Post #517401 by bigbrotiki on Mon, Mar 15, 2010 12:15 AM

Very true, see my foreword in Tiki Road Trip. The Mai Kai is THE most amazing repository of Tiki culture still in existence --and that in living, breathing form. I had the good fortune of getting to photograph some of its features again, this time for Pete Moruzzi's new book on classic American dining places, "America After Dark", less than a month ago, in February.

In the course of this I had the pleasure of drinking and dining three consecutive nights in the Samoa and in the Tahiti Room, and must say that the various Mai Tais, Rum Barrels and Dark & Stormies I consumed were all delicious! This was AFTER taking the photos, of course :) , of which one, the exterior below, was liked so much by the Mai Kai that they will use it as a postcard.

I vote to leave this thread be now, the valid concern it brought up has been sufficiently discussed and explained, and after that the headline seems a little harsh to be made to pop up again and again. Mahalo