Post #573151 by tikiyaki on Mon, Jan 24, 2011 2:44 PM

On 2011-01-24 10:31, bigtikidude wrote:

On 2011-01-23 18:56, Chip and Andy wrote:
To all of you saying California is the 'source of Tiki'....

suck it!
:wink: :wink:

There is no denying that the Mai Kai, Kahiki, and other great tiki temples
pointed out that the tiki/tropical/Hawaiiana craze was (not just) a California
craze, but all over North America, and even into Mexico and Europe a bit.

But....

The over abundance (i.e. in every corner of Cal.) of Tiki/Tropical/Hawaiian- bars, restaurants, hotels, motels, is(WAS) just staggering.

Jeff(btd)

[ Edited by: bigtikidude 2011-01-24 12:20 ]

True dat, but Florida was a serious hotbed of Tiki back in the day....maybe even on par with California....BigBro ?

As far as what's still remaining, nothing comes close to the Mai Kai for over the top, original Tiki-ness.