Welcome to the Kahiki Supper Club in Columbus, OH. At least that how you would have felt back in 2000 before the restaurant was demolished for yet another chain drugstore. The Kahiki was built in 1961 and was a prime example of tiki architecture, a south seas type of theme. The Kahiki was honored with being listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.
The Kahiki Restaurant in Columbus, OH was one of the few remaining
vintage tiki treasures left on the mainland. Unfortunately, the Kahiki
was bulldozed over in November 2000 after closing on August 26, a victim of Walgreen's expansion effort, leaving this historic
treasure just a memory.
The following are photos of the Kahiki, courtesy
Dirk Burhans. 03-01
Here's a view of the exterior
of the Kahiki Photo courtesy Dirk Burhans
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!
Please click on this website http://savethekahiki.bizland.com/
(site no longer active) for more details.
Many thanks to Nathalie Wright of the Society of Commercial Archeology
for this information.
