A lulu of a luau Ft. Lauderdale's Mai-Kai: the biggest Polynesian party this side of Hawaii

From: Chicago Sun-Times | Date: March 25, 2001| Author: Dave Hoekstra Dave Hoekstra | Copyright information

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. Bob Thornton grew up in the blue collar shadows of the Monarch Brewing Co. on West 21st Street. The old Chicago brewhouse was owned by his father, Fulton. The hours were long; vacations were well-deserved.

In the spring of 1956 Thornton and his brother Jack visited Fort Lauderdale. They fell in love with the laid-back seaside city that was born out of an 1838 Seminole war site.

The brothers found some virgin land on North Federal Highway, then a sleepy two-l...

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