California / San Francisco
Smuggler's Cove
Three floors of shipwreck theming and the deepest rum library on the West Coast, built by people who treat tiki as serious anthropology.
Getting in
Front door, no reservation, expect a line on weekends.
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Nui Nui
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Smuggler's Cove: Exotic Cocktails & Tiki
The definitive tiki text: rum categories, syrups, and why your mai tai tastes wrong.
Tiki Cocktail Kit
Orgeat, falernum and grenadine — the three syrups every tiki drink secretly depends on.
Ceramic Tiki Mugs
Opaque on purpose: the drink is a secret, the vessel is the show.
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