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The Hurricane, San Francisco, CA (restaurant) |
Dustycajun
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Nov 16, 2007
Posts: 3929
From: Santa Barbara, CA
|  Posted: 2011-02-02 6:55 pm Permalink
Name:The Hurricane
Type:restaurant
Street:533 Pacific Street
City:San Francisco
State:CA
Zip:
country:USA
Phone:
Status:defunct
Description:
This is another one of the Pre-Tiki bars that used the name "The Hurricane", presumably modeled after the popular South Seas movie of the same name staring Dorthy Lamour and Jon Hall. This one was owned by Burt Rovere.
I have this menu from the bar.
The lure of the Tropics indeed.
Some the the tropical drinks, some different names here.
 
The food choices, and the Rum of the house ... Ronrico.
Looks like Burt had a few other restaurants as well.
I grabbed images of this matchbook that shows the bamboo exterior. Anybody heard of the "International Settlement" before? The address changed from 533 Pacfic Street on the menu to 535 Pacific Avenue on the matchbook, hmmm.
Finally here is a napkin I tried for on ebay. They changed the look of the logo wahinee, going tropical and topless!
DC
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Dustycajun
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Nov 16, 2007
Posts: 3929
From: Santa Barbara, CA
| Posted: 2011-02-03 08:35 am Permalink
I knew that I had seen the International Settlement in San Francisco somewhere before. I have this postcard that I got after Sabu posted in on the Pago Pago thread showing the entrance to the International Settlement and the Pago restaurant.
The house of Zombie.
Looks there were a couple of Pre-tiki joints there.
DC
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Joshua Bell
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Aug 22, 2006
Posts: 23
From: San Francisco
| Posted: 2011-02-03 10:23 pm Permalink
Huh... I walk past that address every morning on the way to work.
Alas, no hint of tiki there now; only expensive home furnishing galleries, law offices, and a steady churn of overly upscale restaurants.
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hiltiki
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jun 10, 2004
Posts: 2775
From: Reseda, calif.
| Posted: 2011-08-25 6:46 pm Permalink
Here is picture of the Hurricane in San Francisco that I grabbed of the net.
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Dustycajun
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Nov 16, 2007
Posts: 3929
From: Santa Barbara, CA
| Posted: 2011-08-25 7:58 pm Permalink
WOW Hiltiki, that is a great photo. What an amazing looking pre-tiki bar, it has it all. The bamboo, the mural, the leopard bar stools, tapa, thatch, the rum, rum rum, and that bartender with the pineapple drinks is priceless. Nice find.
DC
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Dustycajun
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Nov 16, 2007
Posts: 3929
From: Santa Barbara, CA
| Posted: 2012-09-30 11:36 am Permalink
Here is a napkin I have that lists the International Settlement location of the Hurricane with Jack De Maria the manager. Maybe after Bert Rovere?
DC
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