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Club Mali Kai, Bridgeton, MO (bar)
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Thu, Jan 17, 2013 8:14 PM
Name:Club Mali Kai Description: Well here is a new find from the Show Me state of Missouri. The Club Mali Kai was located inside the Red Carpet Inn in Bridgeton, Missouri (just outside of St. Louis). I acquired this brochure from the hotel. Inside the hotel lobby, not much to look at. But what's this? A sign for happy hour at Club Mali Kai. Here is the photo of the bar. Lamps, fishnet floats, Outrigger. There is a Tiki on the left and it looks like a row of Tikis on the back wall. To make things a little more interesting, here is a Mali Kai drink menu that sold on ebay a few months ago. It had no location listed. Looks to be the same Tiki as the entrance sign. A research project for our Missouri field agents. DC |
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Thu, Jan 17, 2013 9:19 PM
Nice postcard/internet archeology, DC ! That Mali Kai menu is actually a good example of Poly Pop's Transmission Tradition, by its cut-out concept and much of its design being based on the famed Ren Clark menu: [ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2013-01-17 21:20 ] |
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Tue, Jan 13, 2015 12:51 PM
Here is the matchbook from the Club Mali Kai.
Now how about the backside, it's ladies night all week and a convenient location for a name and phone number! Must have been the 1980s. DC |
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Dustycajun
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Tue, Feb 21, 2017 3:01 PM
1980s confirmed! A newspaper ad espousing Polynesian atmosphere with a Disco beat!! And another homage to the Ren Clark Tiki. DC |
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Tue, Feb 21, 2017 3:11 PM
*Club Mali Kai In the Red Carpet Inn, 4690 N. Lindbergh. Polynesian atmosphere. Live music by the Third Degree and disco music during band breaks. Happy hour from 3:30 to 7, band plays from 9 to 1 nightly. Special Sunday night dance contest from 7 to midnight. *
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Wed, Feb 22, 2017 4:47 PM
It looks as if this place was demolished some time ago to make way for a road which skirts the perimeter of Saint Louis' Lambert airport. |
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rupe33
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Fri, May 23, 2025 8:34 AM
Found the site for the house band - KASH BAND, that appears to have some photos from Club Mali Kai... not too much tiki going on in these, but check out the latter ones onstage - there are some kind of tiki carvings upright in the middle of the stage: https://www.stlmusicyesterdays.com/Kash%20Band.htm [ Edited by rupe33 on 2025-05-23 08:47:23 ] |
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BlackWater
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Fri, May 23, 2025 10:24 AM
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That keyboard stack is so rad |
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