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Post #484938 by tikiyaki on Thu, Sep 24, 2009 9:50 AM
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JOHN-O, Glad to hear that you've seen the light :wink: Regarding Sam's Seafood.....I feel the same way about it sometimes, but in the last 10 years or more of Sam's Seafood , the place had such a horrible reputation with the local community that, it seems, it couldn't shake it, even with the "new" Sam's in 2006. So when Chuck Purrington took it over in 2008, he decided to give the place a new name...Kona. Unfortunatley, with the economy going into the toilet, and a huge overhead, he struggled to keep it afloat. I personally did what I could to rally the Tiki community to bring the place business, and we had some killer, packed out events there...... http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=30544&forum=17&hilite=Tikiyaki%20Kona We put out a call for help last year, and our prayers were answered (not because of US necessarily, but answered nonetheless) The fact that it has been a Tiki Restaurant for that long only makes it that much more authentic and cool. That being said, I brought my Sam's Seafood mug to put in the "Don's Ohana" Mug case, so I can drink out of it every time I'm there. Full circle ! So, all I can say is, keep going there, buy drinks and dinner...bring your friends, your family, your co-workers etc. It's been faced with extinction far too many times, and must be cherished while it's still here. [ Edited by: tikiyaki 2009-09-24 09:51 ] |