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TIKIBOSKO
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Joined: Oct 17, 2004
Posts: 208 |  Posted: 2004-11-20 10:48 am
It’s my understanding Sam’s has been in the same location (roughly) since before the great depression, it was indeed remodeled in the 60’s and again more recently about eight (?) years ago, thankfully they where gentle. I’ve heard rumors about a scandal involving Sam’s owners way back in the old days, but that’s for another thread.
Enjoy the coaster and matchbook art, if I’m rehashing things, my apologies.
Bosko
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Tipsy McStagger
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Joined: Nov 21, 2004
Posts: 2798
From: HELL
| Posted: 2004-11-26 7:50 pm
got a sam's vintage mug up on ebay if anyone is interested......look for auctions by rum-dum.
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SugarCaddyDaddy
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Joined: Jun 03, 2002
Posts: 1499
From: Huntington Beach, California
| Posted: 2005-01-07 01:06 am
I do wish that Sam's had more business going for them. I swung by there a couple of weeks ago about 10pm and they were already closed up for the night. I tried again not too long after that, but this time at 9pm and they were just closing up for the night.
Tonight, the wife was out-of-the-state (literally) and my daughter was with grandma, so I thought that it was a good time to have a cocktail after visting with Crazy Al at his place, so I took the 10 minute drive to Sam's and got there at 8:15pm. I had the whole place to myself, other than a couple that were just finishing up their dinner. They told me "we'll be closing in 10 minutes", and of course, I asked why so early, and they replied with "well, it's been pretty slow, so we're all just going to head home". So I had my one drink and headed home...
I just hope that next time I don't pull up at 7pm and find them closed up early (again) for the night!!!
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MEAN GENE
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Joined: Jun 09, 2004
Posts: 382
From: San Diego
| Posted: 2005-01-07 08:53 am
I hope the weekends are better for Sam's.
Maybe there could be a weekly TC night there like Wednesdays at the Tiki Ti. I say we start an official week night at the Bali Hai also. We need a little more action in SD for those of us that can't make it up to LA as often. We should suport those good ol' places including the Royal Hawaiian in Laguna which is also a total classic in my opinion. They don't seem to get much attention here on TC. I heard that the Royal Hawaiian might have been for sale or closing, I hope not. Does any one know?
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Tiki_Bong
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Joined: Mar 25, 2002
Posts: 0 | Posted: 2005-01-07 9:38 pm
Tommy, the bar manager listened to a couple of tunes of ours when we played at King Kuku's birthday party at Sam's.
He said 'yeah, we could make you guys the house band once or twice a month', to which I foamed in anticipation. Sam's was afterall the first place I had a legal drink way back in '81.
Luckily, Spike our gee-tar player lives in Newport, and is of the age to still have a hoard of boozin' friends to pack the house.
In February I'm going to contact Tommy and set up some gigs.
Ku bless Sam's!
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GOT Tiki?
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Mar 28, 2004
Posts: 20
From: Surf City Huntington Beach
| Posted: 2005-01-07 9:58 pm
Sams tiki bar is fun with a group, order your favorite blended cocktail in the shell bowl with two long straws, I know I live right dwon the street :) Aloha! Gogo
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MEAN GENE
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Joined: Jun 09, 2004
Posts: 382
From: San Diego
| Posted: 2005-01-08 12:52 pm
Do it Bong!.... That would be cool.
The beach is right across the street. After the gig, everyone could run down for a late-night, unplugged jam session by the fire. Al can bring his nuts.
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bongofury
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Joined: Oct 15, 2002
Posts: 1141
From: Ventura County
| Posted: 2005-01-09 1:13 pm
From 9-10-1952
"Had dinner at this fine ocean side place. Sea bass very good."
Maybe the 60s remodel that Tikibosco mentions Tikified the joint, as it was in the early 50s....just a seaside sea food spa.
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Surf Seal
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Joined: Jul 08, 2004
Posts: 41
From: Seal Beach, CA
| Posted: 2005-01-15 4:37 pm
So what was the scandal with the old owners?
