 Bergeron and his "Trader Vic's" had even more, beginning with his first franchise in Seattle (the "Outrigger") in 1949 and going on to have locations all over the world.Steven Crane's franchise also expanded, and "mom and pop" Tiki bars flourished in the 1950s well into the 1960s across the country in various forms of shapes and sizes.If Tiki culture began as a restaurant theme made to look like a Hollywood set, alcoholic drinks dressed up in elaborate barware are its cornerstones and main actors.