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The new owner of @the_maikai_restaurant revealed e

Live now!!! … Posted @withregram • @thehulagir

Live now!!! … Posted @withregram • @thehulagirls Tonight on Spike's Breezeway Cocktail Hour, we talk about @thehukilau
Music provided by @hitiderecordings
Episode premieres on YouTube.com/Thehulagirls at 6:30pst with the pre-party starting on IG Live at 6. See ya there!

Celebrate the Fourth of July with a bang by pickin

Missing @thehukilau 2022? Check out our playlist f

Congrats to five-time winner David Wondrich for hi

Congrats to five-time winner David Wondrich for his latest Spirited Awards final four nominations (Best Cocktail & Spirits Writing, and Best New Book on Drinks Culture, History, or Spirits). It was an honor to have him at @thehukilau this year. Wish him luck at @tales_of_the_cocktail on July 28. #talesofthecocktail #spiritedawards #hukilau #thehukilau #thehukilau2022 #tiki #tikievent #tikiweekender

The world has lost a legend … Posted @withregram

The world has lost a legend … Posted @withregram • @peekaboogallery LEROY EARL SCHMALTZ (1935-2022)

Please join us, the Schmaltz family and Bob Van Oosting in celebrating the extraordinary life of LeRoy Earl Schmaltz.

Our dear friend and father, LeRoy passed away Friday, June 17th, not long after celebrating his 87th birthday. LeRoy has now joined his beloved wife Vivian, life partner and co-parent of a vast Schmaltz family of children, grandchildren and great grandchildren.

It goes without saying LeRoy was a gifted being. This larger-than-life, lumberjack of a man looms HUGE in the Tiki world. LeRoy has a literal army of fans across the globe. Whether it was a novice Oceanic Arts customer looking for a little bit of backyard paradise or celebrity visitors such as Huell Howser, LeRoy welcomed them all with a smile and a story or two as they would marvel at his wonderous creations.

Born May 14th, 1935 in Los Angeles, CA, LeRoy was the middle child between two sisters. He grew up during some of the most fabulous and harrowing times for Southern California during the height Hollywood’s Golden Age and the unknown angst of World War II. A child of nature and student of everything, young LeRoy drank in the world and eventually channeled that curiosity into a budding art career.

In 1956, LeRoy joined forces with fellow Pico Rivera friend, Bob Van Oosting on a journey that would take them across the Pacific Rim and delight thousands with the décor they provided to tropically themed establishments around the world. OCEANIC ARTS is a literal holy epicenter to the mid-century stylistic movement known as TIKI. Personally, LeRoy produced some of the most iconic art this genre has known and inspired countless fans and imitators with his vast, learned creations. Painting, sculpting, carving and more came from this man’s worktable. In the new OCEANIC ARTS: The Godfathers of TIKI book, LeRoy is vaunted as perhaps one of the most prolific artists to walk the Earth. He has personally generated an incalculable amount of artistic creations and he’s done this with very little self-awareness or promotion. He simply did.

Keeping the good vibes from @thehukilau and @the_m

Keeping the good vibes from @thehukilau and @the_maikai_restaurant flowing just a little bit longer with a special take-home quart of the mighty Mutiny. Okole maluna! #hukilau #thehukilau2022 #tiki #maikai #maikairestaurant #tikibar #hometikibar #tikicocktail #tikidrink

One week ago, we were diving head-first into @theh

Mahalo to all the vendors for the cool loot I was

Mahalo to all the vendors for the cool loot I was able to acquire at @thehukilau this year! #hukilau #thehukilau2022 #tiki #tikievent #tikiweekender

I'm putting my new knowledge of classic punch to g

Among the many special @the_maikai_restaurant mome

Among the many special @the_maikai_restaurant moments at The Hukilau 2022: The presentation by the family and new ownership team on the future of the historic restaurant was informative and reassuring. Meeting new owner Bill Fuller was a joy and an honor. Seeing the Polynesian Islander Revue dancers perform oceanside at the Beachcomber was mesmerizing. But the highlight for me, of course, was the rare chance to taste two classic cocktails that have not been available since the October 2020 closing: The spicy Mai-Kai Swizzle, and the mighty Mutiny. Okole maluna! #hukilau #hukilau2022 #tiki #maikai #maikairestaurant #tikibar

What sets @thehukilau apart from every other Tiki

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The centerpiece of Saturday's events at @thehukila

The first full day of @thehukilau was action-packe

Friday’s festivities at @thehukilau are off and

Friday’s festivities at @thehukilau are off and running with a great turnout for Jeff Ballard of @tikitrail talking about “Tiki Treasures: The Wild, Weird and Wonderful Things You Discover When You Pull Your Head Out of Your Glass” and a fantastic cocktail: The Tiki Trail Zombie by The Atomic Grog. Okole maluna! #hukilau #tikitrail #atomicgrog #zombiecocktail

@thehukilau is off to a great start in 2022 at the

The new mug looks amazing! … Posted @withregram

The new mug looks amazing! … Posted @withregram • @thehukilau JUST REVEALED! 🤩 2022 mug by Eekum Bookum available this weekend at The Hukilau! Get your tickets & make your plans at thehukilau.com 🌺

All hail Rocky! … Posted @withregram • @thehuk

All hail Rocky! … Posted @withregram • @thehukilau Good Villagers, fine people of The Hukilau…hear ye, hear ye! 🔔

We will commemorate the dearly departed Rocky Yeh, well known all around our jolly little Hukilau Island as the smiling face and generous hand of Maison Ferrand (of Plantation Rum renown) - beachside this Friday evening at 6:00 PM. Wreaths of redolent blossoms shall be committed to the deep to mark the occasion.

You, dear Villager, are invited to help us contemplate the passing of an excellent, hearty soul, and to take inspiration from the selflessness, wit, good cheer, and principled living that Rocky demonstrated to those whose lives he touched. If you knew him personally, we invite you to commune with us. If you did not, you are also welcome to share in this moment.

In honor of Rocky’s memory, our high talking chief Richard Oneslager will donate from The Hukilau in Rocky’s name to his preferred charity - @doctorswithoutborders/Médecins Sans Frontières. DWB/MSF is an international, non-governmental, non-partisan, nonprofit organization that provides direct medical services to areas affected by war, famine, pestilence, and cataclysm, as well as those areas that are otherwise underserved by medical facilities and care. We invite you, if able, to make your own personal or corporate donation. Those who prefer may donate in the name of Rocky Yeh to help commemorate his life.

As Rocky spent some of his happiest moments in swim trunks, all attire is welcome. We hope to see you there.

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