UT
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A few pics I dug up about the long gone Tur Mai Kai. Sorry for the quality. I don't have a scanner so these are pics of photo copies. The first one shows the OA Tikis out front one 10' and the other 8' tall.
An ad from the 1969 phone book
The Lum's (owners) at the carved front doors
The interior "village" area designed by OA at a cost of 75,000 in 1969! kind of a grainy pic but it's all thats left.
A couple of news clips showing artist drawings.
Another news clip of what would become the menu art. and the grand opening.
The news clips talk of the watrer fall over the cocktail hut and the fish laden stream with a bridge over it. Many seperate theamed huts to dine in and fresh fish and fruit flown in daily from around the world. Sadly the Lum's sold the Tur Mai Kai in I belive 1979. The place lived on as the Peking Palace until it was closed and torn down a about two years ago. It still had drinks in mugs and tiki could still be seen. It sure would be nice to stop by for a "Hawaiian Orgy" cocktail on a snowy Michigan day like this but I have to settle for my old TMK menu and my home lounge.
"Anyone who has ever seen them is thereafter haunted as if by a feverish dream" Karl Woermann
[ Edited by: uncle trav 2014-12-20 18:38 ]
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