MAI-KAI cocktail lounge, South Haven Mi. - Locating Tiki

B boutiki Tiki Socialite The fly-over states Joined: Jun 03, 2002 Posts: 497	B boutiki Posted posted on Sun, Aug 24, 2008 9:27 PM uncle trav, Save your gas. There is nothing Tiki left at the old Fidelman's Mai Kai. We have family with a cottage in the area that we frequently visit and we drive by the place on our way down Phoenix Road. We met the original owner years ago and she gave us an old brochure which shows what it looked like. She did not have any old photos. Just the cocktail lounge was Tiki, not the whole resort. Apparently back in the day, it was really hopping with some big name entertainers and was "The" place for nightlife in Southwest Michigan. The family sold it and it became Camp Agudah, a Jewish summer camp. They continued to operate the Fideland Fun Park next door where they had an arcade, bumper boats and go-karts, but sadly it appears to have closed this year. I recall that the brochure showed some Witco in the Mai Kai lounge. I'll have to find that and scan it. We have forever been looking for artifacts from there as Amy's folks remember visiting the place. All I've ever seen besides the matchbook you posted was a glass ashtray with their logo and a Tiki in the design. -Duke Check out Tiki Quest at http://www.pegboardchicago.com/TCintro.html Tiki Central members get a discount and a special premium! [ Edited by: boutiki 2008-08-24 21:29 ]

uncle trav,
Save your gas. There is nothing Tiki left at the old Fidelman's Mai Kai. We have family with a cottage in the area that we frequently visit and we drive by the place on our way down Phoenix Road. We met the original owner years ago and she gave us an old brochure which shows what it looked like. She did not have any old photos. Just the cocktail lounge was Tiki, not the whole resort. Apparently back in the day, it was really hopping with some big name entertainers and was "The" place for nightlife in Southwest Michigan.

The family sold it and it became Camp Agudah, a Jewish summer camp. They continued to operate the Fideland Fun Park next door where they had an arcade, bumper boats and go-karts, but sadly it appears to have closed this year.

I recall that the brochure showed some Witco in the Mai Kai lounge. I'll have to find that and scan it. We have forever been looking for artifacts from there as Amy's folks remember visiting the place. All I've ever seen besides the matchbook you posted was a glass ashtray with their logo and a Tiki in the design.
-Duke

Check out Tiki Quest at http://www.pegboardchicago.com/TCintro.html
Tiki Central members get a discount and a special premium!

[ Edited by: boutiki 2008-08-24 21:29 ]

Post #403745 by boutiki on Sun, Aug 24, 2008 9:27 PM