KAHIKI Columbus, ohio tiki bar restaurant. Lee Henry, The catalog - Collecting Tiki

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Sun, Oct 31, 2010 9:15 AM On 2010-10-31 08:47, tikiskip wrote: Bill Sapp and Lee Henry Created the Kahiki and that is fact. Mr Tsao liked Day glo paint and made egg rolls. Haha, that's harsh. You can be sure that I hate the late Kahiki paint jobs, too. All I am saying is that despite Tsao not having the artistic eye of its founders, he had the business talents to keep this important Tiki temple alive way past the destructive period of Tiki Devolution, unlike many other Tiki havens during that time. And that, unfortunately, the amount of heart blood poured into the authenticity of a restaurant does not necessarily guarantee its survival. There sadly are many examples of well designed Tiki Revival places that are no more. I understand your view on an emotional level, but objectively the man's business sense helped the place to last so it could be appreciated (and photographed by me). Alas, the same business sense made him sell it to Walgreens, too. :( P.S.: And Skip, please believe me, I do not mean to come across as the big defender of Mr. Tsao (may he R.I.P.), I have nothing invested in that, but the line "This video was recorded in 1999 and describes the Kahiki Restaurant and the roots of today’s Kahiki Foods, Inc. The segment includes a narrative by founder Michael Tsao" can very well be interpreted as Tsao merely being called the founder of Kahiki Foods Inc, which he was. [ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2010-11-01 07:35 ]

On 2010-10-31 08:47, tikiskip wrote:
Bill Sapp and Lee Henry Created the Kahiki and that is fact.
Mr Tsao liked Day glo paint and made egg rolls.

Haha, that's harsh. You can be sure that I hate the late Kahiki paint jobs, too. All I am saying is that despite Tsao not having the artistic eye of its founders, he had the business talents to keep this important Tiki temple alive way past the destructive period of Tiki Devolution, unlike many other Tiki havens during that time. And that, unfortunately, the amount of heart blood poured into the authenticity of a restaurant does not necessarily guarantee its survival. There sadly are many examples of well designed Tiki Revival places that are no more. I understand your view on an emotional level, but objectively the man's business sense helped the place to last so it could be appreciated (and photographed by me). Alas, the same business sense made him sell it to Walgreens, too. :(

P.S.: And Skip, please believe me, I do not mean to come across as the big defender of Mr. Tsao (may he R.I.P.), I have nothing invested in that, but the line "This video was recorded in 1999 and describes the Kahiki Restaurant and the roots of today’s Kahiki Foods, Inc. The segment includes a narrative by founder Michael Tsao" can very well be interpreted as Tsao merely being called the founder of Kahiki Foods Inc, which he was.

[ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2010-11-01 07:35 ]

Post #562672 by bigbrotiki on Sun, Oct 31, 2010 9:15 AM