Tiki: Criticism

• Reclaiming the Tiki Bar - Sammi Katz and Olivia McGiff for The New York Times

• The Problem with Tiki - Mariah Kunkel, Samuel Jimenez, Chockie Tom for PUNCH

• Rethinking Tiki: How to Do Tropical Escapism Better - Caroline Hatchett for Liquor.com

• Tiki bars are built on cultural appropriation and colonial nostalgia. Where’s the reckoning? - John Birdsall for the Los Angeles Times

• Samuel Jimenez is Inspiring a Much-Needed Conversation About Tiki - Paul Clarke for Imbibe

• Let's Talk Tiki Bars: Harmless Fun Or Exploitation? - Maanvi Singh for NPR

• Abolish the Tiki Bar - Sarah Burke for SFMOMA

• The Cultures of Tiki - Scott Lukas

• One Mai Tai, Hold the Colonialism Please - Alicia Kennedy for Eater

• Tiki Drinking Culture Has Always Been a Fantasy, But Not an Easy One - Al Sotack for Munchies

• Trump’s America Killed My Tiki Bar - Alf LaMont for Huffington Post

• The Rise and Fall and Rise of the American Tiki Bar - Nicola Twilley, Cynthia Graber for Gastropod

• Tiki Hangover: Unearthing the False Idols of America's South Seas Fantasy - Hunter Oatman-Stanford for Collectors Weekly

• A New Golden Age for the Tiki Bar - Kara Newman for The Atlantic

• From Uga Booga to Hollywood Hula: A Deep Dive Into America's Fascination with Tiki Bars, Tropical Drinks and the South Pacific - Paola Mardo

• As Trader Vic’s Plans a Comeback, We Need to Reexamine Tiki Bars - Kirk Miller for Inside Hook

• Tiki Kitsch, American Appropriation, and the Disappearance of the Pacific Islander Body - Dan Taulapapa McMullin

• Tiki Notes - Dan Taulapapa McMullin (Published in American Quarterly, Editors Ty Tengan and Paul Lyons)

• "Tiki Manifesto" poem - Dan Taulapapa McMullin (Published by University of Arizona Press, Editor Craig Santos Perez

Tiki: History

• Let’s Talk About Ernest Beaumont Gantt - Chloe Frechette for Punch

• A Match Made in Paradise: The Story of Chinese-Tiki - Garrett Snyder for Punch

• How Chinese Restaurants Shaped Tiki Culture In LA - Hadley Meares for LAist