Tiki Theatre

5462 Santa Monica Boulevard,
Los Angeles, CA 90029

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kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on August 5, 2007 at 5:16 pm

If you look at this 1924 photo, the building that says “public market” was probably torn down and replaced by the Tiki’s current structure:
http://tinyurl.com/ynv2dx

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on August 3, 2007 at 2:01 pm

I’m not sure if you’re being facetious about your wife, but regardless this isn’t really the place for those kind of comments. Plenty of other websites for that.

Kendogg
Kendogg on August 3, 2007 at 1:07 pm

There is an adult bookstore in Whittier that is off Whittier blvd about a block east of the 605 freeway on whittier blvd, right across the street from a park. The bookstore is called Le Sex Shoppe. The place is a very clean bookstore with by far the best video booths I have ever seen. The booths are huge, I was able to fit 6 guys once when they took advantage of my wife. There are lots of cruiser in there so if your into sharing a booth with a person to watch a movie thats the place to be

tss8499
tss8499 on July 28, 2007 at 4:13 pm

I just went back to the Tiki theater (7/21/2007) and found out that on weekends, the parking meters are NOT enforced. That means that you can enjoy yourself through out the day and night at the Tiki Theater. There is hope after all….

tss8499
tss8499 on July 12, 2007 at 9:22 am

To done840: I haven’t been to the Tiki in the past few weeks. I live in the Long Beach area and at times it is worth the drive to see a decent triple feature of porn and get in on the action, if you want to. The price is $12.00 for admission, but the seats are comfortable and, if you go at mid-day, you shouldn’t be hassled by the oddballs who show up in the middle of the night. One other thing, parking at that time of the day is tricky. The parking meters only accept one hour parking and the Tiki theater attendant won’t let you run out and put more money in the meter. So, unless you find a parking lot nearby, you are screwed. Good luck. Oh, and as far as the theatre in Commerce, when the Front Door theatre was about to close late last year, they let customers know that they were moving to Commerce soon afterwards. I checked over the next couple of months and couldn’t find it.

done480
done480 on July 11, 2007 at 7:40 pm

Is the Tiki worth the drive from Orange County. I’d go up late mornings or early afternoon to avoid traffic. Looking for a good place to view or preview porn. Heard of a place in Commerace, (Video previews) but no location!

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on June 20, 2007 at 11:08 pm

There is a long, long article in the LA Times dated 9/7/77 about the porno business in LA. The Tiki is mentioned in passing. It looks like the reporter tracked down every adult theater and bookstore in the city and listed their address, talked to the owners, etc. As the archives database doesn’t let you copy and paste, I can’t put the whole thing here. Interesting reading if you can access the Times archive on the LA Library site.

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on June 20, 2007 at 10:50 pm

The Front Door and the Atlantic in Long Beach are still standing, albeit closed and shabby looking.

reluctantpopstar
reluctantpopstar on May 3, 2007 at 3:22 am

What the hell is a “xymposium” anyway?

I guess that has to do with “X” rated movies?

Anyone have any idea how long this place has been going? It probably opened during the heyday of “tiki” culture in the late 1950’s. What a throwback. Tons of places like this used to be in downtown LA on Main Street. They’re all gone now.

tss8499
tss8499 on April 14, 2007 at 4:41 am

Re: the posting by ACT on 3/8/2007

I, too, visited the Tiki Adult Theatre four times since the Front Door Adult Theatre closed in Long Beach in early January 2007. I have been there at different times of the day and night and found the atmosphere mixed. Twice, there were crazy people in there looking for a fight. That is NOT what I am looking for. I have to admit that this was in the late evening on the weekends when this happened. Maybe I will hit it in the middle of the day and see if it is any different. If not, the drive is not worth it to me and I will continue to look for still active adult theatres in the Los Angeles/Orange County area. If anyone knows of any others in that area, could you please let me know. I think this era of going and enjoying ourselves in comfort is coming to a close in Southern California.

