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bigtikidude
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Joined: Aug 10, 2004
Posts: 8312
From: Anaheim,Ca.
|  Posted: 2008-11-17 2:02 pm Permalink
well I guess that is a good enough reason to go.
good news.
be sure to post in tiki events.
Jeff(bigtikidude)
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The Sperm Whale
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Joined: Aug 23, 2004
Posts: 1538
From: Lakewood California
| Posted: 2008-11-17 2:02 pm Permalink
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On 2008-11-17 13:58, Luckydesigns wrote:
Well they really changed that place, didn't they? wow....
In other news..... it looks like the 'world famous' Hula Girls are going to be playing there on December 7th, when the 'new' Royal Hawaiian will be unveiling their signature mug. Hope to see you there...
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Sweet!! I am going to try to go!!!
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tyger jymmy
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Joined: Apr 14, 2003
Posts: 554
From: califorina
| Posted: 2008-11-17 6:05 pm Permalink
very kool placxe hope theres some tikis there .
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Kiki von Tiki
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Joined: Mar 01, 2008
Posts: 757
From: Irvine, CA
| Posted: 2008-11-20 4:43 pm Permalink
I'm still going, anyway. The Hula Girls and a new release mug are reason enough, and if we support them and ask for better, you never know what could happen (hey, I'm a dreamer, what can I say?). They need Bamboo Ben!
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christiki295
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Joined: Apr 09, 2003
Posts: 3616
From: LA-2547 mls east Hawaii &5500 Easter Is
| Posted: 2009-04-15 11:29 am Permalink
Any updates as to more Tiki at the Royal Hawaiian?
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bigtikidude
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Joined: Aug 10, 2004
Posts: 8312
From: Anaheim,Ca.
| Posted: 2009-04-15 8:42 pm Permalink
I went there the one time for the mug release party,
I saw that they have adds in some local entertainment/restaurant magazine.
Jeff(bigtikidude)
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christiki295
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Joined: Apr 09, 2003
Posts: 3616
From: LA-2547 mls east Hawaii &5500 Easter Is
| Posted: 2010-08-30 9:50 pm Permalink
Good photos.
The remodel is not bad, and it is more bright and airy.
Although, I do recall there being 4 Tikis out front initially.
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telescopes
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Joined: May 06, 2007
Posts: 554
From: Palm Springs
| Posted: 2011-04-17 4:20 pm Permalink
Does anyone have any new photos of this place?
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Joe Banks
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Joined: Aug 02, 2007
Posts: 524
From: Hollywoodland
| Posted: 2011-04-17 5:01 pm Permalink
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abstractiki
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Joined: Aug 29, 2009
Posts: 585
From: Lodi, CA
| Posted: 2011-11-12 08:56 am Permalink
I found these images in the LA Library archives a while back.
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Dustycajun
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Joined: Nov 16, 2007
Posts: 3946
From: Santa Barbara, CA
| Posted: 2011-11-15 08:02 am Permalink
Nice menu Abstract.
Here is an old Royal Hawaiian matchbook from my collection.
A few other matchbook styles I clipped from the net.
A few ashtray styles with same artwork as the matchbooks.
And a very old placemat I saw on ebay some time back.
Still have yet to get to this place. Maybe stop by on my trip down south next weekend.
DC
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bigbrotiki
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Joined: Mar 25, 2002
Posts: 10599
From: Tiki Island, above the Silverlake
| Posted: 2011-11-15 09:05 am Permalink
Well, just to remind you what you are in for:
You won't find THIS anymore:
...but rather this:
Oh, how tidy and clean it looks! 
Abstract's L.A. library discovery is interesting because it seems that the Royal Hawaiian actually had a Tiki sign at some point!:
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On 2011-11-12 08:56, abstractiki wrote:
I found these images in the LA Library archives a while back.
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This rendering is not some fancy architect's vision that might have been scaled down, but a grassroots sketch of the real building. By the time I went there, there was no sign, and I have never seen a photo of the place with it up. WHO's gonna find one?
And the mask on the menu actually was part of a wall patterned with New Guinea and Tap designs that was inside the place:
I had taken a snapshot of the wall way back when because I thought it was curious that they used the Trader Vic's log mask from the South Seas art book. One of the many loving details in the Royal Hawaiian that has disappeared.
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christiki295
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Joined: Apr 09, 2003
Posts: 3616
From: LA-2547 mls east Hawaii &5500 Easter Is
| Posted: 2011-11-15 3:31 pm Permalink
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On 2008-11-10 08:58, WooHooWahine wrote:
A shame, but thank god the outside Tikis remain (even if I like the prior
colorful ones):
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bigbrotiki
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Joined: Mar 25, 2002
Posts: 10599
From: Tiki Island, above the Silverlake
| Posted: 2011-11-15 11:34 pm Permalink
Yup, those tree wizards really turn that place around! 
 
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bigtikidude
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Joined: Aug 10, 2004
Posts: 8312
From: Anaheim,Ca.
| Posted: 2011-11-16 09:55 am Permalink
Ha!!!
good one Sven.
almost Native American Totem pole looking.
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