Remembering the Surfboard Bar
The original bar at the Mai-Kai was not the Molokai Bar, but the Surfboard Bar. It was made from real,
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Cocktails
2018 Molokai Bar 60th Anniversary
Reserve your place for my presentation at the Hukilau HERE. We all know today’s Molokai Bar with it’s nautical theme
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Derby Daiquiri Ads
“The $100,000 drink” managed a bit of advertisement amazingness by having the Mai-Kai mentioned in the ads by Rums of
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#TBT 1958-59 The Okole Maluna Society
This short lived idea to reward the regulars and promote camaraderie was another crazy brain-child of the Mai-Kai managers and
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#TBT 1959 Mai-Kai Entrance and Drink Menu
A couple on their honeymoon in 1959 came to the Mai-Kai. They revisited a few years ago and gave the
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Mariano Licudine – “The Houdini of the Liquids”
Mariano Licudine didn’t get the coverage I wanted in the book. I just was too pressed for time. I hope
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Presentation and Signing at Cane Rhum Bar, Charleston, SC Nov 19
We have been eagerly awaiting the opening of Cane Rhum Bar & Caribbean Kitchen in our second home of Charleston,
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The History, Mystery and Community of Tiki Bar Loyalty Clubs
A nice article on Tales of the Cocktail about drinking clubs at Tiki establishments. There is a chapter in my
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Swanky’s Headshrinker Recipe
For those who attended my presentation on the Mai-Kai and Don the Beachcomber at Tiki Oasis 2016, here is the
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Tiki Oasis Presentation and Book Signing
Join me at the oldest, biggest, and grandest Tiki event in the world, Tiki Oasis, for a special Mai-Kai history
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