Mai Kai 50th Anniv. - a look back in pictures! - General Tiki

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Mon, Nov 30, 2009 11:30 AM Great find. Like the Lanai in San Mateo: There the carved door also became one of menu covers. Some Tiki temple doors (and door handles) really had some nice creative concepts. Trader Vic's S.F., the Chin Tiki... And now we also know where the Traders Restaurant at the Aku Tiki Inn... http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=29385&forum=5&vpost=421637 ...took its entrance door concept: Meet the Chipmunk Cannibals! (also page 262 in Tiki Modern) And yet another example how the Mai Kai really was the cradle of Florida East-coast Tiki and inspired others to follow its lead.

Great find. Like the Lanai in San Mateo: There the carved door also became one of menu covers. Some Tiki temple doors (and door handles) really had some nice creative concepts. Trader Vic's S.F., the Chin Tiki...

And now we also know where the Traders Restaurant at the Aku Tiki Inn...
http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=29385&forum=5&vpost=421637

...took its entrance door concept:

Meet the Chipmunk Cannibals! (also page 262 in Tiki Modern)
And yet another example how the Mai Kai really was the cradle of Florida East-coast Tiki and inspired others to follow its lead.

Post #496440 by bigbrotiki on Mon, Nov 30, 2009 11:30 AM