Palm Springs Tiki Bars

The Chi Chi had a Polynesian theme.

The Chi Chi (not Chi Chi Club) in Palm Springs had a great Polynesian theme. You couldn't tell from the outside, but once you walked in tiki was everywhere.

The Chi Chi was one of the earliest nightclubs to have a Polynesian theme, a theme popular in the 1950s. In 1941 the Chi Chi was one of the first tiki themed hot spot in the United States.

While today there is no Chi Chi in downtown Palm Springs, there is Toucans at the north end, the only bar in the city that has a tiki theme.

This doesn't mean that there are no private tiki bars in the city. Many homes have a tiki bar to accent their bare steel, concrete and glass architecture.