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Hula Hut, Wheaton, MD (restaurant) |
Dustycajun
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Nov 16, 2007
Posts: 1812
From: Santa Barbara, CA
|  Posted: 2009-10-08 8:43 pm
Name:Hula Hut
Type:restaurant
Street:
City:Wheaton
State:MD
Zip:
country:USA
Phone:
Status:defunct
Description:
I purchased these two Tiki mugs from the Hula Hut years ago (I think they were some of my first ones). I have always wondered where they were from.
I recently came across this postcard on ebay from the Hula Hut located
in Wheaton, Maryland. I am assuming that this is the source of the mugs.
Kind of a painted-up Tiki place with three rooms - the Hula Room, Hilo Room and Hula Room.
Also a matchbook from the place - another version of the Hawaiian Village design that has been copied so many times.
Could not find out much else in the research department.
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Johnny Dollar
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Oct 01, 2003
Posts: 2626
From: Baltimore, Maryland, PNG
| Posted: 2010-01-05 12:06 pm
more clues to the hula hut have come to light in 2009!
there are plenty message boards and blogs about retail, old malls, grocery stores, etc... well this particular one had the following exchange in june 2009:
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June 9th, 2009 at 5:38 pm
Does anyone remember the name of the polynesian restaurant at Reedie and Georgia (I think)? It had slanting bamboo torches out front.
[Reply]
AJ
June 10th, 2009 at 5:48 pm
I believe that resturant was the Hula Hut.
Before that there used to be three businesses there. The Wheaton Tavern, A pool hall, and many different transient occupants in the other. |
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link: http://www.labelscar.com/maryland/westfield-wheaton-plaza
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Reedie+and+Georgia,+wheaton,+maryland&sll=39.360449,-76.647449&sspn=0.014666,0.023324&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Georgia+Ave+%26+Reedie+Dr,+Silver+Spring,+Montgomery,+Maryland+20902&t=h&z=17
another facebook post http://hi-in.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=35718166692&topic=5511&post=49334 locates the hula hut as over the wheaton rental center on reedie drive:
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| William Robert Wall wrote on December 22, 2009 at 3:36 pm
Worked at Wheaton Rental Center (WRC) from '73-'76 - when it used to be on Reedie Drive, across the street from Dunkin Donuts, and under the Hula Hut. |
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i contacted mr. wall, and he said that the hula hut was on the sw corner of the intersection (location of the wheaton metro station). he recalls that the hula hut opened in the mid 1960s, and was closed by the time the metro station was built (opened 1990).
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[ This Message was edited by: Johnny Dollar 2010-01-06 08:19 ]
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JackLord
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Jan 18, 2006
Posts: 83
From: Washington, DC
| Posted: 2010-01-07 12:33 pm
Wow. Never heard of it. Time to poll the older members of the family again.
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