08/16/2026
π΄ I Hope Youβll Take a Minute to Read This... β€οΈ
After 42 years in construction and 26 years of building tiki bars, I've spent a whole lot of my life with tools in my hands π¨ and a whole lot of it looking through the windshield of a truck. π
Building tiki bars has taken me all over the country. πΊπΈ I've met some incredible people, built bars in places I never imagined I'd go, and made a lot of great memories along the way. π΄πΉ
And I'm not done. Not even close. πͺπ΄
I still love walking into my shop with a pile of lumber and turning it into something that didn't exist a couple weeks earlier. π¨ I still love seeing a customer's reaction when we finish an installation and they finally get to stand behind their own Tiki Kev bar. πΉ After all these years, that part hasn't gotten old.
But the traveling has. ππ΄
This year alone we've already been to Nebraska, upstate New York, Long Island and Maryland, along with several projects throughout New Jersey and Pennsylvania, and later this month we're heading to Florida for two more installations. βοΈπ΄ Somewhere along the way I realized that the part I used to enjoy, loading up the truck and heading across the country for another adventure, just doesn't have the same appeal anymore.
So I'm making a change. π΄
Tiki Kev's Tiki Bars isn't going anywhere. π΄π¨ I'm still building custom tiki bars, tiki huts and doing installations. I'm just going to start concentrating more of my work closer to home throughout Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland, including the shore and beach towns. ποΈπ
There will probably still be an occasional road trip when the right project comes along. π I'm just not looking to spend several days behind the wheel for every build anymore.
After 26 years, I think I've earned the right to let the truck get a little more rest. πππ€
To everyone who has trusted me to build something for their backyard, business, pool, patio or little piece of paradise over the years, thank you. β€οΈ Some of you started as customers and became friends, and that's probably the best thing I've gotten out of all those miles. π΄
I'm still here.
I'm still building. π¨
And I'm still bringing that island vibe to your backyard. π΄πΉ
Just hopefully a backyard a little closer to mine. πβ€οΈ