The Lucite Wall in Kelbo's, Los Angeles - General Tiki

LL Let's Luau!! Member Luau Lew Joined: Jan 30, 2006 Posts: 1	LL Let's Luau!! Posted posted on Mon, Jan 30, 2006 6:55 PM KelboKid Regarding Kelbo's famous windows, the ones with all the keys, coins, bottle openers, pasta, knives, forks, spoons and other doo-dads embedded in them, they were made of epoxy resin and had to be a good 2-inches thick. They had yellowed over time. I believe they pre-date 1963, the year you gave. I started going there with my parents in 1949, and as far back as I can remember, those windows, with all the embedded stuff, were always there. I too would love to have a piece of those great windows. The original Kelbo's was located on Pico Blvd. in W. Los Angeles. Sometime in the 1960s, they opened a second and much smaller Kelbo's near Television City near Fairfax and 3rd Streets, but that one didn't last too long. I ate there once, but it's decor wasn't exotic or unique like the original restaurant. Kelbo's was always a family-owned and operated business. I really, really miss those Hawaiian-Style Barbecue Spareribs. They were probably baby-back pork ribs marinated in some kind of molasses-brown sugar-pineapple juice recipe. I've not been able to locate any other restaurant - tiki or otherwise - that comes close to them. I would love to get a menu, a Flaming Zombo bowl or mug, or anything from Kelbo's that would remind me of that once great restaurant. [ Edited by: Let's Luau!! 2006-01-30 18:57 ]

KelboKid

Regarding Kelbo's famous windows, the ones with all the keys, coins, bottle openers, pasta, knives, forks, spoons and other doo-dads embedded in them, they were made of epoxy resin and had to be a good 2-inches thick. They had yellowed over time. I believe they pre-date 1963, the year you gave. I started going there with my parents in 1949, and as far back as I can remember, those windows, with all the embedded stuff, were always there. I too would love to have a piece of those great windows.

The original Kelbo's was located on Pico Blvd. in W. Los Angeles. Sometime in the 1960s, they opened a second and much smaller Kelbo's near Television City near Fairfax and 3rd Streets, but that one didn't last too long. I ate there once, but it's decor wasn't exotic or unique like the original restaurant.
Kelbo's was always a family-owned and operated business. I really, really miss those Hawaiian-Style Barbecue Spareribs. They were probably baby-back pork ribs marinated in some kind of molasses-brown sugar-pineapple juice recipe. I've not been able to locate any other restaurant - tiki or otherwise - that comes close to them.

I would love to get a menu, a Flaming Zombo bowl or mug, or anything from Kelbo's that would remind me of that once great restaurant.

[ Edited by: Let's Luau!! 2006-01-30 18:57 ]

Post #211592 by Let's Luau!! on Mon, Jan 30, 2006 6:55 PM