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South Pacific Polynesian Restaurant & Gardens, Hallandale, FL (restaurant) |
Dustycajun
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From: Santa Barbara, CA
|  Posted: 2010-01-04 8:04 pm Permalink
That popular New Zeland Tiki was also used on one of the Matson Line menus.
Here is a rare postcard showing a wide angle view of the exterior that sold on ebay recently.
DC
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Johnny Dollar
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From: Baltimore, Maryland, PNG
| Posted: 2010-01-05 06:31 am Permalink
see thread http://www.tikiroom.com/tikicentral/bb/viewtopic.php?topic=35135&forum=2&1
DC determined that the SP mug was from SP in arlington, VA, not hallandale, FL.
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bigbrotiki
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From: Tiki Island, above the Silverlake
| Posted: 2010-01-06 10:43 am Permalink
Wow, never seen that one! Tell your friend that a friend of yours would like to have one! 
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Dustycajun
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From: Santa Barbara, CA
| Posted: 2010-01-06 2:15 pm Permalink
Bigbro/Johnny Dollar,
I picked up one of those mugs some years ago and always wondered if it was from the South Pacific in Hallandale, FL. That mug is featured on page 88 of Tiki Quest, and Duke also surmised that the mug may have come from the South Pacific.
But, the logo on the mug does not look like the fonts or logos on any of the postcards or menus I have. The image of the mug is not on any of the paper items shown in this post either. I still wonder if this is really where it is from.
Maybe Johnny $ can ask his friend to get a little more history on the mug to solve this mini-mystery.
DC
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Johnny Dollar
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| Posted: 2010-01-06 2:18 pm Permalink
i'll see if my friend can ask his friend!
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bigbrotiki
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| Posted: 2010-01-06 4:52 pm Permalink
Aaah, now I dimly remember there was a discussion about that logo origin here before...I even had something to contribute I think...but now I totally forgot! Might have been in Tiki Finds, which would make it hard to find.
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Dustycajun
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From: Santa Barbara, CA
| Posted: 2010-01-10 09:46 am Permalink
A HA, I solved the mug mystery and the proof was right under my nose. I kept thinking I had seen the SP logo before, then I realized it is from a matchbook in my collection.
Same logo.
The South Pacific restaurant from Arlington, Virginia. I had posted this before on the Hawaiian Village knock-off matchbook thread. Will start a thread on Locating Tiki.
DC
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Johnny Dollar
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| Posted: 2010-01-10 1:35 pm Permalink
wow! amazing work DC!!!
that address is, i believe, technically "ballston" virginia, and the buildings on that block are more 1980's and 1990's vintage, so the original building is surely long gone.
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Dustycajun
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| Posted: 2010-01-10 6:27 pm Permalink
There was ANOTHER South Pacific Restaurant located in Silver Springs, Maryland.
DC
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Dustycajun
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| Posted: 2010-01-28 5:20 pm Permalink
Two different South Pacific matchbooks from ebay.
This one seemed to have inspired Don May's Leilani Hut.
TTT
DC
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Dustycajun
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From: Santa Barbara, CA
| Posted: 2010-02-27 12:18 pm Permalink
OK the South Pacific story keeps going and going. I just won this matchbook from the Sun Wah Imperial Polynesian Restaurant and Gardens on ebay. Why would I post it here, you ask?
Because it is the same location as the South Pacific! I have never heard of this transition before, must have been towards the end of the restaurant.
Cool.
DC
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Dustycajun
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From: Santa Barbara, CA
| Posted: 2010-03-08 11:48 am Permalink
The back of the Sun Wah matchbook lists another location in Boynton Beach, Fl. Wonder if that one had any Poly Pop going on? Have not heard of it before.
DC
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Kailuageoff
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From: Honolulu Lounge,Lewes, DE
| Posted: 2010-03-08 6:14 pm Permalink
Here is a dinner plate from the South Pacific (not mine unfortunately).
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Kailuageoff
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| Posted: 2010-03-08 6:16 pm Permalink
and here is the dinner menu (this one is mine).
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nibblegribitz
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Posts: 29 | Posted: 2010-06-05 7:52 pm Permalink
The South Pacific in Hallandale was a 'wanna be' of the Mai Kai in Ft. Lauderdale.
From the building to the menus and drinks.
The Keg O' Rum was there version of the Mai Kai Barrel O' Rum.
They also swapped musicians.
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