Post #22298 by Sabu The Coconut Boy on Fri, Feb 7, 2003 12:16 PM

How many Tiki joints could there have been in White Bear Lake, Minnesota?

Evidently a couple. In fact it sounds like one of those little hot spots of tikidom. I just received another matchbook in the mail for my collection and it is from the "Bali Hai" on 2305 White Bear Ave, Maplewood, which is in the same neck-of-the-woods. The tiki on the matchbook looked similar to my lamp, so I thought, "A-ha! This is where my lamp came from".

Wrong again. I e-mailed the seller of my lamp with my suspicions, but she had already tracked down her seller and found out where the lamp actually came from. It was the HOLIDAY HOUSE and WHITE BEAR BOWL - A restaurant and bowling alley that evidently had several themes, including Polynesian.

She had suspected it might be the Bali Hai herself, as she had been there in years gone by. Sadly, the Bali Hai just closed down about two years ago. Here's a link to a review of the Restaurant.

http://www.citypages.com/bestof1998/sexdrugsrocknroll/bestof264.asp

Sounds pretty cool, doesn't it? Unfortunately that means that three White Bear tiki establishments are now gone:

The Hula Hut
The Bali Hai
The Holiday House & White Bear Bowl

Does anybody else know of any other tiki history from this area? Is it all gone? That would be really sad.

I'll e-mail the seller again tonight and let her know that there is more interest in the Tiki community for her other three lamps. Maybe she'll sell.

Sabu