Tiki Theatre

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:
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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.

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….

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.

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.

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.

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).

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.

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.

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

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?

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.

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Tim David