Post #588418 by uncle trav on Mon, May 9, 2011 6:44 AM

Name:Mai-Khi
Type:bar
Street:5630 W. Lincoln
City:West Allis
State:WI
Zip:53219
country:USA
Phone:
Status:defunct

Description:
The Mai-Khi has been mentioned a few times in the threads but I thought it deserved a spot in locating Tiki. The Mai-Khi was located in the suburb of West Allis. The street shots are the most up to date images from google earth. The location appears to be right in a residential neighborhood as are so many small bars here in the mid west. The entrance seems to be mainly intact with torches and a great A-frame and lava rock details. The location appears to have been a brew pub as the last occupant but now appears closed. After a long search I was able to find only an ad for the restaurant from 1977. The ad states "an intimate Polynesian atmosphere with one of the largest pirhanas in Milwaukee" I guess they had smaller pirhanas at other bars? Looks to have been a great little getaway in the past. Maybe some more info will turn up. This would be a great location to do some local research on. Thanks.

Here the ad I was able to find from 1977.

The exterior as it looks today.

Closeup of the A-frame.

From this view remnants of the old painted sign are visible on the side of the building.

My bad attempt at how the sign may have looked back in the day with the logo tiki and font style.

A matchbook from the collection of Mimi Payne.

[ Edited by: uncle trav 2011-05-09 07:36 ]