Post #228921 by lakrahn on Wed, Apr 26, 2006 10:27 PM

I miss the Mai Tai. I wish I could find more about it online and more stuff about it in general; I forget when exactly it disappeared, it may have happened when I was away at college (early '90s) if not sooner.

It was a restaurant with island themed decor, it looked a lot like an extremely big grass shack from the outside and it was near Lake Minnetonka (though I can't recall if there was actually any outdoor dining, when I went there with my parents, we ate indoors).

I remember going there once on my birthday with my family and they embarassed me by having the strolling Hawaiian guitar player guy sing to me in honor of my birthday, he did "You must have been a beautiful baby" and I'm not sure what else.

They served pina coladas, my Mom always had one. And I think there was tropical flare to the food. I loved the decor.

I did find a matchbook from the place once at an antique shop in Hopkins, MN-- if I track it down, I'll scan it in and submit it over at Critiki.

I can't recall what, if any, merchandise they sold. I was a kid and teenager when we went there, my memories are from the '80s or maybe late '70s. We didn't go there all that often or maybe I'd remember more. I also wasn't into tiki stuff then, but perhaps it's what got me interested later on.