Post #268692 by PremEx on Sat, Nov 25, 2006 4:39 PM

Over 3 years since the above post was made, but just today I dropped by (sort of) the Hale Hawaii in Torrance, and thought I'd post an update of sorts.

I say "of sorts" because after reading several past Saturday night get-together threads here on Tiki Central about the place, I dropped by today expecting to find it open, but it was not. There is a sign on the door that says their hours are now "Mon-Fri 4pm to ???" and that they are closed totally on Saturdays, Sundays, and Holidays. So it seems it's only a five night a week operation now.

So not yet having had the pleasure of actually being inside...all I can do is report that it is indeed very nondescript from the outside...sitting in the middle of an old blah strip center with just a sign and its doors:

It's so obscure...that (not having the name or address with me and just knowing it was around Torrance Airport) I must have hit at least a dozen merchants that turned out to be within a stone's throw of the place...and none of them had a clue of any Hawaii named or themed bar in the area! I even hit a Hawaiian clothing store a few blocks away hoping they would know, and the Hawaiian owners said, "Never heard of one...but if you find it...let us know!" :)

I'll hit it again hopefully when it's open, sometime soon. And am looking forward to finding out if their Scorpions are as good as they used to reportedly be.