September 7, 2006

Nakava in New Times of Palm Beach and Broward

To add to the ever-growing list of news media outlets, New Times honors Nakava a second time with an insightful and humorous article on the everyday island krunk.

To read the article click here: http://www.newtimesbpb.com/Issues/2006-09-07/news/nightrider.html

December 16, 2005

Nakava Kava Bar Featured on Geraldo At Large!

First National TV Coverage.

December 09, 2005

Nakava Kava Bar Featured in USA Today!

Biggest Press Coverage Yet.

Nakava kava bar was featured in an article in the USA Today. It can be read here. 

http://www.usatoday.com/travel/news/2005-12-08-kava-concerns_x.htm

October 25, 2005

Nakava Kava Bar Survives Category 2 Hurricane Wilma!

Yes folks it has happened again...Hurricane Wilma decided to set its sights on south Florida and did not waiver.Southern Palm Beach and Northern Broward counties were hot with the "dirty" side of the southern eyewall and experienced winds of 100 mph plus at times. The destructive winds were evident by all south Floridians and anyone else that beame trapped here thinking this was going to be a piece of cake like last year.Boy were we all wrong.Fortunately the kava bar sustained little damage.Just a little bit of water under the doors that made the carpet smell like an old Michigan basement for a few days.The tribe at the Nakamal made it through allright despite the surpluses and shortages that occured after the storm reminiscent of any island nation.Plenty of laundry soap but no water was the story at Publix immediately after the hurricane.Thanks to Brian we all had plenty of ice and fresh sandwiches.And lets not forget Marks courageous drive to Port St. Lucie with 55 gallons of gas in his Honda Element so that the fish and everyone else could have some gas until the power came back on which it finally did Saturday the 29th. 6 days with no power is the most we have seen yet.Somehow only half of the block has power but we are not going to complain. Still a lot of clean up to do in the area but the kava bar still stands in Boca Raton.

August 26, 2005

Nakava Survives Hurricane Katrina!!

Category 1 Hurricane Katrina made landfall near Miami yestrday. It flooded Miami and parts of south Florida but we are releived that the kava bar has weathered yet another storm. The winds were felt in Boca Raton but were not too bad.The kava bar suffered no damage and things went back to business as usual pretty quickly.Who would have known that this hurricane would inflict so much damage to its next victims in New Orleans.

January 16, 2005

Nakava Celebrates 3 Year Anniversary.

North America's first?kava bar celebrated its third year in business by hosting its annual Customer Appreciation Day party. The customers happily drank over 20 gallons of free kava. Check out the pictures from this kava party as well as our last celebratory parties at our online gallery.

September 25, 2004

Nakava Survives Hurricane Jeanne!

Just a couple weeks after a near miss by hurricane Frances kava local kava consumption was interrupted once again. The kava bar sustained little damage and was only out of power for 2 days before the kava was flowing freely once again. Thank you to David Trudeau and Hi-Tech Printing of Deerfield Beach, Florida for donating a generator to keep the fish alive and allowng us to open with no power.

Nakava Survives Hurricane Frances!

Hurricane Frances paid a visit to south Florida and the Nakava kava bar. It was the first hurricane that had ever struck the area since the kava bar opened in 2002. Despite having wet carpet near the doorways the nakamal was unscathed. Some say the artifacts protected the kava because we were the only stores in the plaza that did not a leaking roof. The worst part about this experience was having to stay closed for 5 days. Some of the hard core locals like Jim C. and Richard D. came out right after the storm hit looking for some kava. They are so hard core they drank 3 day old kava warm! Said it worked just fine. Caine finally chopped up the tree limb that was taking up 2 parking spaces after about 1 week of everyone looking at it wondering when it would be removed. Some people decided to sleep in the nakamal to protect it from looters. We stayed up all night drinking kava with a cold refrigerator full of drinks and a functioning ice machine?courtesy of Paul Millers donated generator.

May 13, 2004

Nakava Earns "Best Place to Mellow Out" Award

We were honored to be chosen as the best place for people to chill out in Broward and Palm Beach Counties. Now that is an honor. Check out our article in the New Times.

January 23, 2004

The Nakava earns place in Top Ten Bars in Boca Raton, Florida.

For the complete article, please visit: Boca Raton News.

January 12, 2004

First nakamal in America to celebrate two years of kava consumption. This article first appeared in the Boca Raton News on January 2nd of the same month.

For the complete article, please visit: Port Vila Presse.

December 19, 2003

Toys for Tots Benefit Kava Party - The Nakamal held its first annual holiday charity event to benefit the Toys for Tots Foundation.

We collected nearly $3,000 worth of toys and monetary donations that were distributed by the United States Marine Corps and volunteers to families with children in need.

Entrance required one toy, unwrapped and in original packaging, per person or a $5 minimum donation.

The Nakamal donated 25% of its sales to the Toys for Tots Foundation.

This event was a soaring success. The Nakamal team would like to extend a gracious thank you to all who have helped this year. We look forward to making 2004 bigger and better, so we can reach even more children and families.

Thank you for your support.

May 26, 2003

An independent study of European import restrictions imposed against kava on health grounds shows they were excessively cautious, says the South Pacific Forum.

For the complete article, please visit: The New Zealand Herald.

April 7, 2003

A team of University of Hawai'i scientists may have solved the mystery of why some Europeans who used products containing kava extract suffered severe liver damage, prompting a number of nations to ban sales of the herbal supplement.

For the complete article, please visit: HonoluluAdvertiser.com.

January 16, 2003

Nakava is pround to announce it's One Year Anniversary. We celebrated our anniversary on Thursday, January 16, 2003.

In order to show our appreciation for all our friends who have supported us throughout our first year of business, we served FREE kava all night long.

The night was a tremendous success. View our gallery of pictures of North America's biggest kava party of 2003.

November 5, 2002

Nakava was featured in the Boca Raton Magazine's November/December 2002 issue. The Nakava was chosen as the number 6 option for stress relief in the Body and Soul section's top 10 ways to relieve stress during the holiday season.

Nakava can now add Boca Raton Magazine to the prestegious list of periodicals (Sun-Sentinel, Palm Beach Post, and the Boca Raton News)that have written articles showcasing the Nakava.

For more about Boca Raton Magazine, please visit their website: http://www.bocamag.com/

November 5, 2002

The Nakava unveils new look and feel to web site, Nakava v.1. With the graphical artwork by Ari Justin Rothenberg, the Nakamal seeks to provide its on-line visitors with a look into North America's first and only kava bar.

January 16, 2002

The Nakamal opens its doors for business in Boca Raton, Florida as the first kava bar in North America.