Dobb's House Luau - Memphis, Memphis, TN (restaurant) - Locating Tiki

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Sun, Dec 31, 2006 5:55 AM Hmmm...the Dinkler/Dobbs connection should be researchable. I always loved that Dinkler Hotel postcard because of the three different styles all next to each other in one place: Classic beginning-of-the-century downtown hotel exterior---50s modern interior---50s Polynesian Pop interior---all happily co-existing! Great postcard and menu from the Mahi Mahi! What an exterior! I seem to remember that Leroy told me that that rendering and the decor were done by Eli Hedley, but I might have mixed that up, mayb it was Vince Buono...ask Ben. That Mahi Mahi mug is one of the few that O.A. ever made themselves, and must be very rare.

Hmmm...the Dinkler/Dobbs connection should be researchable. I always loved that Dinkler Hotel postcard because of the three different styles all next to each other in one place:
Classic beginning-of-the-century downtown hotel exterior---50s modern interior---50s Polynesian Pop interior---all happily co-existing!

Great postcard and menu from the Mahi Mahi! What an exterior! I seem to remember that Leroy told me that that rendering and the decor were done by Eli Hedley, but I might have mixed that up, mayb it was Vince Buono...ask Ben.

That Mahi Mahi mug is one of the few that O.A. ever made themselves, and must be very rare.

Post #275750 by bigbrotiki on Sun, Dec 31, 2006 5:55 AM