Post #184350 by Sabu The Coconut Boy on Sun, Sep 4, 2005 7:40 PM

Bongofury - since you posted the matchbook from Jue's, I feel the need to post my matchbook from Yue's.

Yue's was a Chinese restaurant turned Polynesian in Gardena, CA that Bob and Leroy at Oceanic Arts told be about. I know they used to go there. Not sure if they provided the decor as well. I was able to track down a matchbook:

Here's what's left of the building today:

French doors and windows have replaced the original doors & windows. Other than that the building seems pretty much in original condition. Hard to tell what it's used for now. Possibly a church outreach building or community service building. Here's what's left of the old sign. It might have gone through an evolution as well before it was stripped down:

Looks like you can see part of the original bamboo paint job on the pole inside the old light box:

What was probably a nice part of Gardena in the 1960s is now one of the worst neighborhoods. Drug dealing and an Adult DVD store next door. In it's heyday, Gardena had Yue's, Mishima's and other tiki bars. It also had great apartments like the Islander and the Island Breeze. There are probably other tiki buildings hidden away in Gardena that I have yet to discover.

Sabu

[ Edited by: Sabu The Coconut Boy 2005-09-04 19:58 ]