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History & Mystery of The Iconic Tiki Restaurant

Ephemera

2018 Molokai Bar 60th Anniversary

May 7, 2018 swanky 1 Comment hukilau, molokai bar

Reserve your place for my presentation at the Hukilau HERE. We all know today’s Molokai Bar with it’s nautical theme

April 19, 2018 swanky 0 Comments

Join Swanky for an afternoon of Mai-Kai history with ephemera, images, video, Mai-Kai veterans and stories free at The Hukilau!

“The $100,000 drink” managed a bit of advertisement amazingness by having the Mai-Kai mentioned in the ads by Rums of

February 8, 2018 swanky 0 Comments

Matchbooks are probably the most economical way to get into collecting. Matchbooks are generally small, cheap and inexpensive to mail.

This short lived idea to reward the regulars and promote camaraderie was another crazy brain-child of the Mai-Kai managers and

January 25, 2018 swanky 0 Comments

A couple on their honeymoon in 1959 came to the Mai-Kai. They revisited a few years ago and gave the

Mariano Licudine didn’t get the coverage I wanted in the book. I just was too pressed for time. I hope

I have talked to many people who worked at the Mai-Kai over the years. When asked about the old uniforms,

The Mai-Kai created the Happy Talk newsletter to send out to the snowbirds back home to help keep them in

A nice article on Tales of the Cocktail about drinking clubs at Tiki establishments. There is a chapter in my