Tiki Central / Tiki Travel / Must see tiki locales in Florida
Post #739339 by Jungle John on Sat, Mar 14, 2015 9:24 PM
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Okay, this might be a better choice. Just had lunch here this afternoon: Two Georges
Boynton Beaches' Two Georges Harbour Hut Restaurant has been a fixture in Boynton Beach since 1957. It is right across the marina from the Banana Boat Restaurant. I'm not sure if has always been called Two Georges, but as you can see it has the old tikis brightly painted and relegated to a corner by an ATM machine. This thatched roof "A" framed building is a waterfront island-tropical casual dining experience where you will at least find some inkling of tiki culture ala Florida-style, as I mentioned in the earlier post in this thread. Admittedly it is not much if you are on the lookout for a Mai-Kai caliber experience. But again, there is nothing remotely like the dinosaur that is the Mai Kai between Orlando and Ft. Lauderdale.
If you had a time machine there would be lots of Polynesian fantasy palaces to visit in the 1960-1970s, Frances Langford's Outrigger Resort in Jensen Beach, The Maori Village Restaurant in West Palm Beach (this site has some great history on these places) plus, the plethora of Poly-pop places in old Miami. Not to stray too far from your request, but I thought I'd offer this tantalizing bit of old Florida:
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