Makai Restaurant and Gift Shop, , FL (restaurant) - Locating Tiki

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Tue, May 5, 2009 7:47 AM The Makai must have been the restaurant mentioned by your old nemesis in this thread here: http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=3191&forum=1&start=0 traderfranks Tiki Centralite Joined: Apr 11, 2002 Posts: 39 From: Fresno Posted: 2003-04-01 8:21 pm That same complex that houses the hotel and retired living area used to also have a large tiki-style restaurant (the retirement area was on each side of the restaurant and the hotel was just to the east of the restaurant and retirement living area, if memory serves). The last time I saw it was maybe two years ago and at that time the restaurant was gutted and for sale! The interior was totally empty except for a mounted marlin (fish)! However, the exterior had really cool human-sized abstract (almost 50s biomorphic style) tikis carved of lava that were set into the exterior walls. There was also plenty of Polynesian-style wood trim (tiki totems, etc.). I often thought of calling the real estate broker to see if they would sell or allow the salvage of the tiki stuff from the restaurant, but I was too preoccupied with my dissertation to deal with that. Since you didn't mention the restaurant, I assume that they demolished it. "....the exterior had really cool human-sized abstract (almost 50s biomorphic style) tikis carved of lava that were set into the exterior walls..." Ouh man, sounds like the stuff Tiki archeologists dreams are made off. Someone please tell there is visual proof of these wonders somewhere, and not all is lost like....tears in rain :cry:

The Makai must have been the restaurant mentioned by your old nemesis in this thread here:

http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=3191&forum=1&start=0

traderfranks
Tiki Centralite

Joined: Apr 11, 2002
Posts: 39
From: Fresno
Posted: 2003-04-01 8:21 pm

That same complex that houses the hotel and retired living area used to also have a large tiki-style restaurant (the retirement area was on each side of the restaurant and the hotel was just to the east of the restaurant and retirement living area, if memory serves). The last time I saw it was maybe two years ago and at that time the restaurant was gutted and for sale! The interior was totally empty except for a mounted marlin (fish)! However, the exterior had really cool human-sized abstract (almost 50s biomorphic style) tikis carved of lava that were set into the exterior walls. There was also plenty of Polynesian-style wood trim (tiki totems, etc.). I often thought of calling the real estate broker to see if they would sell or allow the salvage of the tiki stuff from the restaurant, but I was too preoccupied with my dissertation to deal with that. Since you didn't mention the restaurant, I assume that they demolished it.

"....the exterior had really cool human-sized abstract (almost 50s biomorphic style) tikis carved of lava that were set into the exterior walls..."

Ouh man, sounds like the stuff Tiki archeologists dreams are made off. Someone please tell there is visual proof of these wonders somewhere, and not all is lost like....tears in rain :cry:

Post #451809 by bigbrotiki on Tue, May 5, 2009 7:47 AM