Ugh. Hubby and I are planning a tacky road trip weekend. We have always wanted to visit the Aku Tiki restaurant, which was an original 1950s tiki restaurant and bar, that was built in a bar in the middle of a farm/cornfield in Kewanee,IL. I just called tonight to find out when they are open and it turns out they are closed forever. Sniff. It was such a great place.
Now I am looking for another authentic Illinois or Indiana tiki bar to visit this weekend. It won't be the same.
Hubby said we should open a bar in a barn in the middle of nowhere. It just so happens there is a barn on his parent's land in Vermont.... got the wheels turning!
Sniff, another tiki bar gone
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mom-sense-- I think we will be heading to the Chef Shangri-La in Riverside (?) IL. It is near one of my old favorites, the Hala Kahiki in River Grove, so I may get a two-for-one tiki night on this trip.
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