Tiki Match Collection:
Mai Tai Restaurant (Rum Runner bar inside)
Excelsior, Minnesota
Here's a fun story Dusty Cajun added to the Tikiroom.com website:
"The Mai Tai was a wonderful big restaurant, on the water, with very Polynesian/Hawaiian architecture and a South Pacific cuisine. We docked Sunshine and went in for a grand dinner. My very favorite dish was called the “Flaming Hawaiian Feast”. It was a wok dish with lobster, crab, shrimp, beef, pork, chicken, pineapple, celery, and other veggies and fruits that I don’t remember. They poured brandy over it and served it flaming. It was offered as a dinner for two but it was easily enough for three of us. They also offered the very best scorpion I ever drank, but you had to drink it when you got there so you would be sober enough to drive when you left. "
Based on comments, it was established in the mid 70s
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| from Dusty Cajun on tikiroom.com |
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from Dusty Cajun on tikiroom.com
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Long story but I was google image searching for a mermaid throne and although that was tough to find, many other amazing artworks showed up in the search. Mermaids led to sea creatures which lead to sea creatures that are taking down ships. I’m so blown away by the talent of so many artists. It’s also amazing how some of the images really made me feel scared!! Ok, so the coincidence part is that next day I came across a story that is a hoax about a giant octopus who sunk a Staten Island ferry. An artist made up this story to tell his nephew and he decided to turn it into a larger art project by creating a monument, a website and mockumentary. Because it seems so “official” people are actually wondering if this could be real!
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