he said, and I felt like was being admonished with a finger wagged in my face thanks to his tone, perhaps because I thought he looked older than me. “As much as she paid for the place, that’s what she wants it called.”
OK. Though consumer guy that I am, I prefer the sound of Tiki Bar and all that brings to mind.
Though the Beach Bar was splendid as I drank Grey Goose Bloody Mary(s) and my Dear Wife Karen went with Mojito(s), straight and then strawberry.
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The Atlantic Ocean stood at duty any time we looked to the left.
The trio to our left were locals. He said winter was awful because he works in construction. I thought he looked a lot like Justin Timberlake, but Karen was less enthusiastic about that observation.
They were glad to take our photo with my iPhone 6 in return.
Made in the shade.
At 5 p.m., the music man started playing. It was nice. But the temperature dropped, reminding Karen and I that we were at the shore of the great big ocean. Karen said something about the heater standing at the fringes, and the bartender said it was ready to be lit anytime anybody wished. instead, I drove us the mile back to the Happy Cottage, and we had a pizza delivered. With the vacation winding down, I splurged and ordered extra cheese. Yum. I wound it around a fork.
What name do you prefer, the Tiki Bar or the Beach House, and why? What would you have ordered this sunny happy hour? What request would you have made to the one-man band?
Mark Bialczak 
I’m with you, I prefer Tiki Bar. I would have ordered Bailey’s on the rocks, and that pizza sounds delicious! 😀
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You and Karen can drink Bailey’s together, Rachel. 🙂
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Beach or Tiki… Does not matter. But the customer is always right. So their attitude must go.
As for cocktails… I always like a surprise.
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Do you let the bartender decide for you, Nancy? Never know what could happen that way!
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No, I sometimes let sweet sweet man decide and he brings me back a surprise. And sometimes it depends on the weather temps… What I am eating… And which way the wind is blowing. Lol!!!
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You are a multiple choice test harder than the SATs, Nancy. 🙂 E. All of the above. ❤
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Hilarious!
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I have no idea what a grey goose bloody mary is but I’d love to find out. You do it again, Mr B with a fascinating post. I love the please return the chairs sign. what a delightful place for a vacation!
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If I had a beach bar, I’d stock up with the cheap stuff, situate it on a surf beach, and call it “The Curl ‘n’ Hurl”. No? How about “The Tidal Fool”? Give me time. I’m sure with enough rimshots, I can come up with something.
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What a question. Tiki. Tiki. Tiki, of course! 😀 😀 😀
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Why would anyone go to a beach that doesn’t have a Tiki Bar? They have beach bars at every lake in the world, but only beach’s have Tiki Bars. I think I’m going to have to make a pizza, or something similar since you keep talking about food. Long time since breakfast bro Mark.
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Eat up, sis Angie. Urp. 🙂
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Shrimp scampi for me right now bro Mark, Big belch, blaaaauw[p!! When you get old you don’t have to act like a lady any more, so I let it all hang out.
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I have a lot of gasses that build up at my age, too, sis Angie. Shrimp scampi, garlic, urp.
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Tiki Bar every day of the week. Just sounds more festive,
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Let’s conga line all round the beach, ya know what I mean, Skippah? 🙂
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What a great spot! Mark, quit talking about food! I am dying here! LOL! ❤ Enjoy!
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whatever they want to call it, it looks fabulous. this guy must have been very concerned with the particular image he was wanting to portray. he’ll soon learn that the customer is right and no harm done. ) and i’m with karen on the mojitos. )
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I’m not soon going to return to the Bloody Marys, Beth, that’s darn tootin’. 😦
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I don’t have bad feelings toward the tiki, but I think maybe it’s old-fashioned. I’d be more likely to hit up a beach bar.
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Yeah, I guess I’m showing how many rings I have when you cut open my trunk, Jay. 🙂
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Why didn’t you tell that person that you lived in a country of free speech and you can call that bar anything you want! Of course, you are much too nice to do that. LOL
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And my dear wife Karen is much nicer than me, even, PJ, and she would have throttled me with her eyes or worse if I started to say something like that!
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LOL!! haha
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Tiki bars are grass hut type places, with tribal masks and plonky music and tropical drinks with fruit and umbrella garnish. Should be only Polynesian, but people want what they want, lol!
I’d just say it’s a bar, and I’d order some drinks and have a good time — which I see y’all did 😀
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I don’t know what I like, apparently, but I sure know when I like it, Joey! ❤
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For a good 20 mile stretch on our beaches there are so many “Bars” many are popular and they’re called by name. Such as meet you at the Ocean Deck (which is open air, covered patio on the Atlantic). Some of the Motels have Tiki Bars surrounded by pool and Ocean. Just a play on words. To me it looked like a Ocean Bar PERIOD! Oh, on the Atlantic.
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By any name it sure was fun, Cheryl. As sound your host of ocean joints. I love calling drinking establishments joints, by the way. 😉
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Yes there are a lot of joints! The key was even though you were agitated you liked the joint? Til the coolness set in-oops time to go….
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I loved it, indeed, Cheryl. 🙂
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I’d call it “that place with the alcohol” – Ha! – I’m not overly concerned with names. As a business person she should encourage customers to call it whatever they desire – it builds a personal emotional link with her establishment that can only be good for business.
Grey Goose, my oh my, Mark. You have very sophisticated taste. Cheers! It’s fun on vacation to indulge and relax, n’est pas? What great memories. 😀
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It was the first time I was “Goosed,” Paul. Perhaps the last, too. I am not much of a mixed drink drinker, alas. 🙂
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That place def looks more beach house to tiki bar to me. Don’t be hatin’. 🙂
As for drink, I’d probably stick to beer during the day. The sweeter the drink, the worse the hangover.
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Yes, beer can’t be beat when the sun is shinin’, NancyTex. And I won’t be hating on you for your Beach Bar decision. 🙂
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*sighs* ……
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Yes, we’re back home now, Amy Rose. Raining hard. Sighs.
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*another sigh* It’s raining here too, cuz. I’ve been running outside in between rain storms to garden and to take pics. No end in sight with this rain …. 😦
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Was there any of that straw looking crap around? No straw then no Tiki my friend. Still, old man buzzkill needs to stfu. Also, I believe you know what I’d be ordering at the whatsitcalled bar.
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I know, in the new crazy bottle, Don. They done took the straw away. Maybe some drunk burned it down!
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He does look like JT, Mark! I think it’s odd that he corrected you Tiki Bar, Beach Bar – the customer is always right, especially if you want repeat customers! ❤
Diana xo
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Yeah. Of course MDW Karen said, let it go. I had to stew about it a little bit. 🙂
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I’m glad you practically skipped to the Bar there, Mark, but do you know what you skipped yesterday? Commenting on my blog. As always, nice to see you and Karen!
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I didn’t skip commenting on your blog yesterday, Ann. I read it and commented when I returned home from my golf league! I spied a stop sign lying horizontally, and surmised it had been run over (by 5K runners).
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I didn’t spy
your comment, Mark! I wonder if WordPress skipped posting it
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Dagnabbit.
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Tiki Bar for sure and a Margarita!
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Yes, Lisa, I think we are going to have one heck of a Tiki Bar party, right? 😉
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Tiki Bar of course! Piña colada, please and thank you 🙂
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I don’t know what the owner is thinking about with bad feelings toward Tiki Bar, Vonita! Let’s light the torches and drink Pina Coladas all we want. 😉
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Cheers 🙂
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