Post #15293 by chefgrey2 on Tue, Dec 3, 2002 9:06 AM

Aloha, and mahalo for responses...Yes, I am a little sworried about opening it in Chicago...but as was pointed out by another post I don't think there is much in the North Chicago suburbs...All's I know is that whenever I visit my friends in Chicago We have to drive all over creation to get to a tiki bar....I do like the mindset that the reason Hala Kahiki is so successful is that it is in the middle of nowhere...that if it was in a trendy area I would've missed the boat by the time I got it set up...I am a chef...I run restaurants...I run them well, but that's all I know how to do...but I've always wanted to run a tiki bar...I've got financing to open whatever I want, but A) I was told it has to be in Chicago area, )B it has to have legs as far as longevity...So, What I wonder most is this...What slant shoul I use to give this thing legs?....Straight Tiki Bar? Tiki Coffee House? Tiki Restauant? Tiki Diner?...Make it more of a Tiki Jazz Club? Give me ideas, Please!......

Gecko: Mahaloz foah da ideas, braddah! I wuz grinding halfway tru reading yo post! Deah ain't no kine local food I can't make Brah...I worked in Maui fo years...Jes wond'rin how authentic I could get widdout scarin' away da haoles...(hey, at least I'm kanaka in spirit)! Aloha, Grey