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La Mariana Sailing Club, Honolulu, HI (restaurant) |
AllisonV
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Joined: May 01, 2006
Posts: 37
From: Milwaukee/Chicago/San Francisco
|  Posted: 2009-08-24 2:21 pm Permalink
August 2009
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Mongoloid
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Joined: Apr 25, 2008
Posts: 555
From: Long Beach
| Posted: 2010-01-28 5:28 pm Permalink
January 2010
La Mariana is a special place that transports you to a time of when tiki was in its prime. Nothing fabricated here. The sunset leads into the glow of the fish floats and string lights illuminate the place and you feel like you are back in the womb. The blind piano players played Quiet Village and made bird calls with big smiles on their faces. It is an escape like no other!
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RevBambooBen
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Joined: Nov 12, 2002
Posts: 7197
From: Huntikington Beach
| Posted: 2010-01-28 8:13 pm Permalink
Looks like you's had the palace to your selves... awesome!
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LikaNui
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Joined: Sep 29, 2008
Posts: 14 | Posted: 2010-02-21 8:01 pm Permalink
The blind piano player you mentioned is the same guy that used to rule The Tahitian Lanai before it was closed. Auntie Annette brought him and the regular Friday night lounge singers over from TTL after it closed.
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Slacks Ferret
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Joined: Oct 02, 2003
Posts: 1172
From: Calgary
| Posted: 2010-11-05 08:11 am Permalink
Anyone know if La Mariana still sells tiki mugs?
A friend says she's going there soon, and she's cool with picking something up for me...but I just wanna know what is available.
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naugatiki
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Joined: Jan 02, 2004
Posts: 806
From: Port Angeles, Wa
| Posted: 2011-01-29 08:09 am Permalink
Here's an article from The Honolulu Advertiser 3/98 that goes into some of the history. Anyone know who is running it now in the post Annette era?
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LikaNui
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Joined: Sep 29, 2008
Posts: 14 | Posted: 2011-06-17 9:23 pm Permalink
Annette's former assistant is running the place now. Do a search on the Honolulu Star-Advertiser's website and you'll find more info.
I just ate there last week for the first time in about six months (I live on the windward side and rarely go over to the other side). Food was fine and the interior looks exactly the same. No damage from the tsunami a couple of months ago, at least not to the bar and restaurant. The docks in front got torn to shreads!
The service last week was fabulous. Even if it had been six months they remembered me and brought over my favorite drink before I said a word. Gotta love it.
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Phillip Roberts
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Joined: Sep 09, 2003
Posts: 1488
From: OAHU, Hawaii.
| Posted: 2011-06-18 1:05 pm Permalink
Aloha!
In my humble opinion, not only have the food and drinks been upgraded, but also the decor with some swell pieces from the Hawaiian Hut. Mugs, and last I checked, Salt and Pepper shakers were available. Plenty of shots of the place in Waikiki Tiki.
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Mongoloid
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Joined: Apr 25, 2008
Posts: 555
From: Long Beach
| Posted: 2011-07-12 10:21 am Permalink
http://www.honolulumagazine.com/Honolulu-Magazine/Biting-Commentary/July-2011/Keeping-the-Tiki-Torch-Burning-La-Mariana-Sailing-Club-Sand-Island/
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tikicoma
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Joined: Jan 16, 2010
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From: city of destiny
| Posted: 2011-07-13 10:55 pm Permalink
Back in Sept. 2001 my wife and I went with my sister on her first trip to Hawaii. We all had a great time but on our next to last night I made sure we took her to La Mariana for dinner and drinks, my wife and I had been there once before. It was terrific, great atmosphere, good food and drinks and the pianist calling people up to sing, all good. But then he said we were in for a special treat , I looked behind him and got chicken skin, "oh my god thats Martin Denny!" . The next few moments were a little odd with the blind pianist helping Denny out of his wheelchair and onto the bench. Then he started playing, incredible music for the next 20-30 minutes, a non stop medley of tunes (the one I remember was Chinatown My Chinatown). I guess thats my most perfect tiki/exotica moment.
aloha, tikicoma
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HOUSE OF KU
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From: TIKILAND, USA
| Posted: 2011-08-21 01:53 am Permalink
2 great authors, one great bar...
Phillip Roberts (Waikiki Tiki) and Jeff "BeachBum" Berry at La Mariana
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ErkNoLikeFire
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Joined: Aug 07, 2010
Posts: 423
From: Michigan
| Posted: 2011-09-03 7:33 pm Permalink
Here is a set of S & P shakers from the La Mariana. I found them in Michigan of all places, so this place gets around.
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Phillip Roberts
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Joined: Sep 09, 2003
Posts: 1488
From: OAHU, Hawaii.
| Posted: 2011-09-05 12:25 pm Permalink
Aloha,
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On 2011-09-03 19:33, ErkNoLikeFire wrote:
Here is a set of S & P shakers from the La Mariana. I found them in Michigan of all places, so this place gets around.
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It is quite fascinating to see the migration of artifacts out of the islands, and where they turn up.
And, those are a special pair, not being produced anymore.
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ErkNoLikeFire
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Joined: Aug 07, 2010
Posts: 423
From: Michigan
| Posted: 2011-09-10 10:57 pm Permalink
I didnt know that they were rare, cool. Thanks!
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Mongoloid
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Joined: Apr 25, 2008
Posts: 555
From: Long Beach
| Posted: 2011-09-23 5:56 pm Permalink
Promo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJ53mB7h4Zc
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