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Photos of my top-ten Tiki Bar Interiors for International Tiki Day |
Sabu The Coconut Boy
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Joined: Aug 20, 2002
Posts: 2426
From: Carson, California
|  Posted: 2003-08-09 2:14 pm
Hi All,
Yesterday I posted the exterior shots; today I'm posting some interiors. Again, I've tried to choose images you might not have seen before. There are too many great tiki-bar postcards to create a real "top ten", so these are just a sampling of some of the nicer ones in no particular order. Next year I'll post a different top ten.
#1. The Papeete room at the Kon Tiki Ports Restaurant in the Sheraton Chicago Hotel.
#2. Four views of the Zamboanga nightclub in Los Angeles - A great pre-tiki Polynesian supper club. Home of the "Tailess Monkey" cocktail. The murals in this club were simply stunning. What I wouldn't have given to see them in person.
#3. the Bamboo Cabana Room located in the Hotel Windemere overlooking the Blue Pacific, 1431 Ocean Avenue, Santa Monica, California.
#4. The Outrigger at The Surf and Sand Hotel in Laguna Beach, California.
#5. The Mah Jong Restaurant on Long Island, NY. Any of you New Yorkers heard about this one?
#6. This one kills me. All my young life I used to see the Holiday Inn across the street from Disneyland on Harbor Blvd. Who knew that lurking inside was this:
The Polynesian Dining Room. I'm sick that I missed it. Did any of you Orange County folks visit it before it was torn down?
#7. Don The Beachcomber's in Hollywood, CA.
#8. Pantley's Pagan Hut. Depoe Bay, Oregon. Puamana found this postcard for me at a local show in Seattle. I love the moody lighting of this bar and the great use of modern, 1950s chairs. I believe Puamana also has some menus from this location and might be gracious enough to add them to this thread in a few days.
#9. "Howdy Reynolds'" real-estate office. "I am Hawaii's BIGGEST real estate man, (over 300 lbs.), and ONE of the DOLLS in the picture is "G-MAN JOE", famous on radio and television in islands, as "Hawaii's Charlie McCarthy".
#10. Bob Lee's Islander in Boston. Did Bob Lee copy the Paul Marshall mugs? Or did Paul Marshall copy Bob Lee's Islander?
And as a bonus:
The Bali-Hai Hair Stylists, Ltd., West Islip, New York.
Well, that's it for this year. Hope you enjoyed them and I'll see you tonight at Baxdog's!
Sabu
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La Tiki Nostra
Tiki Centralite
Joined: May 07, 2003
Posts: 28
From: Chi-Town
| Posted: 2003-08-09 2:37 pm
Dude,these are all really sweet! Im rather partial to the Kon Tiki Ports pic! Being from Chicago it's nice to see some of the cool old places that used to be here. Thanx and Happy ITD to everyone!
Ciao Baby!
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Basement Kahuna
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Joined: Oct 14, 2002
Posts: 3572
From: Jawja Province, Isle of North America
| Posted: 2003-08-09 7:57 pm
That Islander postcard is incredible....here's a 1964 Playbill Advertisement for the place: http://tikiroom.com/tikicentral/bb/viewtopic.php?topic=3649&forum=1
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CruzinTiki
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Joined: Apr 13, 2003
Posts: 215
From: Santa Cruz, CA
| Posted: 2003-08-09 8:10 pm
Talk about inspiration! Awesome!
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donhonyc
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Joined: Jan 13, 2003
Posts: 1157
From: The Quiet EAST Village
| Posted: 2003-08-09 10:13 pm
In a word AWESOME! Nice collection of postcards! wish I knew the history on the Mah Jong. Wow!
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Unga Bunga
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Joined: Jun 06, 2003
Posts: 5375
From: CaliTikifornia
| Posted: 2003-08-09 10:54 pm
I never knew the Surf and Sand in Laguna had an Outrigger rest. Great history, thanks Sabu.
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spy-tiki
Tiki Socialite
Joined: May 11, 2003
Posts: 629
From: glendale, ca
| Posted: 2003-08-10 09:41 am
Sabu, you must put out a coffee table book of these postcards. We must all buy it. Just fantastic!
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Basement Kahuna
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Joined: Oct 14, 2002
Posts: 3572
From: Jawja Province, Isle of North America
| Posted: 2003-08-10 09:56 am
Also of note on that Kon Tiki Ports Papeete room postcard is the impressive weapons array on the wall....I also like the illusion of the clipper ship pulled up beside the dining room.
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procinema29
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jul 31, 2003
Posts: 456
From: los angeles
| Posted: 2003-08-10 10:59 am
This is in reference to this thread, but it applies the same to other threads I have seen here: It's really amazing how much documentation of this stuff people have saved and posted. Tiki is still here as much as it is gone, or maybe it has been translated into a timeless cyber-reality--you know, you can only look at photos of so many of these places, but on the other hand, you can look at far more photos than you ever dreamed existed.
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Kailuageoff
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Joined: Mar 27, 2002
Posts: 1481
From: Honolulu Lounge, Central Florida
| Posted: 2003-08-10 11:10 am
Great stuff Sabu! Thanks for sharing.
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stentiki
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Joined: Jun 24, 2002
Posts: 884
From: Huntington Beach
| Posted: 2003-08-10 1:44 pm
Incredible documentation, Sabu! I especially love that postcard of Bob Lee's.
And how about that wahine next to Howdy Reynolds? Yowza!
Many mahalos for dedication to urban archeology.
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Hot Lava
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Joined: Aug 01, 2003
Posts: 190
From: Saint Petersburg, FL
| Posted: 2003-08-10 7:38 pm
That second picture of Bob Lee's suddenly has me thinking about tikis and blacklights. Finally, something us and the club kids can agree on!
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TikiTex
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Jul 25, 2003
Posts: 40
From: Texas
| Posted: 2003-08-11 12:30 am
The Papeete room is splendid. What I wouldn't give for those totems... The Holiday Inn bar is simply amazing, too - wish you could have gotten to visit. I think my favorite is the bar lighting at Don the Beachcomber's. How anyone could tear down these works of art is beyond me. Thanks a bunch, Sabu. You have made my day.
~Tex
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SES
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Joined: Sep 14, 2003
Posts: 992 | Posted: 2004-01-04 10:30 pm
Searching for mural shots and came across this thread. WOW! Love these old photos.
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FLOUNDERart
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Joined: Sep 02, 2003
Posts: 1139
From: Orlando Florida
| Posted: 2004-01-05 10:40 am
Thanks Sabu! I love the mural in the Zamboanga. Do you have any pics of the mural in color?
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