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The Polynesian, Seymour, CT (restaurant) |
SandraDee
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Joined: Mar 11, 2011
Posts: 929 |  Posted: 2013-10-10 7:52 pm Permalink
Name:The Polynesian
Type:restaurant
Street:Rte 34
City:Seymour
State:CT
Zip:
country:USA
Phone:
Status:defunct
Description:
From the back of a postcard :
Featuring the delightful "Tiki" Dining Room Exotic Polynesian and American Cuisine Prepared by the famous "Chef Reeves" Dining every eve. - Tues. Thru Sunday Dancing to Hawaiian and American Bands Indoor Swimming Pool - Heated year round Banquet facilities for 400 The "Matu" Cocktail Lounge Rte. 34 - Seymour, Conn.
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SandraDee
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Joined: Mar 11, 2011
Posts: 929 | Posted: 2013-10-10 7:58 pm Permalink
I bought this ashtray off Ebay and couldn't find anything listed on TC so I Googled and found this postcard
The ashtray is plastic and rather large. At first I thought someone just stuck the coaster onto it but it appears the design is printed onto the plastic.
DustyCajun I posted the ashtray photo on your Facebook a few days ago to see if you had any additional info.
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tobunga
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Joined: Apr 12, 2008
Posts: 1176 | Posted: 2013-10-10 10:24 pm Permalink
Whoa! So is this a mid-century location newly discovered on Tiki Central? That's so cool! And exciting! Congrats, SandraDee! Interesting how they actually use "Tiki" in the name. AND the postcard has a tiki on it!
Interested to see if any images of The Matu Cocktail Lounge surface anywhere.
Thanks for posting!
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Swanky
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Joined: Apr 03, 2002
Posts: 5273
From: Hapa Haole Hideaway, TN
| Posted: 2013-10-11 09:09 am Permalink
I wonder what prompts the banging of that big gong?
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TikiTacky
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Joined: Nov 23, 2010
Posts: 1319 | Posted: 2013-10-11 09:17 am Permalink
The arrival of the health inspector.
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uncle trav
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Joined: Apr 27, 2005
Posts: 2228
From: Kalamazoo
| Posted: 2013-10-11 10:14 am Permalink
Maybe the gong is involved in their version of the mystery bowl ceremony.
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SandraDee
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Joined: Mar 11, 2011
Posts: 929 | Posted: 2013-10-11 1:16 pm Permalink
Tobunga I don't think I have ever contributed to the Locating Tiki thread before so I am stoked 
There is this same postcard on Critiki but I only found that after I posted this entry.
The message on the card said the restaurant was in an old Russian hotel.
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Big Kahuna
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Joined: Apr 11, 2007
Posts: 2482
From: SoMass
| Posted: 2013-10-12 6:24 pm Permalink
I'll be selling in Conn. 3 times, this month. Maybe I'll find Seymour & do a drive-by just to see what's there.
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Swanky
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Joined: Apr 03, 2002
Posts: 5273
From: Hapa Haole Hideaway, TN
| Posted: 2013-10-14 09:24 am Permalink
This is the only place near Seymour and on 34 I could find that was a hotel and it does have meeting space,
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Dustycajun
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Joined: Nov 16, 2007
Posts: 5031
From: Santa Barbara, CA
| Posted: 2014-01-29 10:42 pm Permalink
Liz,nice find on the ashtray, very unusual looking. I had seen that postcard years ago and have not come across another. This was likely a flash-in-the-pan Chinese Tiki joint.
Here is a matchbook from my image library.
The old phone number suggest a very early use of the "Tiki Room" theme.
DC
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SandraDee
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Joined: Mar 11, 2011
Posts: 929 | Posted: 2014-01-29 10:57 pm Permalink
Thanks DC...took you long enough to contribute but I knew you had to have something in your stash 
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Big Kahuna
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Joined: Apr 11, 2007
Posts: 2482
From: SoMass
| Posted: 2014-01-30 06:54 am Permalink
Hmmm! Just spent the weekend doing a bit of a retro road trip, in CT. Not sure where Seymour is, but I like to drive by locations just for the heck of it. That Tiki has an interesting look. Wish I could see the whole thing.
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Dustycajun
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Joined: Nov 16, 2007
Posts: 5031
From: Santa Barbara, CA
| Posted: 2016-01-20 4:48 pm Permalink
I dug up a littler more information on the Polynesian in Seymour.
They did not lack for entertainment, featuring a variety of Polynesian acts.
This article from 1963 indicates a change of ownership after a year, which would indicate that in opened in 1962.
DC
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