Comments on: Kon Tiki

sbl_admin · 10-04-2007, 11:43 PM

Reader comments and feedback for the Kon Tiki photo.
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This place has been around forever in my experience - from when the name itself added a swank-ness to your evening and a childhood imagination of what it must have been like inside. 
 
~4/2000 
 
 
See the sign shadow dead center here: 
http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&cp=32.453882~-93.721969&style=h&lvl=19&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&encType=1

Pocahontas · 10-04-2007, 11:55 PM

I haven't been in there in a while, but I'll say one thing the decor never seems to change! Hawaiian shirts, blue hairs, and bamboo are what comes to mind!

j.nc · 10-05-2007, 12:12 AM

Pocahontas

Yeah I was dissapointed when my interior shots came out blured and the only good ones were the drinks glasses - but you caught the atmosphere allright.

S'port is such a time capsule.

Pocahontas · 10-05-2007, 10:28 AM

You did do a great job on those exotic drink shots! I can't for the life of me remember what that big beverage is called that everyone shares at the table with straws???

joepole · 10-05-2007, 10:36 AM

The Mule Kicker?

j.nc · 10-05-2007, 11:16 AM

There's a specific drink usually served that way, the "Scorpion".

Isaac-Saxxon · 10-05-2007, 11:38 AM

I love to eat there but my wife does not care for it. I remember when they shot a guy hiding in the bathroom. I believe they call the mens room Kane !

joepole · 10-05-2007, 12:39 PM

That's right, Scorpion Bowls.

Pocahontas · 10-05-2007, 02:19 PM

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Yes that's it! Here's a pic of one at another restaurant.

Isaac-Saxxon · 10-06-2007, 09:04 AM

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Yes that's it! Here's a pic of one at another restaurant.

I think there was a time in Monroe that we did this at Tonga Island

I remember those long straws with all that backwash

j.nc · 10-06-2007, 11:37 AM

"Tonga Island" - LOL - I've been trying to think of the name of that place for years. In some mall. Thanks I-S.

They called their bowl drink the 007 right? Or at least one of them. Flames were involved somehow? Trying to remember. If they served food there... never bothered.

Isaac-Saxxon · 10-06-2007, 12:10 PM

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Originally Posted by j.nc

"Tonga Island" - LOL - I've been trying to think of the name of that place for years. In some mall. Thanks I-S.

They called their bowl drink the 007 right? Or at least one of them. Flames were involved somehow? Trying to remember. If they served food there... never bothered.

They would pour 151 on top and light it for the flaming scorpion. We would take our dates from LA Tech to Funroe and let them drink from the fountain of youth at Tonga Island then bring them back to Ruston for the rest of the party.

Isaac-Saxxon · 10-07-2007, 04:25 PM

Rumor mill says the Kon Tiki was just sold and will making some major changes in decor and menu.

guitarman · 10-07-2007, 08:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Isaac-Saxxon

Rumor mill says the Kon Tiki was just sold and will making some major changes in decor and menu.

Someone said that it was going to change to Italian food ? That seems strange I would think a steakhouse and sushi bar would be nice there. I guess the older group can go to Dons or Pickle Barrel or Lubys.

10-04-2007, 11:43 PM	#1
sbl_admin Administrator Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Shreveport, LA Posts: 1,965 Rep Power: 282	Comments on: Kon Tiki Reader comments and feedback for the Kon Tiki photo. This image is part of the Historic Photos photo gallery Youree Drive<br /> This place has been around forever in my experience - from when the name itself added a swank-ness to your evening and a childhood imagination of what it must have been like inside. <br /> <br /> ~4/2000<br /> <br /> <br /> See the sign shadow dead center here:<br /> http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&cp=32.453882~-93.721969&style=h&lvl=19&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&encType=1

10-04-2007, 11:55 PM	#2
Pocahontas SBLive! Veteran Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,691 Rep Power: 294	I haven't been in there in a while, but I'll say one thing the decor never seems to change! Hawaiian shirts, blue hairs, and bamboo are what comes to mind! __________________ "The greater your capacity to love, the greater your capacity to feel the pain." Jennifer Aniston

10-05-2007, 10:28 AM	#4
Pocahontas SBLive! Veteran Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,691 Rep Power: 294	You did do a great job on those exotic drink shots! I can't for the life of me remember what that big beverage is called that everyone shares at the table with straws??? __________________ "The greater your capacity to love, the greater your capacity to feel the pain." Jennifer Aniston

10-05-2007, 11:38 AM	#7
Isaac-Saxxon SBLive! Veteran Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 4,421 Rep Power: 340	I love to eat there but my wife does not care for it. I remember when they shot a guy hiding in the bathroom. I believe they call the mens room Kane ! __________________ Maranatha Mat 7:14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

10-05-2007, 02:19 PM	#9
Pocahontas SBLive! Veteran Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,691 Rep Power: 294	Yes that's it! Here's a pic of one at another restaurant. __________________ "The greater your capacity to love, the greater your capacity to feel the pain." Jennifer Aniston

10-05-2007, 12:12 AM	#3
j.nc Advanced Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 161 Rep Power: 232	Pocahontas Yeah I was dissapointed when my interior shots came out blured and the only good ones were the drinks glasses - but you caught the atmosphere allright. S'port is such a time capsule.

10-05-2007, 10:36 AM	#5
joepole SBLive! Veteran Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,606 Rep Power: 281	The Mule Kicker?

10-05-2007, 11:16 AM	#6
j.nc Advanced Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 161 Rep Power: 232	There's a specific drink usually served that way, the "Scorpion".

10-05-2007, 12:39 PM	#8
joepole SBLive! Veteran Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,606 Rep Power: 281	That's right, Scorpion Bowls.

10-06-2007, 11:37 AM	#11
j.nc Advanced Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 161 Rep Power: 232	"Tonga Island" - LOL - I've been trying to think of the name of that place for years. In some mall. Thanks I-S. They called their bowl drink the 007 right? Or at least one of them. Flames were involved somehow? Trying to remember. If they served food there... never bothered.

10-07-2007, 04:25 PM	#13
Isaac-Saxxon SBLive! Veteran Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 4,421 Rep Power: 340	Rumor mill says the Kon Tiki was just sold and will making some major changes in decor and menu. __________________ Maranatha Mat 7:14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

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