The Building – Mai-Kai: History and Mystery Book

Another Mai Kai

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No, this post is not about the Mai-Kai’s plans to open new restaurants in New York City or San Diego,

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Recently added to the Mai-Kai archive, an image from someone traveling through Fort Lauderdale in 1966. You can see their

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I had never heard of the Fiji dining room at the Mai-Kai. No one I talked to ever mentioned it.

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

Via Google maps you can now explore inside the Mai-Kai and through the gardens in 3-D. Click here.

The only place to officially celebrate the release of my book is the Mai-Kai. Join me in Fort Lauderdale September

They may not be the most exciting pieces in the collection, but when you have been searching for years for

A video preview of images from the book and my presentation set to a song by Toti, founder of the