[Portland, OR] - Hale Pele
If you couldn't tell, I like themed restaurants and bars. It makes things interesting. One of my favorite themes is tiki. A new tiki bar in Sacramento just opened up, so that is on my list of places to go and check out. It just happened that I was in Portland in December, and Hale Pele was just down the street from where I was staying. With some good reviews and what looked like flaming drinks, I had to go see for myself. The interior is dark, like most tiki bars (that I have been to anyway). Lots of kitsch all over the place. Everyone in big groups and seem to be sharing crazy looking drinks. I couldn't wait to join in the fun! Luckily there was one big table left for the four of us and we took our time looking over the immense menu. It was pretty hard to choose which drink to start with. So many things sounded interesting, and there were a ton of cool looking cups. We ended up getting the volcano bowl to start. You have to really like rum to enjoy it, as the rum tas...