Post #529875 by bigbrotiki on Wed, May 12, 2010 10:13 PM

I know, nice try. :)

There wasn't exactly "a wave" of Tiki restaurants in N.Y. in 2003. Wally's was BOT inspired, though.

I never knew about the Yul Brynner case, 3 Mill., really? That was a lot of dough back then...

...and then that tired old cliche:

"1945
U.S. soldiers stationed in the South Pacific return home from World War II with tales of white-sand volcanic islands, women in grass skirts, wild dance and drum festivals, and tropical trees dripping with exotic fruits. America’s tiki trend officially takes off."

As it is repeated again and again, it becomes true in peoples' minds. "tropical trees dripping with fruits..."? Oh my lord. We know better.

Thanks for finding and posting this, A.T.!