Inspired by Florida's famed Mai-Kai restaurant, Bill Sapp and Lee Henry opened the Kahiki Supper Club in 1961. They set out simply to build a nice Polynesian restaurant and ended up establishing the most magnificent one of them all. Patrons lined up for hours to see the celebrities who dined there--everyone from Betty White to Raymond Burr. Outside, two giant Easter Island heads with flames spouting from their topknots stood guard while customers dined in a faux tribal village with thatched huts, palm trees and a towering fireplace moai. One wall featured aquariums of exotic fish and another had windows overlooking a tropical rainforest with periodic thunderstorms. For nearly forty years, the Kahiki was the undisputed center of tiki culture.
Copyright:
2014
Book Details
Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:
9781625851338
Related ISBNs:
9781626195943
Publisher:
Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Date of Addition:
06/17/16
Copyrighted By:
Doug Motz, Elise Meyers Walker, David Meyers, Jeff Chenault
