Kahiki Fireplace Tiki Mug - Tiki Farm, Inc.

#BA960; THE KAHIKI LIMITED EDITION FIREPLACE MUG; There are a total of only 500 mugs and there are only few left. Each mug is accompanied with a numbered tag. The Kahiki mug is a massive mug, measuring 9 1/2" in height and weighing in at 2 1/2 lbs. The primary glaze color as well as the fired decal art that you see on this mug was pantone matched to replicate the original colors on the actual fireplace as closely as possible. The Kahiki fireplace mug is made here at our local California kiln.

RETIRED & SOLD OUT!

While writing a book on the Kahiki, Greg Andrews and Melissa Petroski contacted as many people involved with the restaurant as possible to get a thorough history. Some of the people they interviewed were the Tsao family, the last owners. When looking at photos of the Kahiki during the interview, they asked what happened to the pieces that had been saved for a possible rebirth. Tim Tsao mentioned that the fireplace and moai were disintegrating and had little salvage value. He asked if they knew anyone who would want them, as they were too large and damaged to be saved and were about to be scrapped. In disbelief, they said “We’ll take them!” Had they not taken this offer the fireplace would have been broken up and disposed of.

Then came their scramble to hire a truck on short notice and make loading and offloading arrangements, pondering how to get it on the flatbed, and collecting the pieces that were crumbling off. After a few tense days of travel from Ohio to Vermont, the fireplace arrived at it’s new home. A crane had to be used to move it from the flatbed to its present location, due to the steep terrain of the area.

Greg and Melissa will be restoring these pieces with as much accuracy and care as possible, realizing how lucky they are to have such incredible icons of Polynesian Pop and Kahiki history. Besides extensive masonry work and metal fabrication, an addition will be built to house the formidable Kahiki fireplace.

In time (hopefully a year or so), you will see the restored fireplace as the centerpiece for a small but fabulous homage to the Kahiki... and it'll be surrounded by many of the decorative elements of the historic restaurant. There will be an open house & mai tai christening when the restoration project is complete.

With every Kahiki limited edtion mug purchased, Tiki Farm is going to donate $7 towards the restoration of the legendary Kahiki Fireplace.

Tiki Farm would like to acknowledge & thank the good folks at Kahiki Foods, Inc., for allowing us to use their logo in conjunction with this project.

Show some Kahiki Tiki God respect!
Help restore the fireplace!