Fuzzy memories

[missdiane]

The other day when I was pondering whether there were any ChiChi restaurants around (there aren't, by the way), I then started thinking about other defunct places we enjoyed - ones that still have a brand presence around. One of those places is the Kahiki. Their frozen items are still around in stores, evidently. I really should go to Stop and Shop and find some. However the food itself isn't what I remember.

I'm almost sure that it was my 21st birthday where I went there since it was the drinks I remember more. It was one of those places with the big fancy tiki-bar kind of concoctions where on some of them they used dry ice for even further effect aside from the fun cups and little paper umbrellas.
The front of the place:


Miss that quirky place. I don't seem to know many of those types of silly places to go eat anymore.

Comments

[vysila.livejournal.com]

That's kind of awesome! I've never been to a place that looked like that. Was that a chain in Ohio? Man, Pennsylvania missed out on all the cool stuff!

[missdiane.livejournal.com]

Nope, it was one of a kind in Columbus Ohio and closed in 2000. The site is now a Walgreens - booo

This website seems to have a tiki locator, though!
http://critiki.com/

[vysila.livejournal.com]

Wow! There's a tiki restaurant about 30 miles from me - and it's still open! Not exactly on my approved foods list, but I am so going to save this for some kind of celebration spot at some point.

[missdiane.livejournal.com]

Super cool! I see that there's one not too far from me in Point Pleasant Beach.

This reminds me I need to post about my plans for this week in cooking silly food

[njlorelei.livejournal.com]

I used to go to The Tiki Bar in Point all the time back in my single days. Fun spot, right on the beach.