The travel guide for Tiki aficionados known as Critiki has announced the top 10 Tiki bars in the world and one of those bars is based right here in Milwaukee.
<a href="https://critiki.com/" target="_blank" link-data="{"link":{"attributes":[],"linkText":"Critiki","target":"NEW","url":"https://critiki.com/","_id":"00000184-c387-d511-ada5-ffdf2a520002","_type":"ff658216-e70f-39d0-b660-bdfe57a5599a"},"_id":"00000184-c387-d511-ada5-ffdf2a520003","_type":"809caec9-30e2-3666-8b71-b32ddbffc288"}">Critiki</a> is a travel guide and historic archive of Polynesian Pop culture hotspots around the world, with information on over 1,000 tiki bars, restaurants, hotels and more.
Riverwest's own Foundation was ranked number 5 in Critiki's 2017's Ten Best Tiki Bars in the world. In 2016, Foundation was ranked #4 and they were ranked #8 in 2015.
Read more below.
Here is how Critiki described Foundation:
"For years, Foundation has been a sleeper hit. Owner Don Nelson brought his bar into its current tiki-encrusted state over time, with a big assist from local carver Dave Hansen. It took a while for the rest of the country to catch up with what Milwaukee already knew: Foundation is world class tiki. But word has been out for a while now, and more folks are going out of their way to visit Foundation. If you’re considering a trip, they’ve made it even easier, with a tiki-themed Airbnb directly above the bar."
Congratulations to Foundation!!!
Also check out Critki's story on local carver Dan Hansen.