http://blog.humuhumu.com/2005/09/22/the-alibi-in-portland-undergoing-renovation Reports from your intrepid tiki explorer, Humuhumu Mon, 13 May 2013 02:05:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blog.humuhumu.com/2005/09/22/the-alibi-in-portland-undergoing-renovation/comment-page-1#comment-8661 Humu Kon Tiki » Blog Archive » My Travels: 2006 Portland Tiki Crawl Tue, 25 Jul 2006 22:26:27 +0000 http://blog.humuhumu.com/2005/09/22/the-alibi-in-portland-undergoing-renovation#comment-8661 [...] Day two included a visit to the Alibi, pictured above. The Alibi is the shining star of Portland tiki; the bar has a very long history, having started as the Chat n’ Nibble when the road it was on was the main dirt road for horse carts to get to town. It went thorugh a series of evolutions through the years, until becoming tiki in the post-WWII era, and undergoing a remodel and expansion in the ’70s. The natural build-up of dust, cigarette smoke and general grime slowly took its toll, and this past year, the same team of folks who throw the annual crawl started spending every Sunday there volunteering to clean the joint up. The results are outstanding — lamps shine brightly (but not too brightly!), the mural is looking lovely, and there are so many more little details to be seen now. There is more cleanup to be done, but it’s already looking worlds better. The famous neon Alibi sign has also had a refresh, and is looking better than ever. The drinks… well, the drinks still need a lot of work (One gentleman’s Mai Tai came with olives in it! And I thought it couldn’t get worse than the dreaded pineapple juice and grenadine.), but it’s all a big step in the right direction, and gives me great hope. [...]

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