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| - So, I got pulled into a 'soft' opening of this place. It was the night that people from the PD were there covering it. What is it? It's a tiki bar. No, not the brand new hutch that looks like a corner ice cream vendor but covered in bamboo, this is a REAL tiki bar, like the kind you would find in LA or Chicago. And I have to say that it's a surprising and very welcome addition to CLE's coolness arsenal! It's like the yin to Porco's yang. Easy to get to from the east side, it's a great location that you can actually see from the highway ramp.
Tiki Underground is big for a tiki lounge, with a variety of seating and a ton of potential. The workers were very polite and gracious and they kept stressing that this was a 'soft' opening, but they really had it down! They have their own take on the mai-tai, and it's not the trashy red gunk that most bars will give you, this is a real grown-up cocktail ... and they have all the classics, too. You need a side car or a grasshopper? Tom collins or an old fashioned? They can do it and they do it well. Didn't eat but they had a menu, people were loving the wings here. I'm loving the really elaborate dark wood furnishings and wood carvings all over. There's a patio up front and it will be nice to see what they do in the summer.
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