The Kahiki Supper Club was a Polynesian-themed restaurant in Columbus, Ohio. The supper club was one of the largest tiki -themed restaurants in the United States, and for a time, the only one in Ohio.

Sep 19, 2023 · Kahiki Supper Club is honestly one of the most highly-revered and talked about restaurants in Columbus history, even decades after the doors were closed for good. You can see the admiration for the restaurant, and the nostalgia it inspires, all around the city.

The Kahiki Supper Club was a Polynesian-themed restaurant in Columbus, Ohio. The supper club was one of the largest tiki-themed restaurants in the United States, and for a time, the only one in Ohio. It operated at its Eastmoor location on Broad Street beginning in 1961, at the height of tiki culture’s popularity.

May 27, 2019 · After the success of their previous venture, The Top Steakhouse, they wanted to bring a Tiki-themed restaurant to Columbus. Though Tiki bars appear "exotic," they are actually an American-made fantasy that blended Polynesian imagery, …

Aug 24, 2017 · The Kahiki restaurant in Columbus, Ohio, around the time it opened in 1961. Bill Sapp and Lee Henry open the Kahiki after their Tiki bar, the Grass Shack (opened in 1958), burns down in 1959.

Sep 11, 2012 · The Kahiki, whose name literally translates as “Sail to Tahiti” according to an undated Kahiki pamphlet, has its’ roots in another of Columbus’ most venerated restaurants – The Top Steakhouse.

Mar 21, 2023 · The memory of the kitschy Polynesian restaurant has outlived the drugstore that replaced the beloved Columbus landmark.

Jan 6, 2014 · Menu from the Kahiki Supper Club, a tiki themed restaurant formerly in Columbus, Ohio. Originally it was a Tiki bar known as The Grass Shack, but a fire in 1959 led owners Bill Sapp and Lee Henry to conceive of building the largest Polynesian restaurant in the continental United States to be called the Kahiki Supper Club.

Apr 23, 2020 · Kahiki Supper Club is a legend in the tiki world a massive polynesian palace in the frozen land of Columbus, Ohio. Kahiki founders Bill Sapp and Lee Henry started work on the Kahiki after their bar, the Grass Shack, burned down on this site in 1959.

There are four restaurant menus, including a Luncheon Menu, a Drink Menu, and two copies of the food menu that was divided into a Mainlander's Menu and an Islander's Menu. One food menu has... Dates: 1961-1977

Collection is comprised of two postcards and four menus from the Kahiki Polynesian Supper Club that was located at 3583 E. Broad Street in Columbus, Ohio. One postcard features an image of various cocktails while the second postcard features the "Kahiki Mystery Girl" holding a …

Long before Kahiki ® (means "travel to a far away place") was filling shelves in supermarkets, the Kahiki ® Supper Club was attracting crowds in Columbus, Ohio. Here's a snapshot of how one of America's most iconic restaurants became one of its favorite brands.

May 3, 2021 · The 1975 confrontation at the famed restaurant is largely forgotten by white Columbus. But for Black residents, it’s a civil rights turning point.

Jul 9, 2023 · Back in the 70s, The Kahiki was destination dining in Columbus, along with the Jai-Lai. Good news for Kahiki fans: Two local authors who wrote the book on the Kahiki are scheduled for July 16th at the Columbus Book Festival. https://www.arcadiapublishing.com/Products/9781626195943. …

Aug 25, 2010 · No restaurant with a fire-breathing stone head has ever captured the hearts of Columbus quite like the Kahiki. The Polynesian eatery took Tiki kitsch to the max with an aviary, indoor thatch...

The remarkable Kahiki Supper Club in Columbus, Ohio is threatened to be demolished and turned into a Walgreen drugstore. To help save this treasure from becoming the next entrant into "Where Are They Now", the Kahiki needs your support!

May 28, 2013 · As an unenthusiastic reviewer wrote in 1975, “If decor is your reason for dining out, the Kahiki in Columbus is the place for you.” Its drinks, on the other hand, were hard to resist. With three bars on the ground floor alone, the Kahiki’s menu at one point illustrated drinks served in 30 different glasses, goblets, and ceramic cups and ...

Mar 4, 2013 · Former restaurateur John Holt is one of many Kahiki fans who came away with artifacts from the extravagant restaurant after many of its distinctive fixtures were salvaged. Here, he sits atop...

The Kahiki Supper Club of Columbus, Ohio, was one of the largest, most spectacular faux-polynesian restaurants in America. It opened in 1961 and was torn down in 2000 and replaced with a Walgreen’s. You can read more about the rise and fall of the Kahiki in this article on Columbus Underground.

The Kahiki Restaurant and Bar, Columbus, OH, 1960s. The epitome of the Tiki Supper Club, sadly demolished in the early 2000s even after being added to the National Registry of Historic Places.