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The Tahitian Room, Richland, WA (restaurant) |
TikiTempus
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Joined: Apr 08, 2011
Posts: 6
From: Washington
|  Posted: 2012-08-23 11:02 pm Permalink
Bigbrotiki, your theory is correct! Is the mug yours? How did you come upon it?
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bigbrotiki
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Joined: Mar 25, 2002
Posts: 11605
From: Tiki Island, above the Silverlake
| Posted: 2012-08-24 11:11 am Permalink
An old friend gave it to me long ago, a thrift store find back from when one could find Tiki mugs in thrift stores here.
Who was "mille" ?
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TikiTempus
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Joined: Apr 08, 2011
Posts: 6
From: Washington
| Posted: 2012-08-26 9:23 pm Permalink
Sorry, am too young to know the history of the T-Room mug, but do know that by the 90's there were only a few left in the Velvet Room.
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TikiTempus
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Joined: Apr 08, 2011
Posts: 6
From: Washington
| Posted: 2012-08-26 9:51 pm Permalink
Tikicoma, found you the late 80's/early 90's version of the menu. T-Room menus and business cards were printed by Ernie's Printing (defunct) for years.
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TikiTempus
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Joined: Apr 08, 2011
Posts: 6
From: Washington
| Posted: 2012-08-26 10:17 pm Permalink
Located Vina's original stationary letterhead. Dig the logo. My latest theory is the guy in the picture from my earlier post was George Sing and the woman his wife. From what I gather, Mr. Sing tragically took his life when his wife left him. This led Malvina Levinson to sell the business. I also do know that her husband Sol Levinson past away in the mid-70's.
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tikicoma
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Joined: Jan 16, 2010
Posts: 773
From: wakinekona
| Posted: 2014-02-26 9:40 pm Permalink
Got to ask, did anyone here win the matchbook from the Tahitian that sold on Ebay monday?
aloha, tikicoma
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tikicoma
Grand Member (8 years)
Joined: Jan 16, 2010
Posts: 773
From: wakinekona
| Posted: 2014-03-02 10:12 pm Permalink
OK, no response, so this matchbook jacket sold a week ago for 51 bucks! I bid on it but it went for way more than I thought it would. I mean 51 bucks!? We've all seen this clip art hula dancer many times before in newspaper ads and other matchbooks. It is the only jacket I've ever seen from the Tahitian Room though.
It bummed me that I didn't get it so I went to ignored spot on Ebay and bought this for a fifth of what the matches cost (shipping was more though).
And BigBro the Mille on yours? It may be what looks like an accent over the "e" is an artistic "i".
p.s. TikiTempus thanks for posting the menu, it looks like pupu's and drinks would been worth a night out on one of my visits back. And doesn't the Vina's letterhead tiki look like a bomb to you?
aloha, tikicoma
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naugatiki
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Joined: Jan 02, 2004
Posts: 876
From: Port Angeles, Wa
| Posted: 2015-09-11 12:56 pm Permalink
Here's a hobby mug of it that looks like it was glazed to look like a chicken.
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