Post #96555 by aquarj on Tue, Jun 15, 2004 5:47 PM

Thanks for the pic, Hula!

And yeah Royale and toomuchjoe, that's the one, across from the Fish Market. I never saw that place when it had the Lanai stuff. The story I heard was that the new owner saw it as a way to do an insta-theme restaurant. Even though the newer location didn't do any kind of faithful drink mixing, they continued to use the same drink menus and names from the original Lanai. From the description of Ali, the bartender from the original Lanai who still works at the Villa hotel Cabana Bar, the drinks were like an art back in the day.

Anyway, at the chinese buffet that occupies the space now (the second location), they still have some lava rocks on the exterior and a little rock fountain/spring thing by the bar. That's about it though.

Very interesting to learn that the original stuff dispersed to more than one location though. I think mrsmiley even said there was an auction or something at the time of the original closing.

-Randy