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Bahooka To Be Reborn! |
CincyTikiCraig
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Joined: Mar 31, 2009
Posts: 328
From: Cincinnati, Ohio USA
|  Posted: 2013-03-22 10:48 am Permalink
Just read this:
http://www.lamag.com/citythink/askchris/2013/03/21/tiki-paradise-bahooka-to-be-reborn
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JOHN-O
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Joined: May 16, 2008
Posts: 2460
From: Dogtown, USA
| Posted: 2013-03-22 11:15 am Permalink
Actually the Bigbro pointed that out on the Bahooka memories thread. But since this one has been created let me state this...
I don't want the Bahooka to be reborn at Clifton's !!
I was really hoping that the new "Tiki" bar would be a literal homage to the 1940's Pre-Tiki style that existed at the Pacific Seas. Check out that super cool neon palm tree...
Do you see any nautical style, flotsam or jetsam, or even Tikis in that picture ??
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Hakalugi
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Joined: Aug 10, 2004
Posts: 2804
From: Redondo Beach, CA
| Posted: 2013-03-22 12:10 pm Permalink
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On 2013-03-22 11:15, JOHN-O wrote:
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Do you see any nautical style, flotsam or jetsam, or even Tikis in that picture ??
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No, but adding some would definitely improve it! 
From what I read, it's being billed as a 21st century version of Clifton's original Pacific Seas Cafeteria. So in a way it's still an homage to the original Pacific Seas but with more. And as long as there are no party city clown tikis, I can't complain.
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tobunga
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Joined: Apr 12, 2008
Posts: 896 | Posted: 2013-03-22 1:08 pm Permalink
Sounds like the best possible thing that could have happened! I'm really looking forward to it... Clifton's Brookdale is already an amazing, one of a kind place, and it's only going to get better! It's incredible good fortune for us that so much from Bahooka will still be together, for us to enjoy in an appropriate atmosphere.
I see it as two lost tiki establishments being given a new lease on life... I certainly can't find anything about which to complain in this scenario.
Now imagine that any remnants of Bahooka never resurfaced anywhere. And that nobody thought enough of The Pacific Seas to feel it warranted any sort of rebirth.
Please try to appreciate our good fortune to have what we still have, to have memories of great things past, and be grateful of what the future holds in store for us tikiphiles.
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SandraDee
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Joined: Mar 11, 2011
Posts: 583 | Posted: 2013-03-22 1:29 pm Permalink
I think that was one of the best responses/comments I have ever read Tobunga. Well said!!
Great news for sure!
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bigbrotiki
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Joined: Mar 25, 2002
Posts: 10562
From: Tiki Island, above the Silverlake
| Posted: 2013-03-22 1:51 pm Permalink
A few facts:
The NEW South Seas Cliftons will be just one of many themed rooms in the place. It will be upstairs in the front, facing Broadway (but with limited, if at all window space).
It will be an homage to the golden age of travel, before jets.
It will neither be an exact replica of Clifton's Pacific Seas, nor of Bahooka's - it will be its own thing.
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Joe Banks
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Joined: Aug 02, 2007
Posts: 519
From: Hollywoodland
| Posted: 2013-03-22 2:00 pm Permalink
Nothing to complain about whatsoever!
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MakeDaMug
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Joined: Mar 28, 2002
Posts: 1171
From: behind a cluttered desk
| Posted: 2013-03-22 4:36 pm Permalink
I have been working intimately with the owner of Clifton's now for many months and can assure everbody that the end result will be nothing short of breathtaking. The owner has a keen sense of the history of the property and is working with some of the best collaborators to restore it to it's original days of grandeur! It's gonna be... AWESOME!!
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Big Kahuna
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Joined: Apr 11, 2007
Posts: 1908
From: SoMass
| Posted: 2013-03-22 4:46 pm Permalink
Any idea when it's going to open?
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Atomic Tiki Punk
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Joined: Jul 19, 2009
Posts: 4026
From: Costa Misery
| Posted: 2013-03-22 5:00 pm Permalink
Good news Holden!
This thread title is very misrepresentive of the subject.
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tikijackskeleton
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Joined: Dec 30, 2012
Posts: 34
From: Los Angeles
| Posted: 2013-03-22 5:38 pm Permalink
So that's why the yardsale never happened.
At least it gets a good home. I look forward to going there. Make it a Clifton's/Trader Vic's two-fer.
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tobunga
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Joined: Apr 12, 2008
Posts: 896 | Posted: 2013-03-22 8:03 pm Permalink
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On 2013-03-22 17:38, tikijackskeleton wrote:
I look forward to going there. Make it a Clifton's/Trader Vic's two-fer.
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Oh Yeah! I fergot about that! Now that will be fun!
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CincyTikiCraig
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Joined: Mar 31, 2009
Posts: 328
From: Cincinnati, Ohio USA
| Posted: 2013-03-22 8:54 pm Permalink
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On 2013-03-22 17:00, Atomic Tiki Punk wrote:
Good news Holden!
This thread title is very misrepresentive of the subject.
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Sorry about that guys, I had just read the news while I was eating lunch and posted it via my mobile. Wanted to share the news.
Mahalo
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Hakalugi
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Joined: Aug 10, 2004
Posts: 2804
From: Redondo Beach, CA
| Posted: 2013-03-22 9:02 pm Permalink
Here's another article, this one from Zagat (Blog). Similar content but a more appropriate title:
Bahooka's Tiki Decor Goes to Clifton's Cafeteria Downtown
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tobunga
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Joined: Apr 12, 2008
Posts: 896 | Posted: 2013-03-22 9:23 pm Permalink
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On 2013-03-22 20:54, CincyTikiCraig wrote:
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On 2013-03-22 17:00, Atomic Tiki Punk wrote:
Good news Holden!
This thread title is very misrepresentive of the subject.
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Sorry about that guys, I had just read the news while I was eating lunch and posted it via my mobile. Wanted to share the news.
Mahalo
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Aloha CincyTikiCraig!
Don't sweat it... the title is accurate enough, and intriguing! It's not like you said BAHOOKA REOPENS!!!! or anything like that.
I wouldn't have known the specifics if you hadn't started the thread!
And I'm sure it generated interest! Plus, it's an interesting topic, in any event!
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