Post #91893 by Swanky on Wed, May 19, 2004 8:20 AM

You know what's scary about this? When Bigbro was in Atlanta, a tiki friend brought an old Tiki News by and there it was in black and white saying there is no need to worry about the Kahiki ever closing because business is so good. This makes things extra scary to me because I could say the same thing about the Mai Kai. Yet, when I realy think about it, the Mai Kai could be gone some day too. Sure, they serve 1200 a night regularly. They are one of the highest grossing restaurants in the nation regularly. But... Honestly, it is run by the family. They do it well. But I have seen great things like this get ruined when someone dies. What was a proud family tradition becomes "business" or there may come internal struggles. Who knows? What's there now is absolutely the greatest, and successful, but it really could all change any time. That property alone is likely so valuable that having a restaurant there, no matter how popular, could make it easier to retire and sell than go through the hassle.

So, love your tiki bars while you can!