In Bellingham, the tiki bar wasn’t an offering in a place filled with craft breweries until 2018, when Red Rum opened its doors at 113 East Magnolia Street. A classic tiki bar experience, it is undoubtedly the only Whatcom County watering hole featuring real pufferfish skeletons as lighting fixtures.

Entering Red Rum is to be instantly transported from the reality of living somewhere that often sees too much rain and not enough sunlight (in winter, at least). Thatched hut booths, bamboo wall coverings, and plenty of tiki statues dot a low-lit landscape where food and rum flow freely to the tunes of vintage music.

Red Rum’s drink menu features all the heavy hitters of the tiki bar: Mai Tais, Zombies, Fogcutters, Painkillers, and Sidewinder’s Fangs join lesser-known but equally tasty concoctions like the Planet of the Apes and Chief Lapu Lapu.

The food menu of Red Rum consists of appetizers and sandwiches. The former includes chicken wings, bacon-wrapped avocado pieces, coconut prawns, and chicharrones, while the latter includes Caribbean fish, Jamaican jerk chicken, and vegetarian options.