Some Enchanted Evening in the Greater Kansas City Metropolitan Area - Other Events

8T 8FT Tiki Tiki Socialite Kansas City, MO Joined: Nov 30, 2003 Posts: 1411	8T 8FT Tiki Posted posted on Fri, Oct 1, 2010 7:35 PM Wow, has it really been over 3 years since we filed this report? Today the Silverlines came over for a visit. We traded some mug doubles and then we went out to eat at a place called The Bamboo Hut. We've driven past it a hundred times but hadn't been inside for almost 30 years. I couldn't remember the interior at all but somehow it really seemed different and not in a good way. I mean whatever tropical feel there used to be has now been removed. But since we didn't know that yet, we went on in. Right away we noticed the hanging lamps. There are 8 of these: The Bamboo Hut opened in 1932 making it Pre-tiki and is now the second oldest restaurant in Kansas City. I was hopeful that some original decor remained but sadly this bar/restaurant is almost non-themed now. A pool table, big screen tv and a few sports posters are all you get to look at today. I expect this may be because it is located very close to the Sports complex where the Royals & Chiefs play. Were there any tikis here in the past? Who knows, I hope we find some old photos of the interior one day. Until then, this one will have to do. A toast to the way it used to be! After we finished our dinners, we all headed back towards home but the 8FT's made a stop just down the road from the Bamboo Hut. Back to the Cool Crest mini golf course. I learned that it is now under "new ownership". Alarm bells...will they keep the courses (4) intact? Are the tikis still there? I had to know! Wandering around without actually playing the course I quickly found the first old tiki still standing guard. Then I really expected the other two tikis to be gone because they were just leaning on each other for support when we left them in 2007. Today they are indeed still there but suffering so much from the elements. I sure would like to save them from the inevitable. What will the new owners do next? I don't know but I hope the golf course will stay open. I think it may only still be there today because of the arcade and go cart track also on the property. If I lived a little closer I'd see if I could get hired as a part time landscaper. Well that's the latest from old KC. 8FT Tiki

Wow, has it really been over 3 years since we filed this report? Today the Silverlines came over for a visit. We traded some mug doubles and then we went out to eat at a place called The Bamboo Hut. We've driven past it a hundred times but hadn't been inside for almost 30 years.

I couldn't remember the interior at all but somehow it really seemed different and not in a good way. I mean whatever tropical feel there used to be has now been removed. But since we didn't know that yet, we went on in. Right away we noticed the hanging lamps. There are 8 of these:

The Bamboo Hut opened in 1932 making it Pre-tiki and is now the second oldest restaurant in Kansas City. I was hopeful that some original decor remained but sadly this bar/restaurant is almost non-themed now. A pool table, big screen tv and a few sports posters are all you get to look at today. I expect this may be because it is located very close to the Sports complex where the Royals & Chiefs play. Were there any tikis here in the past? Who knows, I hope we find some old photos of the interior one day. Until then, this one will have to do. A toast to the way it used to be!

After we finished our dinners, we all headed back towards home but the 8FT's made a stop just down the road from the Bamboo Hut. Back to the Cool Crest mini golf course. I learned that it is now under "new ownership". Alarm bells...will they keep the courses (4) intact? Are the tikis still there? I had to know! Wandering around without actually playing the course I quickly found the first old tiki still standing guard.

Then I really expected the other two tikis to be gone because they were just leaning on each other for support when we left them in 2007. Today they are indeed still there but suffering so much from the elements. I sure would like to save them from the inevitable.

What will the new owners do next? I don't know but I hope the golf course will stay open. I think it may only still be there today because of the arcade and go cart track also on the property. If I lived a little closer I'd see if I could get hired as a part time landscaper. Well that's the latest from old KC.
8FT Tiki

Post #557355 by 8FT Tiki on Fri, Oct 1, 2010 7:35 PM