Title: Mai-Kai
Location: Oakland Park, FL
Subject: Vintage Restaurant Sign, Tiki
Sizes: 8"x10" to 24"x30" (HxW)
Orientation: Landscape
Aspect Ratio: 4:5
Brothers and tikiholics Bob and Jack Thornton opened the Mai-Kai on Dec. 26, 1956, on a then-desolate stretch of Federal Highway for $300,000, a price said to be the most expensive restaurant built that year. An intoxicating hub for Rum Runners, Mai Tais and other tropical kitsch in a glass, the Mai-Kai�s ability to draw levelheaded folks under its tipsy spell has only grown stronger over the decades.
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