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Julian's Dining Room and Lounge, Ormond Beach , FL (restaurant) |
GatorRob
Grand Member (4 years) 
Joined: Aug 20, 2004
Posts: 1497
From: FL
|  Posted: 2008-01-21 09:05 am
Name:Julian's Dining Room and Lounge
Type:restaurant
Street:88 South Atlantic Avenue
City:Ormond Beach
State:FL
Zip:32176
country:USA
Phone:(386) 677-6767
Status:operational
Description:
Julian's is a restaurant and bar that has been in business since 1967. It has been owned by the same family all that time. A few years ago, it was purchased by someone else in the family (no specific details on exactly who that is, but it is a couple and they were working the reservation desk and seating people). But despite the change in ownership, as far as I can tell, the place looks the same. Julian's claims to fame are its imposing A frame entrance and its spectacular Polynesian mural behind the sunken bar.
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GatorRob
Grand Member (4 years)
Joined: Aug 20, 2004
Posts: 1497
From: FL
| Posted: 2008-01-21 09:31 am
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Dustycajun
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Joined: Nov 16, 2007
Posts: 1333
From: Santa Barbara, CA
| Posted: 2008-06-30 5:48 pm
GatorRob
Thanks for those great photos. It is really awesome to see an old place like that still standing and in such great shape.
Here are some shots from an old postcard I have from Julian's. It looks the same today.
Here is a menu I have from Julian's
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GatorRob
Grand Member (4 years)
Joined: Aug 20, 2004
Posts: 1497
From: FL
| Posted: 2008-07-01 09:25 am
What is that in the middle of the A-frame in the drawings? A mask or a shield? Whatever it was, if it ever existed at all on the actual building, it's not there now.
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bigbrotiki
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Joined: Mar 25, 2002
Posts: 7055
From: Tiki Island, above the Silverlake
| Posted: 2008-07-01 09:42 am
It looks almost like a turtle shell, but I think it' supposed to be PNG shield. That postcard is great, interesting that the buildings on the side had those weird beams extending to the pavement.
I always wished I would find a photo of the interior walls before they applied that garish paint to the shields, too bad this is so small. But you can make out that Witco "Balinese Goddess" wall hanging in the middle that is not there anymore. Bill Westenhaver told me he spent several months in the area, paying the hotels and restaurants with carvings in exchange for food and lodging.
Man I hope that place will last, I love it.
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Dustycajun
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Nov 16, 2007
Posts: 1333
From: Santa Barbara, CA
| Posted: 2008-10-21 9:42 pm
Just picked up a matchbook from Julian's making it a paper tri-fecta: Postcard, menu, matchbook. Did not get to go by here on my latest trip to Florida, will have to check it out on the way to Hukilau next year!
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