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Mannie's Tropic Isle, Venice, CA (bar) |
TikiG
Grand Member (2 years) 
Joined: Jun 17, 2008
Posts: 1519
From: Palmdale, California
|  Posted: 2009-09-10 08:00 am Permalink
Name:Mannie's Tropic Isle
Type:bar
Street:3329 Washington Blvd.
City:Venice
State:CA
Zip:n/a
country:USA
Phone:S.M. 83018
Status:defunct
Description:
Cocktail Bar.
Other facts unknown at this time by this user.
Images below taken from a matchbook cover I've had in my collection for years
Simple single color graphic
"Gay Smart Enjoyable"
Matches inside intact. Color of matchheads same as graphics
[ This Message was edited by: TikiG 2009-09-10 08:08 ]
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Dustycajun
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Nov 16, 2007
Posts: 3916
From: Santa Barbara, CA
| Posted: 2009-09-10 10:57 pm Permalink
TikiG,
Thanks for posting your stuff, been having fun looking at So Cal pre-Tiki.
Who came first, Curt or Mannie?
DC
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Unga Bunga
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Joined: Jun 06, 2003
Posts: 5734
From: CaliTikifornia
| Posted: 2009-09-11 11:34 am Permalink
I know I'm going to regret asking this, but what do you think they mean by the word "smart"?
Savory Meals And Real Tikis!
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Dustycajun
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Nov 16, 2007
Posts: 3916
From: Santa Barbara, CA
| Posted: 2009-11-28 9:19 pm Permalink
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On 2009-09-10 22:57, Dustycajun wrote:
Who came first, Curt or Mannie?
DC
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Now we know the answer thanks to this post from Bigbro over on the Tahiti South Seas thread:
Herman came first!
Seems as though Herman Klabounde started the Tropic Isle then sold it to Mannie who sold to to Curt.
DC
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bigbrotiki
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Joined: Mar 25, 2002
Posts: 10558
From: Tiki Island, above the Silverlake
| Posted: 2009-11-28 10:27 pm Permalink
Herman? Curt? Sounds like a bunch of South Sea-crazy Germans to me!
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Dustycajun
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Nov 16, 2007
Posts: 3916
From: Santa Barbara, CA
| Posted: 2010-06-22 8:58 pm Permalink
So, it looks like Herman started the Tropic Isle while he owned the Tahiti down the road in Santa Monica.
Here is a matchbook cover with the Tahiti Restaurant
and the inside of the matchbook advertises the Tropic Isle in Venice.
So I say Herman was Number 1.
DC
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Dustycajun
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Nov 16, 2007
Posts: 3916
From: Santa Barbara, CA
| Posted: 2010-06-22 9:14 pm Permalink
And I think Curt was definitely second - another one of Curt's matchbooks.
DC
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Dustycajun
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Nov 16, 2007
Posts: 3916
From: Santa Barbara, CA
| Posted: 2013-03-12 9:36 pm Permalink
But wait, there's more! Frank Vanstone also owned the Tropic Isle!
 
DC
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