Tiki Tyme

Tiki Tyme sells island themed gifts and tiki decor from a location on South Tamiami Trail in south Venice, an area of the city that has grown substantially south and east of the historic downtown core over the past two decades. The shop leans into a tropical, Key West adjacent aesthetic, tiki carvings, island wear, and beach themed home decor, a slightly different flavor of coastal retail than the shell and fossil focused gift shops closer to downtown, but one that fits comfortably within Venice’s broader identity as a laid back Gulf Coast beach town.

South Tamiami Trail in this stretch of the city serves the growing residential population south of downtown, an area that has expanded considerably with the development of Wellen Park and surrounding communities inland from the historic barrier island core. A shop like Tiki Tyme, offering island themed gifts and decor, gives that growing population a retail option without requiring a drive all the way into the historic downtown district, while also drawing visitors traveling along US 41 between Venice and the towns farther south.

The tiki and island gift shop concept has become a recognizable retail category throughout coastal Florida, often overlapping with beach souvenir shops but leaning more heavily into tropical bar and patio decor, an aesthetic that resonates strongly with both full time Florida residents decorating a lanai or pool area and seasonal visitors looking to bring a bit of island atmosphere home with them.

As an independently owned gift shop, Tiki Tyme offers south Venice a locally run alternative to the standardized decor available at big box retailers, contributing its own distinct flavor to the range of coastal and beach themed shops scattered throughout the city.

South Venice has grown substantially in recent years as development has spread toward the Wellen Park area farther inland, a master planned community that includes CoolToday Park, spring training home of the Atlanta Braves since 2019, bringing a wave of new residents and visitors to this part of the city who might not otherwise venture into the historic downtown core several miles north. A tropical, tiki themed gift shop like this one benefits from that growth, serving a newer south Venice customer base with island decor and gifts suited to the same laid back Gulf Coast aesthetic that defines much of the city’s retail identity, just delivered through a different storefront than the shell and fossil shops concentrated downtown.