urgent : important news regarding kona / sam's seafood - General Tiki

T tikiyaki Tiki Socialite The Exotic Port of REDONDO BEACH, CA Joined: May 18, 2004 Posts: 2725	T tikiyaki Posted posted on Thu, Feb 19, 2009 8:21 AM On 2009-02-19 07:42, Big Kahuna wrote: Been watching this develop from 3000 miles away & I got goosebumps when I read the final news. That is awesome! You guys don't know how good you've got it out there. We're fortunate to have a few decent Tiki joints around her, (Kowloon, Bali Hai, Huke Lau), but there is very little appreciation for mid-century anything. This is where the freakin Pilgrims landed, so any preservation is aimed at 200 year old buildings not 50 year old buildings. They just keep knocking down everything mid-century & putting up damn Walgreen's & BJ's Wholesale Clubs! This stuff happens so fast that, even if we united to help, we don't stand a chance. Hooray for you guys. I'm trying to figure out a way to visit SoCal in the coming year, but my wallet is fighting me all the way. When I do, I hope to meet up with a bunch of you folks! Congrats & Mahalo Rick Well, as someone who grew up in the land of virtually NO tiki - Long Island - I certainly know how "good" we have it. That being said....there is the same apathy for Mid Century Architecture here too. For me, that's why I take this whole Sam's/Kona thing so seriously. This place is special, and now hopefully with Don moving in there, it will return to the glory of it's heyday when it was Sam's, but we're still in a horrible economy, and things aren't like they were 40 years ago, so there is no certainty...which means... SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL TIKI BAR !!! Not for nothin', but those place you have up there in the Northeast are really cool, and when I see the threads with the photos, I get a little jealous that you guys have a place like Kowloon....old school. [ Edited by: tikiyaki 2009-02-19 08:43 ]

On 2009-02-19 07:42, Big Kahuna wrote:
Been watching this develop from 3000 miles away & I got goosebumps when I read the final news. That is awesome! You guys don't know how good you've got it out there. We're fortunate to have a few decent Tiki joints around her, (Kowloon, Bali Hai, Huke Lau), but there is very little appreciation for mid-century anything. This is where the freakin Pilgrims landed, so any preservation is aimed at 200 year old buildings not 50 year old buildings. They just keep knocking down everything mid-century & putting up damn Walgreen's & BJ's Wholesale Clubs! This stuff happens so fast that, even if we united to help, we don't stand a chance. Hooray for you guys. I'm trying to figure out a way to visit SoCal in the coming year, but my wallet is fighting me all the way. When I do, I hope to meet up with a bunch of you folks! Congrats & Mahalo
Rick

Well, as someone who grew up in the land of virtually NO tiki - Long Island - I certainly know how "good" we have it. That being said....there is the same apathy for Mid Century Architecture here too. For me, that's why I take this whole Sam's/Kona thing so seriously. This place is special, and now hopefully with Don moving in there, it will return to the glory of it's heyday when it was Sam's, but we're still in a horrible economy, and things aren't like they were 40 years ago, so there is no certainty...which means...

SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL TIKI BAR !!!

Not for nothin', but those place you have up there in the Northeast are really cool, and when I see the threads with the photos, I get a little jealous that you guys have a place like Kowloon....old school.

[ Edited by: tikiyaki 2009-02-19 08:43 ]

Post #435112 by tikiyaki on Thu, Feb 19, 2009 8:21 AM