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Mai Tai Resort Motel (Polynesian Retreat), Osage Beach |
Swanky
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From: Hapa Haole Hideaway, TN
|  Posted: 2010-01-28 09:08 am Permalink
That's funny. The entire normal architecture has been "wallpapered" with thatch. Everything is furry!
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Dustycajun
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From: Santa Barbara, CA
| Posted: 2010-06-17 4:44 pm Permalink
Here is another postcard from the Mai Tai that was on ebay. They had Tiki torches and funny Tikis.
Funny Tikis with breasts!
Reminds me of the female Trader Vic's Tiki posted by Tattoo recently.
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bigbrotiki
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From: Tiki Island, above the Silverlake
| Posted: 2010-06-17 5:07 pm Permalink
What a cool photo! And you did not get it ? Did .... ? I can see the caption for it:
"A typical evening scene in the Ozarks"
Torches, Tiki and concrete screen block --tres Tiki Modern! And kinda sparse, compared to the previous pool postcard that looked like a woolly mammoth (what made me think of that?) had shed all over the place! Maybe they got all those torches for the pool, and when they saw all that thatch decided to keep them far away down by the beach! 
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Dustycajun
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From: Santa Barbara, CA
| Posted: 2010-06-26 08:20 am Permalink
Bigbro,
Lost that postcard to one of the ebay Big Game Hunters. I had never seen that Tiki style before and then you posted this brochure on the Aloha Kai thread. Looks like the same type.
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Rick in KC
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From: Prairie Village, Kan.
| Posted: 2011-03-08 08:11 am Permalink
Found this brochure for the Mai Tai resort at an estate sale in KC last wee.
 It was among lotsa travel items of mid-60s vintage.
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8FT Tiki
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From: Kansas City, MO
| Posted: 2011-03-08 3:22 pm Permalink
Rick, welcome to TC. If you get a chance, go over to the introductions thread and tell us about your tiki interests. I have been searching for information on this long gone resort for a while and have not been too successful. Thanks for sharing your great find.
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Dustycajun
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From: Santa Barbara, CA
| Posted: 2011-03-08 5:44 pm Permalink
Rick,
Thanks for posting the brochure, nice to see some more info on the Mai Tai. Did you find Tiki Central while you were researching the Mai Tai?
As I went back through this thread, I noticed that the bar ended up being called several different names:
Luau Shack (my research)
Sky Line Tiki Lounge (ad)
Mainlander (postcard)
Eye of the Hurricane Bar (Brochure)
Can you read the sign above the entrance to the hut on the front of the brochure?
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Dustycajun
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From: Santa Barbara, CA
| Posted: 2011-03-24 08:21 am Permalink
Saw another ad from the Mai Tai.
This one advertised dancing at the romantic Luau Club.
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Johnny Dollar
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From: Baltimore, Maryland, PNG
| Posted: 2011-03-24 10:56 am Permalink
i bet the mai tai became the tan-tara resort: http://www.tan-tar-a.com/
http://www.tikiroom.com/tikicentral/bb/viewtopic.php?topic=6441&forum=1&vpost=67077
neato coolville has a whole mess of photos on flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/neatocoolville/3575394169/
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Dustycajun
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From: Santa Barbara, CA
| Posted: 2012-05-01 12:35 pm Permalink
I scored another great postcard from the Mai Tai. This one shows the main entrance and port-cochere with lots of Tikis, torches, thatch, an outrigger canoe and other Polynesian elements.
Close up of the Tikis on the left.
Looks like they may have all come from the catalog Bigbro posted. Where is the catalog from?
The entrance with Witcos and more Tikis out front.
Tiki in the Ozarks!
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