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Post #235626 by donhonyc on Fri, Jun 2, 2006 11:16 PM

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The hawaii kai was closed decades before this movie was made.

There were many hawaiian restaurants in queens at one time. Sadly all are gone now.

As far as I know the Hawaii Kai was there on Broadway into the 1980s not long before 'Goodfellas' was released.

There is still one Hawaiian restaurant left in Queens called King Yum. I was there last year and business was booming. Apparently they have a very popular Karaoke night on Wednesdays and Fridays. According to the management every seat/table is full on Fridays, so I would like to think that they're still there now carrying on as usual.