Post #722792 by AceExplorer on Thu, Jul 17, 2014 10:58 AM

Sunny&Rummy, thanks for the extra info.

The closures could have been a corporate decision, but I doubt they would do it if they had been making money in those locations. As of this morning the Jacksonville Beach site was still listed on the Da Big Kahuna web site as "open."

I thought the beautiful carved tikis would have been shipped to the Fort Lauderdale location. But they were so beautiful and elaborate that it would not surprise me if they ended up in the lobby of the corporate office or in the home of the owner(s). Seriously, the tikis were awesome. I'll look up the name of the carver here on TC and post that info later.

The other possibility is that those tikis may be stored temporarily until they open another location somewhere else.

Sadly, to be successful, the Da Big Kahuna restaurants seem to require a busy tourist-rich environment where people come in droves and don't have high standards. Waikiki and Ft. Lauderdale are two such locations.