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Scott McGerik
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Joined: Feb 23, 2005
Posts: 187
From: South St Paul, MN/Minnesota
| Posted: 2005-03-07 11:16 am
I had a disappointing dinner at Sam's Seafood on Saturday, March 5. While I was impressed with the decor, I found the service, food, and drinks to be disappointing!
I had a Scorpion and a Mai Tai, both of which tasted too sweet and lacking in alcohol.
Our baked potatoes were undercooked and hard. And while the Alaskan King crab legs were good, the grilled swordfish steak was overcooked.
And I dislike being served by kids! Especially bubbly kids that spill drinks and have to chatter the whole time they are serving us. Plus, the guy that greeted us on the way in totally ignored us on the way out, like he didn't care if we ever came back!
I am saddened by this because I fear that we will lose another Tiki bar/Polynesian restaurant to the forces of apathy. 
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Rob Roy
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Joined: Dec 03, 2004
Posts: 311
From: Ventura, CA
| Posted: 2005-03-21 1:42 pm
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On 2005-03-07 11:16, ScottMcGerik wrote:
I had a disappointing dinner at Sam's Seafood on Saturday, March 5. While I was impressed with the decor, I found the service, food, and drinks to be disappointing!
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I went there this last Sat afternoon. And my review is the exactly the same as ScottMcGeriks.
My group were the only ones there at 1pm. The service sucked. You wouldn't think the service would be bad if you were the only people there. But it was. The food took over 45 minutes to get to us after ordering. And it wasn't hot when it got there.
But we went to the Purple Orchid afterwards and all was better in the world.
[ This Message was edited by: Rob Roy on 2005-03-21 13:43 ]
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christiki295
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Joined: Apr 09, 2003
Posts: 2711
From: LA-2547 mls east Hawaii &5500 Easter Is
| Posted: 2005-03-31 7:55 pm
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[i]On 2005-01-07 08:53, MEAN GENE wrote We should suport those good ol' places including the Royal Hawaiian in Laguna which is also a total classic in my opinion. They don't seem to get much attention here on TC. I heard that the Royal Hawaiian might have been for sale or closing, I hope not. Does any one know?
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The owners restored the deterioating and vandalized tikis out front, so if it were sold, I wonder if the new owners would have the same tiki interest?
However, the handful of times I've been there it has been mobbed, so maybe it is being traded for investment/profit purposes and the profitable theme will not be altered.
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bratmonkey68
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Joined: May 21, 2004
Posts: 2 | Posted: 2005-04-01 12:57 am
I must agree with the two previous posts. I was very excited to go to Sam's for my birthday this week. Boy was I sorry. The service was the very worst I have had in a long while. It took a looooog time to get a drink and even longer to get food. At one point I thought we should just leave, and now Iam sorry we didnt. The food was not the tasty dinner I was hoping for my birthday meal. Nor was the mai tai!
I might go back to see what the luau is like on a friday night. Hopefully they can win me over then!
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Dr. Shocker
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Joined: Dec 17, 2004
Posts: 309
From: Ventura
| Posted: 2005-04-01 10:21 am
I was with Rob Roy @ Sams a few weeks ago and had the same experience....out of curiosity has anyone had a good experience there recently......have the last group of us attending missed the good time to be there or has it just bottomed out in recent years........just curious if we missed a memo
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The Sperm Whale
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Joined: Aug 23, 2004
Posts: 1269
From: Hawthorne California
| Posted: 2005-04-01 1:45 pm
I was at Sam's just last week on a Monday had the Crab Legs for $12.95 and a few Mai Tai's. And I can't complain. Maybe, I just know what to expect from Sam's. The drinks are pretty bad but the Crab legs where alright. I was just married there in the Hidden Village last November and it was one of the best nights of my life!!! If you are in a small party of people try eating your dinner in the bar. The ambience in the bar is pretty cool if you ask me. Try the polynesian floor show on the weekends. And when you are at Sam's don't be affraid to explore the have some really cool paintings and Tiki's around the whole place.
Later,
Spermy
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