KONA-KAI, Panama City Beach, Tikis located! - Locating Tiki

T Tikigoob Tiki Socialite Florida Joined: Mar 06, 2005 Posts: 153	T Tikigoob Posted posted on Wed, Apr 29, 2009 9:54 PM I did a couple of google searchs on this... and found that there is a book called Panama City by J.D. Weeks that references The Kona Kai on page 110... It is now a restaurant called Pompanos... their website offers no external views of the restaurant... but the interior still has a tiki-ish feel... their website is http://discoverpompanos.com Supposedly it's the same building... Don't know if any tikis are still there... I'll check it out the next time that I am over there... The book talks about the Kona Kai advertising "dining on the shores of an enchanted lagoon," (Lake Flora) and also mentions a recipe for their Banana Tiki which was provided to the author on a cocktail napkin by a bartender back in the 60's...

I did a couple of google searchs on this... and found that there is a book called Panama City by J.D. Weeks that references The Kona Kai on page 110...
It is now a restaurant called Pompanos... their website offers no external views of the restaurant... but the interior still has a tiki-ish feel... their website is http://discoverpompanos.com
Supposedly it's the same building... Don't know if any tikis are still there... I'll check it out the next time that I am over there...

The book talks about the Kona Kai advertising "dining on the shores of an enchanted lagoon," (Lake Flora) and also mentions a recipe for their Banana Tiki which was provided to the author on a cocktail napkin by a bartender back in the 60's...

Post #450647 by Tikigoob on Wed, Apr 29, 2009 9:54 PM