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Polynesian Room, Fort Lauderdale, FL (restaurant) |
heelgrinder
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Oct 10, 2005
Posts: 112
From: deep in the jungle of san antonio, texas
|  Posted: 2012-06-11 06:13 am Permalink
Love all these graphics! The Clipper (I, like Kiliki, will ALWAYS call it that) is going to be a great home for us again 
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Greg_D_R
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Joined: Apr 22, 2011
Posts: 50 | Posted: 2012-06-21 1:27 pm Permalink
What a great thread. I have one of Mo-Eye's prints of the blue matchbook art, so I googled Polynesian Room, and of course ended up here. Thanks to all who posted the pics and articles, wonderful stuff.
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Dustycajun
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Joined: Nov 16, 2007
Posts: 3923
From: Santa Barbara, CA
| Posted: 2012-07-19 8:14 pm Permalink
Great research as usual Tiki Tom D.
I picked up a new postcard from the Polynesian Room. A double oversized card that shared the billing with the Cabaret Caprice at the Sheraton Fort Lauderdale Hotel.
Here is a close up of the Polynesian Room photo. A nice mural in the background, good looking Hawaiian style band, but what's up with the Balinesian style dancers?
I also spotted this menu from the Polynesian Room that has a full view of the Tiki shown on the matchbook first posted by Tiki-Kate (Viva!).
DC
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bigbrotiki
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Joined: Mar 25, 2002
Posts: 10561
From: Tiki Island, above the Silverlake
| Posted: 2012-07-19 10:47 pm Permalink
Hey...I was hoping for a blow up of "Cabaret Caprice", also! 
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Dustycajun
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Joined: Nov 16, 2007
Posts: 3923
From: Santa Barbara, CA
| Posted: 2012-07-25 7:32 pm Permalink
Here you go Bigbro. A whip man and four wild skating Kitty Cats on Ice! The night-time entertainment scene was obviously very competitive back in the day in Fort Lauderdale.
I picked up one of the brochures that Tiki Tom D posted and it had two 1957-58 rate sheets inside.
Can we get those prices for 2013 Hukilau?
The rate sheet had some nice info and graphics on the facilities:
DC
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Tipsy McStagger
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Joined: Nov 21, 2004
Posts: 3388
From: HELL
| Posted: 2013-04-09 05:14 am Permalink
picked this up recently.....
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TikiTomD
Grand Member (3 years) 
Joined: Sep 20, 2009
Posts: 629
From: Flagler Beach, FL
| Posted: 2013-04-10 07:36 am Permalink
Tipsy, that's a great find!
The photo is in the Polynesian Room dining area. The wahine serving the drink is Tuai, who also performed in the show with Nani Maka, Pasefika and Taafili, with music provided by George Hines and his band. This was likely in the 1960s, but certainly no later than the very early 1970s.
DC and bigbrotiki, Cabaret Caprice was an ice show in the Sheraton Fort Lauderdale Hotel on the Ocean, also built by Bob Gill, who subsequently renamed it to the Yankee Trader as sort of a sibling with the flagship Yankee Clipper Hotel.
Really nice contributions to the thread...
-Tom
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