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Dobb's House Luau - Memphis, Memphis, TN (restaurant) |
Dustycajun
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From: Santa Barbara, CA
|  Posted: 2010-07-03 10:06 am Permalink
Found this picture of the lounge singers at the Dobb's House Luau Restaurant in Memphis in the Memphis Magazine.
The author, Vance Lauderdale, also posted this picture that he originally thought was from the Dobb's House Luau but his reader indicated it was not.... so it's a mystery.
Anybody (Swanky) got and idea of where this might be from??
DC
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Dustycajun
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From: Santa Barbara, CA
| Posted: 2010-07-03 10:21 am Permalink
Well now that I look at the mystery photo and compare it to my postcard I think that is the Dobb's House Luau after all. Look at the floor.
Will have to emial Vance.
DC
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Dustycajun
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| Posted: 2010-11-12 4:09 pm Permalink
Here is one of those great Ford Times renderings of the Dobb's House Luau restaurant in Memphis. Great details, the even showed the menu's correctly.
A pool of water from which a flame erupts and a twenty-five foot Easter Island idol are a few of the spectacular decorative features of this Polynesian-style restaurant..."
The story line sound cool - a 25-footer!
DC
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Dustycajun
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| Posted: 2012-08-12 12:20 pm Permalink
Swanky,
Here is an interesting matchbook I have. It appears that the Dobb's House Luau in Memphis operated under different ownership after the Dobb's House chain left.
Looks to be the 1970's by the font.
DC
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Vince Martini
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From: Iki Pohaku, Arkansas
| Posted: 2013-05-20 12:30 am Permalink
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On 2009-10-30 22:14, donhonyc wrote:
I wonder if Elvis ever considered going here. It was literally 15 minutes away from Graceland.
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3135 Poplar is not 'just 15 minutes' from Graceland. It is like 30 minutes from Graceland.
I ate at the Luau in Memphis in 1977. It was a pretty popular spot then and I remember the Moai outside the closed restaurant when I went to school in Memphis in late 1982. I have pictures of the old moai...somewhere. If and when I can find them, I will post them to this thread.
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Vince Martini
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From: Iki Pohaku, Arkansas
| Posted: 2013-05-20 12:34 am Permalink
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On 2010-07-03 10:06, Dustycajun wrote:
Found this picture of the lounge singers at the Dobb's House Luau Restaurant in Memphis in the Memphis Magazine.
The author, Vance Lauderdale, also posted this picture that he originally thought was from the Dobb's House Luau but his reader indicated it was not.... so it's a mystery.
Anybody (Swanky) got and idea of where this might be from??
DC
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This second pic is from The Harbor House, which was in Midtown on Watkins Avenue...close to the Sears office building...not too far from Southwestern at Memphis (now Rhodes College).
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bigbrotiki
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From: Tiki Island, above the Silverlake
| Posted: 2013-05-20 02:21 am Permalink
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On 2013-05-20 00:30, Vince Martini wrote:
I ate at the Luau in Memphis in 1977. It was a pretty popular spot then and I remember the Moai outside the closed restaurant when I went to school in Memphis in late 1982. I have pictures of the old moai...somewhere. If and when I can find them, I will post them to this thread.
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Vince, is it that huge Moai you are talking about? Any luck with coming across those pics?
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