So a fish walks out of a bar....never to be heard from again. - General Tiki

T THOR's Member Joined: Apr 30, 2004 Posts: 610	T THOR's Posted posted on Wed, Jul 22, 2015 7:12 PM I won't carry on very much for fear of the drama that unfolded over a year ago when I created the thread on Rufus. However, will say this. Yes, the new place .."Moonlight...something" has opened where Bahooka once was. I received a good deal of e-mail from people who were posting on yelp the last week or so letting me know. I also saw almost ALL the posts removed by yelp that expressed anything to do with negative. One person told me they said Yelp said, "the info was second hand...so not valid", regarding the restaurants owner. I saw someone on yelp pulling the "racist card" as to the comments too, though I saw no comments chastising a race..they were focussed on the frustration of the back story on this place..Rufus included, and the way the current owner (yes it's the same guy as far as I have heard) of the former Bahooka purchase handled everything. I have had to let all this go TC...as hard as I personally fought to see that Rufus found a new home. This restaurant may very well be a great Chinese bar and restaurant now. I love Chinese food..and some of my dearest friends are Chinese...so let's get the race issue out of the deck! I got involved at one point ONLY because I felt there was a mascot to our Tiki community and those growing up here in the area near Bahooka that just freaking vanished, after a HUGE attempt and outcry to negotiate a solution to getting him a safe home, peacefully. In the end, the owner took the fish, "Rufus" a 37 year old Paku that had a personality and spirit many embraced in the Tiki community and San Gabriel Valley and placed the fish...nowhere that he could show was to its good favor. No closure for a lot of concerned people. Not good! There is NO QUESTION why this was so hard to take for anyone who loves animals as pets, a Tiki icon, or a living element of history for Tiki in Southern California. So, Enough said. My hope is that if the new owner has Rufus in some hidden tank with a big gold castle in the sand, that his new business flourish! The joke is on us! If , however this man disposed of Rufus, and truly did totally disrespect this community and the welfare of this animal, that fate takes it's course! No threats...no need!. I hope people here that are tempted to make a joke out of this, pass on the remarks as well or write me personally and I am Happy to elaborate. But, Really...If you are on this site...and really do embrace the spirit and places that have made"Tiki" what we "feel" today...and especially if you understand what the Bahooka was to locals here, and what that fish that damn fish that frolicked near the front desk represented...you will understand why all this "drama" was fueled, Let's hope for the best...and whatever floats to the surface be fate..and NOT be a familiar Paku! ~~Aloha http://www.thorart.com [ Edited by: THOR's 2015-07-22 19:19 ]

I won't carry on very much for fear of the drama that unfolded over a year ago when I created the thread on Rufus. However, will say this. Yes, the new place .."Moonlight...something" has opened where Bahooka once was. I received a good deal of e-mail from people who were posting on yelp the last week or so letting me know. I also saw almost ALL the posts removed by yelp that expressed anything to do with negative. One person told me they said Yelp said, "the info was second hand...so not valid", regarding the restaurants owner. I saw someone on yelp pulling the "racist card" as to the comments too, though I saw no comments chastising a race..they were focussed on the frustration of the back story on this place..Rufus included, and the way the current owner (yes it's the same guy as far as I have heard) of the former Bahooka purchase handled everything.

I have had to let all this go TC...as hard as I personally fought to see that Rufus found a new home. This restaurant may very well be a great Chinese bar and restaurant now. I love Chinese food..and some of my dearest friends are Chinese...so let's get the race issue out of the deck! I got involved at one point ONLY because I felt there was a mascot to our Tiki community and those growing up here in the area near Bahooka that just freaking vanished, after a HUGE attempt and outcry to negotiate a solution to getting him a safe home, peacefully. In the end, the owner took the fish, "Rufus" a 37 year old Paku that had a personality and spirit many embraced in the Tiki community and San Gabriel Valley and placed the fish...nowhere that he could show was to its good favor. No closure for a lot of concerned people. Not good! There is NO QUESTION why this was so hard to take for anyone who loves animals as pets, a Tiki icon, or a living element of history for Tiki in Southern California. So, Enough said. My hope is that if the new owner has Rufus in some hidden tank with a big gold castle in the sand, that his new business flourish! The joke is on us! If , however this man disposed of Rufus, and truly did totally disrespect this community and the welfare of this animal, that fate takes it's course! No threats...no need!. I hope people here that are tempted to make a joke out of this, pass on the remarks as well or write me personally and I am Happy to elaborate. But, Really...If you are on this site...and really do embrace the spirit and places that have made"Tiki" what we "feel" today...and especially if you understand what the Bahooka was to locals here, and what that fish that damn fish that frolicked near the front desk represented...you will understand why all this "drama" was fueled, Let's hope for the best...and whatever floats to the surface be fate..and NOT be a familiar Paku! ~~Aloha

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[ Edited by: THOR's 2015-07-22 19:19 ]

Post #747654 by THOR's on Wed, Jul 22, 2015 7:12 PM