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Los Feliz's Tiki-Ti Reopens Tomorrow!
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Don't call it a comeback: after beloved Los Feliz watering hole Tiki-Ti "indefinitely closed" for "restructuring and stuff," the 54-year old tiki bar will be reopen for the weekend.On Wednesday afternoon Tiki-Ti's Facebook page posted a picture announcing the bar's "return to normalcy" on Friday, May 22. "We will be open from 4 p.m.-2 a.m. this Friday and Saturday, returning to our regular days and hours," the note continues.
Posted by Tiki Ti on Wednesday, May 20, 2015
And just in case you there remained skepticism in your mind, Vicky Buhen—whose father-in-law opened the bar in 1961—tells the L.A. Times, "We are definitely coming back Friday." I'll drink a mai tai to that!
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