Da Big Kahuna - Jacksonville Beach, Florida - Locating Tiki

H howlinowl Tiki Socialite Port Saint Lucie, FL Joined: Jul 20, 2008 Posts: 335	H howlinowl Posted posted on Thu, Jul 17, 2014 4:33 PM On 2014-07-17 08:22, Sunny&Rummy wrote: I saw on a morning walk during Hukilau that there was one of these Da Big Kahunas in the two-story entertainment on Ft. Lauderdale Beach. I went up to check it out and it looked a lot like you describe. Nice Tiki window dressing (90% fiberglass and plastic, not wood carvings) and a good looking food menu but pretty sterile and generic otherwise. A couple of weeks ago driving up US 1 from Stuart I saw another Da Big Kahunas from the road and decided to stop and give it a try. Alas, when I walked up to the restaurant I discovered it was closed and had been stripped like the Jacksonville site. Maybe the closures are a corporate decision rather than a local one? Just to set the record straight, the restaurant north of Stuart (in Jensen Beach) was actually called "Big Kahuna", and was not affiliated with "Da Big Kahuna". I had thought of stopping by while it was still open, but the reviews online were far less than stellar. I still have tentative plans to stop off at "Da Big Kahuna" in Lauderdale next time I'm down that way and have time to stop by (if their still open then). howlinowl

On 2014-07-17 08:22, Sunny&Rummy wrote:
I saw on a morning walk during Hukilau that there was one of these Da Big Kahunas in the two-story entertainment on Ft. Lauderdale Beach. I went up to check it out and it looked a lot like you describe. Nice Tiki window dressing (90% fiberglass and plastic, not wood carvings) and a good looking food menu but pretty sterile and generic otherwise.

A couple of weeks ago driving up US 1 from Stuart I saw another Da Big Kahunas from the road and decided to stop and give it a try. Alas, when I walked up to the restaurant I discovered it was closed and had been stripped like the Jacksonville site. Maybe the closures are a corporate decision rather than a local one?

Just to set the record straight, the restaurant north of Stuart (in Jensen Beach) was actually called "Big Kahuna", and was not affiliated with "Da Big Kahuna". I had thought of stopping by while it was still open, but the reviews online were far less than stellar. I still have tentative plans to stop off at "Da Big Kahuna" in Lauderdale next time I'm down that way and have time to stop by (if their still open then).

howlinowl

Post #722851 by howlinowl on Thu, Jul 17, 2014 4:33 PM