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The Tropics at The Hotel Wolverine, Detroit, MI (restaurant) |
dogbytes
Grand Member (8 years) 
Joined: Mar 24, 2002
Posts: 2240
From: seattle, wa
|  Posted: 2009-03-05 5:49 pm Permalink
Name:The Tropics at The Hotel Wolverine
Type:restaurant
Street:Witherell and Elizabeth Streets
City:Detroit
State:MI
Zip:
country:USA
Phone:
Status:defunct
Description:
The Wolverine Hotel, also known as Hotel Wolverine was a hotel in Detroit, near Grand Circus Park. It was imploded in early 1997.
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dogbytes
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Joined: Mar 24, 2002
Posts: 2240
From: seattle, wa
| Posted: 2009-03-05 5:53 pm Permalink
i have a cocktail napkin.
there is a reference to The Tropics on Critiki, and a few postcards on ebay. but thats all i know!
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Dustycajun
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Joined: Nov 16, 2007
Posts: 3923
From: Santa Barbara, CA
| Posted: 2009-03-12 4:19 pm Permalink
Dogbytes,
That is quite a score of napkins you made at the estate sale. Thanks for taking the time to post them all.
Here is a postcard from the Tropics showing the south seas interior. I think this one was in the Book of Tiki too.
Here is the description from the back of the card. Another establishment with the old rain on the roof trick.
Here is a postcard showing the Hotel Wolverine with the Tropics building next door.
And finally, in fine Detroit style (a-la Chin Tiki) the demolition of the hotel and Tropics buildings. It is now a parking lot for the new baseball park.
DC
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mudbone
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Joined: Nov 12, 2008
Posts: 141
From: michigan
| Posted: 2009-03-13 5:45 pm Permalink
Thank you guys for posting pictures,never seen anything on the Tropic's before.
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Sabu The Coconut Boy
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Joined: Aug 20, 2002
Posts: 2784
From: Carson, California
| Posted: 2009-11-06 2:25 pm Permalink
Since we seem to be on a "Tropics" posting theme today, I'll add this postcard from the Detroit location:
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Dustycajun
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Joined: Nov 16, 2007
Posts: 3923
From: Santa Barbara, CA
| Posted: 2009-11-06 3:01 pm Permalink
Sabu,
I just got that postcard in the mail yesterday and was going to post it tonight.
That view is from the Tropics Native Village which was connected to the Tropics Cocktail Lounge next door which is shown in the previous postcard.
Here is the write up from the back of the card.
Sounds like the bandstand moved around some how.
DC
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Dustycajun
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Joined: Nov 16, 2007
Posts: 3923
From: Santa Barbara, CA
| Posted: 2009-11-27 08:07 am Permalink
Nice old matchbook from the Tropics on ebay.
DC
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bigbrotiki
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Joined: Mar 25, 2002
Posts: 10561
From: Tiki Island, above the Silverlake
| Posted: 2009-11-27 11:51 pm Permalink
Nice embossing job. That must have been the predecessor to the boob embossing custom.
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On 2009-11-06 15:01, Dustycajun wrote:
Sounds like the bandstand moved around some how.
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I always thought the bandstand above the bar at Clifton's Pacific Seas was impressive:
And the floating Tonga Room one of course. But how did this one work? They plowed thru the tables and huts? 
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Dustycajun
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Posts: 3923
From: Santa Barbara, CA
| Posted: 2010-03-07 09:55 am Permalink
Saw this cool menu from the Detroit Tropics on Mimi's website. Funny it doesn't advertise the Hotel Wolverine on it.
DC
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Dustycajun
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Joined: Nov 16, 2007
Posts: 3923
From: Santa Barbara, CA
| Posted: 2012-04-25 08:33 am Permalink
Spotted this image of the Tropics.
Gives you a good perspective on the upstairs/downstairs layout of the place.
DC
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