This is “Small Bites,” a South Florida Sun Sentinel feature with tiny tidbits on the food and beverage scene — because we ...

In 2020, after a devastating roof collapse in a pounding rainstorm, Fort Lauderdale’s landmark supperclub seemed finished. For those who had enjoyed its pleasures over the years, the exotic Polynesian ...

The Mai-Kai is once again ready to rum, baby, rum. Four years after a burst sprinkler pipe tore a hole in the ceiling in October 2020 — and three weeks after its original reopening date — Oakland Park ...

The lush, intoxicating bubble known as the Mai-Kai Restaurant and Polynesian Show is finally back. Mai-Kai developer Bill Fuller (Mad Room Hospitality’s Ball & Chain) says the restaurant will reopen ...

Tonight, we are shining the Deco spotlight on a South Florida icon — fiery, sexy and exotic. Alex Miranda is at the new Mai-Kai. Take it away, our sweet fire dancer. Fans of this iconic restaurant ...

The main dining room and stage at Mai-Kai after going thru an extensive $20 million renovation. The Mai-Kai Polynesian Restaurant and Diner Show in Fort Lauderdale, opened in 1956 and has become a ...

After a four-year closure and a $20 million restoration, the Mai-Kai, Fort Lauderdale’s longstanding Polynesian restaurant and dinner theater, will reopen this Thursday, November 21. The historic ...

Mauricio Maldonado is a digital editor for CBS Miami and has been a digital journalist in the South Florida area since 1997. Mauricio started at the Miami Herald in 1990 and transitioned over to their ...

“This was an unexpected event. It was sudden, it was spontaneous, and there was a substantial amount of water,” Klesin says. The attorney says the owners are making the necessary repairs and ensuring ...

The word is out! After four long years of renovations and restorations, the legendary Mai-Kai Restaurant & Polynesian Show reopened on Friday, November 22, fully restored and featuring original ...

A Mai-Kai dancers smile during their opening dance ceremony at the reopening of Mai-Kai in Fort Lauderdale. The restaurant had been closed for four years before reopening under new ownership. Alie ...

This is the weekend when we begin to feel a joy and light return to the land (even for Florida and Florida State football fans). When, perhaps with out-of-town-guests, we take a moment to appreciate ...