‘It’s the Holy Grail of tiki culture’: Mai-Kai Restaurant undergoing major repairs to reopen in 2022

In an interview Wednesday with the South Florida Sun Sentinel, Fuller said plans called for state-of-the-art kitchens, new air-conditioning systems, a replacement roof, more tropical landscaping and the labor-intensive task of bringing the Mai-Kai up to modern building codes with new electrical wiring and plumbing.Under the deal, the Mai-Kai’s longtime owners, the Thornton Family, would remain a “major stakeholder with decision authority,” and the family would continue operating the Mai-Kai with help from Mad Room Hospitality, Fuller says. 

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