Omni Hut, Smyrna, TN (restaurant) CLOSED - Locating Tiki

T TikiTomD Grand Member (6 years) Flagler Beach, FL Joined: Sep 20, 2009 Posts: 700	T TikiTomD Posted posted on Sat, Nov 17, 2012 7:56 PM Jim Walls, founder of the Omni Hut, passed away on March 4, 2012... Murfreesboro Daily News Journal March 5, 2012 The Murfreesboro Post March 12, 2012 I learned this from my Mt. Juliet, Tennessee cousin, Bob, who had dinner there several weeks ago. Being from the Nashville area, he recalls both the Ports of Paradise and Mahi Mahi restaurants along White Bridge Road that Jim Walls once owned. I've seen posts on Tiki Cental by Swanky about the Mahi Mahi, but never anything about Ports of Paradise. Bob remembers that Ports of Paradise had no windows, but had a diorama(s) that simulated rain on windows. So we've lost another of Tiki's legendary characters... -Tom

Jim Walls, founder of the Omni Hut, passed away on March 4, 2012...

Murfreesboro Daily News Journal March 5, 2012

The Murfreesboro Post March 12, 2012

I learned this from my Mt. Juliet, Tennessee cousin, Bob, who had dinner there several weeks ago. Being from the Nashville area, he recalls both the Ports of Paradise and Mahi Mahi restaurants along White Bridge Road that Jim Walls once owned. I've seen posts on Tiki Cental by Swanky about the Mahi Mahi, but never anything about Ports of Paradise. Bob remembers that Ports of Paradise had no windows, but had a diorama(s) that simulated rain on windows.

So we've lost another of Tiki's legendary characters...

-Tom

Post #659042 by TikiTomD on Sat, Nov 17, 2012 7:56 PM