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Post #379513 by bigbrotiki on Sun, May 11, 2008 5:47 AM

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I asked the bum, and even he did not have any knowledge of the liquor law situation back then in S.L.C....has it changed since? Could all these cocktails really have been virgin? Was that maybe the reason why the place only lasted 8 years, the Polynesian food being the proverbial fish out of water without proper potion power? C'mon, SOMEONE here has to know about Salt Lake restaurant laws...!?

By the way, did anybody notice where Johnny swiped his menu cover Tiki from ?:

Straight from the United Airlines menu Tiki... (the original sculpture of him is standing in the Bishop Museum, I believe):

This menu cover was just mentioned here on TC, both menus can be enjoyed as full page illustrations in TIKI MODERN. :)
United Airlines clearly based the best example of its travel agency Tikis on this guy, too, here is Swanky's complete set up:

[ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2008-05-11 05:48 ]