Club Waikiki - Chicago, IL - Vintage Tiki Bar - 3/4 Sleeve Raglan T-Shirt Size:M Tiki bars like this one

Tiki bars like this one weren't just restaurants

A minimalist gray building silhouette sits beneath two suns

OR GET BUSY DYING" in a weathered

followed by a thin horizontal decorative line

and that half is why the other half drinks

Club Waikiki - Chicago, IL - Vintage Tiki Bar - 3/4 Sleeve Raglan T-Shirt Size:M Tiki bars like this oneClub Waikiki on Wilson Avenue brought the South Pacific to Chicago's Uptown neighborhood during the mid century tiki craze. Blending Cantonese cuisine with steaks, seafood, and exotic tropical drinks, it embodied the postwar American fascination with Polynesian escapism. Spots like this gave working families a taste of paradise without ever leaving the city. Part of our Vintage Tiki collection, celebrating the defunct golden era bars of yesteryear.