Act
Act on March 8, 2007 at 11:41 am

I have visited the Tiki 3 or 4 times since January 2007. It appears to be under new ownership. The broken down old seats have been replaced with wide and comfortable new ones, and there is considerably more legroom between the rows. Management is making an effort to move the sleepers out by limiting a person’s stay to 4 hours. There seems to be very little paranoia and the patrons display and play freely. From what I saw, the crowd was pretty much older and blue collar with mixed ethnicity… not surprising given the neighborhood. The first few times I visited since the new ownership the movies were very bland and ordinary… not kinky or rough enough for my taste. But the last time I was there all three films had a gang-bang theme, the actors were not as pretty, and overall the whole scene was hotter. I doubt that many couples will find their way to the Tiki, but since the closing of the Front Door in Long Beach it is left at the only place a person can go in Los Angeles to enjoy straight porn in a public setting. Admission has been raised to $12. My visits are generally around noon on weekdays, and there were 8 to 20 men in the audience. I suspect that evenings, especially weekend evenings, the crowd is larger (and the possible police risk greater).

tss8499
tss8499 on January 20, 2007 at 6:11 am

The Front Door adult theater in Long Beach closed down permanently in early January 2007. That whole block looks like it will be demolished and replaced with something else. Does anyone know of any other adult theaters in the Long Beach/Orange County area that still exist?

SingleScreen
SingleScreen on November 2, 2006 at 1:48 pm

The Tikki is a frightening place. I stumbled upon it while very briefly living in Los Angeles in 2004. FIrst of all, it is the BRIGHTEST adult theater I have ever been in. Walking in from the bright California sunshine, your eyes need no time to adjust…it’s so damn bright. Perhaps the management does that to keep an eye on things. The crowd is sparse and scary. Seems like many go there to sleep. The volume of the videos is cranked up so loud, I had a headache by the time I left. The admission was very cheap, less than ten dollars if I remember correctly. I don’t think a couple would feel very comfortable here at all.

tbdavid
tbdavid on September 30, 2006 at 8:00 am

The TikI was never a Pussycat.

bigshot
bigshot on August 30, 2006 at 4:30 pm

To socalfuncouple9: Try the Front Door theatre in Long Beach, at Atlantic and South. I was there on a Tuesday around noon and saw a couple get friendly with a customer then had a good time together right there in the theater. Check it out. Just make friends with the guard and everything will be cool.

tbdavid
tbdavid on June 5, 2006 at 3:51 pm

this theatre was never a pussycat or even owned by walnut properties, the pussyct parent co.

TheNewGuy8
TheNewGuy8 on May 18, 2006 at 11:12 pm

Anyone know of any live show booths. I remember going to one in Boston. Just insert cash and the girl will put on a show just for you behind the glass. I can’t seem to find anything like that here in Southern California. Shouldn’t there be something out here???

Thanks

Facerfilms
Facerfilms on January 15, 2006 at 5:13 am

I have recently came accross a flag from the pussycat theater. It’s red satin, with the logo in white. Does anyone have any idea what it might be worth ?

vidman
vidman on October 18, 2005 at 12:17 am

socalfuncouple9, I frequent the front door in long beach. I’ve had fun with quite a few couples there! Would you like to meet up sometime?

socalfuncouple9
socalfuncouple9 on October 13, 2005 at 10:15 am

Adult Theaters were fun, missed going. We as a couple enjoyed going the the Studio in Buena Park, up the street was a Pussycat that was run down an attracted more of a gay crowd. Also, Long Beach had one on Ocean that was fun. Does anyone know of a nice theater were couple go in OC or LA area? or even San Diego area?

johnkriza
johnkriza on September 20, 2005 at 4:28 pm

This place is completly seedy and disgusting in the WORST part of Hollywood. I can only imagine what the girls looked like that stripped there. Both this place and The Cave are health hazards. If you guys want porn. RENT.

Ken Roe
Ken Roe on March 21, 2005 at 5:25 pm

The Tiki is definately a storefront theatre.

When I went to take a look at it, what intrigued me was the theatre that it backs onto…This theatre building has the slightly faded sign Oxford Theatre painted on the stage house (probably dating from the 1940’s or early 1950’s). It is visible as you travel east along Santa Monica and at first I thought it was perhaps the stage tower of the Tiki Theatre, but no…..

Inspecting the ‘Oxford Theatre’ further I discovered the main facade and entrance located around the corner at 1089 N. Oxford Avenue. The auditorium is parallel to Santa Monica Blvd behind the stores and the Tiki Theatre. N. Oxford is one block west along Santa Monica Boulevard from where the 101 crosses Santa Monica Blvd. It is now home of the the MET Theatre and their website states there is a 99 seat theatre and another performance space in the building (no history on the building they occupy though)

I have no record of the Oxford Theatre operating as a movie theatre in Film Daily yearbooks that I have from 1941. Did it ever screen movies or was it always a local stage theatre?

tbdavid
tbdavid on January 16, 2005 at 9:38 am

Hey Bugsmoran…..
I would like to hear from you. Please drop me a line with the information you have.
Thanks!
Tim David