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Most of the town bars in shut down mode. Super slow. Kalihi soon to be the Capital of KBs.
Lots of sweet memories at EG, Summit, 74 and many more soon to be Pau.
Thanks to the rich developers and the neighborhood board. Demolition starts this summer.
[QUOTE=Lefty808;3392532]When upstairs of Cheers Station was Tondo Tondo it was owned by a Filipino guy who was a former boxer. More recently it was owned by a local guy and was named Pau Hana. It is no longer open.[/QUOTE]TBG Nam (aka AMP Mimi) ran her bar up there too. I don't think it lasted more than a couple of months.
I used to hit this place after the kbars closed since it stayed open until 4 am. Used to see a lot of fights there. Sketchy crowd. Met a few Filipinas there. One named lynn was really hot. She moved to perfect bar which is same location as 904. She offered 3 some with her so but I declined. She died of cancer several years ago. Girl in left pic was thai and bi. Had lots of fun with her. The other pic is of a bartender that works at hot ash. I think she worked there and went by the name of chris. A few others but can't remember the names. A couple went to work in a Waipahu Filipina bar called best friends but not sure if it is still there. Those were the days.
[QUOTE=WarriorForLife;3392973]Most of the town bars in shut down mode. Super slow. Kalihi soon to be the Capital of KBs.
Lots of sweet memories at EG, Summit, 74 and many more soon to be Pau.
Thanks to the rich developers and the neighborhood board. Demolition starts this summer.[/QUOTE]Too bad they built the Walmart superblock. Awesome variety of bars were there.
Anything can happen to the 'block demo' depending on the rail project (now in political limbo); we could actually have a very modified version, making it a choo-choo train. Whatever and whenever that happens, the KB / AMP Powers That Be should be thinking of a venue that will support them (King, Beretania, Young, Keeaumoku) in a town-side KB cluster. After all, crime does pay, so they need these cash and wash businesses as well.
In the meantime, we'll have fun watching where the KBGs scatter and pick up the pieces.
[QUOTE=MitsFunai;3394283]Anything can happen to the 'block demo' depending on the rail project (now in political limbo); we could actually have a very modified version, making it a choo-choo train. Whatever and whenever that happens, the KB / AMP Powers That Be should be thinking of a venue that will support them (King, Beretania, Young, Keeaumoku) in a town-side KB cluster. After all, crime does pay, so they need these cash and wash businesses as well.
In the meantime, we'll have fun watching where the KBGs scatter and pick up the pieces.[/QUOTE]Watumull Properties Corp owns the land next to EG it will take a lot off money to buy that property. That family has a lot of money.
Alohaoe.
The Watumulls do have lots of money, but the developers could just build around them. The same thing happened to Obun Hawaii. They didn't want to sell, and the Pacifica Honolulu went up right next to them.
[QUOTE=HMobius;3394035]Too bad they built the Walmart superblock. Awesome variety of bars were there.[/QUOTE]Thought that area was a vacant lot for many years before that Walmart super block got built?
Got word that they are demolishing that building where OK TV and the "new" old Nigori was between Asahi Grill and 909 Kapiolani condo. It is supposed to be demolished and a Patagonia shop (outdoors stuff) is supposed to go there.
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[QUOTE=HMobius;3394035]Too bad they built the Walmart superblock. Awesome variety of bars were there.[/QUOTE]Yep, had choke bars. Old Crystal Palace was SRO days. Also Diners Drive-in was also there.
[QUOTE=Nephilim3000;3395951]Thought that area was a vacant lot for many years before that Walmart super block got built?[/QUOTE]The main reason I remember was that the land needed to aerate prior to construction. It might have been a couple of years but I don't think it was Many years.
I remember it being night training grounds for new cops on how to write parking tickets. Even though the perimeter was fenced-in, it was still illegal to park at obviously out-of-service curb ramps. So, new cops were learning to ticket vehicles along Makaloa Street and all up Sheridan. Bar-hoppers were giving each other heads-ups.
Lualualei aside from Vichon and Star Strip I can't remember the names, so many. Mostly images anymore. I just remember a maze of places less than a stone's throw from each other. When your girl moved, it was easy to find her :)
[QUOTE=Nephilim3000;3395951]Thought that area was a vacant lot for many years before that Walmart super block got built?[/QUOTE]There were many bars, restaurants, and auto repair shops. The Japanese bought the place and paid twice what it was worth so they went bankrupt before they could develop it. It remained vacant for several years while they tried to unload it. Finally they lowered the price to a more reasonable level and Walmart bought it. Then it took another year or so for them to get the permits needed. The neighbors complained there would be too much noise, traffic, and crime, and fought development. I guess they forgot about all the noise, traffic, and crime that existed prior to that.
[QUOTE=HMobius;3396700]The main reason I remember was that the land needed to aerate prior to construction. It might have been a couple of years but I don't think it was Many years.
I remember it being night training grounds for new cops on how to write parking tickets. Even though the perimeter was fenced-in, it was still illegal to park at obviously out-of-service curb ramps. So, new cops were learning to ticket vehicles along Makaloa Street and all up Sheridan. Bar-hoppers were giving each other heads-ups.
Lualualei aside from Vichon and Star Strip I can't remember the names, so many. Mostly images anymore. I just remember a maze of places less than a stone's throw from each other. When your girl moved, it was easy to find her :)[/QUOTE]Yeah! Just move next door from where she was. LOL. Among others Crystal Palace, and secrets, that come to mind.
[QUOTE=Jaritsuh2;3396787]Yeah! Just move next door from where she was. LOL. Among others Crystal Palace, and secrets, that come to mind.[/QUOTE]The street mauka of Makaloa Street running parallel, under Walmart was Kamaile Street.
They had Club Vichon, Club Mugen (later Club Laimu with Nicky as owner), Korea House (Chicken Alice mama), and Monte Carlo. Behind.
Club Mugen in a dark driveway was Club Golden Trophy.
I remember Vichon, (Hazel the bartender owns the coffee kiosk at 1600 Kapiolani) Korea House, Utopia, The Japanese Bar on Makaloa, and several more which I can't remember the names of.
[QUOTE=Jaritsuh2;3396787]Yeah! Just move next door from where she was. LOL. Among others Crystal Palace, and secrets, that come to mind.[/QUOTE]