Kalpana Kalpana (Editor)

Tiki Boyd's

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Type
  
Tiki bar

Founder
  
Boyd Rice

Area served
  
Capitol Hill (Denver)

Founded
  
2005 (2005)

Headquarters
  
Denver, United States

Parent
  
Ramada Denver Downtown

Tiki Boyd's

Tiki Boyd's was a tiki bar in Denver, Colorado in operation from 2005-2006. Experimental sound/noise musician Boyd Rice designed the bar, revamping the bar originally known as the East Coast Bar located in the Ramada Denver Downtown. A tiki enthusiast, Rice provided art from his personal collection for the bar. Rice is also a tiki scholar, having written an essay for Martin McIntosh's book, Taboo: The Art of Tiki. Friend of Boyd Rice Lorin Partridge tended bar, and the bar was known for a drink called a Bronze Serpent. The music was played exclusively from vinyl including records by Martin Denny and Arthur Lyman, also from Rice's collection.

Contents

Location

Historically, site of the Ramada in which Tiki Boyd's was located used to be the Heart o' Denver Motor Hotel (1960-1975), which featured a bar called the Tiki Bar. Eli Hedley, the man who popularized the beachcomber aesthetic, designed the tiki lounge at the motor hotel. The site is also historically noteworthy for being located on Colfax Avenue, the longest commercial street in the United States of America.

Closure

Tiki Boyd's changed names, themes, and management in early 2006, when Boyd Rice withdrew his support, decorations, and music collection from the bar.

References

Tiki Boyd's Wikipedia