Post #235762 by Queen Kamehameha on Sat, Jun 3, 2006 7:50 PM

On 2006-06-02 23:16, donhonyc wrote:

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.

thanks DonHonyc, I dont remember the King Yum. Is it original to the 60's? I used to frequent mai Kai in whitestone, its now a seafood house.

On the Goodfellas, not sure when Hawaii Kai closed, you might be right, I just dont know, but the restaurant in the movie is not it. The hawaii kai, was a complete hawaiian restaurant, drinks , mugs, staues, water falls, etc. A friend said there was a hawaiian bar on astoria blvd years ago that was called Bamboo "something", it burned down mysteriously, I assume that's why everyone thinks it's that restaurant. I am going to do some digging on this. It will be interesting to find out.

Amy