Post #281506 by Tom Slick on Sun, Jan 28, 2007 2:00 PM

Thanks Bifcozz for taking the guesswork out! This location became known after the Tiki Kai as Brothers Restaurant(A-Frame still intact) before going to demolition. My understanding is that this location changed names a few times before ultimately meeting its demise. Great work TC sleuths!

Added update
After further investigation, Humu is correct. The Tiki Kai wasn't located inside the V intersection of Artesia and Redondo Beach Blvd. as I had first thought, but on the North side of it. That is a Pizza Hut Location now, that has a small but lengthy strip mall that follows to Hawthorne Blvd. I believe that if you stood near the North side of the Nordtroms(South Bay Galleria) located across the street, you would get an accurate view of how the vintage picture is taken. The Technical corner that the Tiki Kai sat on would be Grevillea Ave. and the absolute end of Redondo Beach Blvd. Pizza Hut is further most west business before Redondo Beach Blvd merges into Artesia Blvd(litterally the corner of Grevillea and RBB). The realtors office "Conley Realty" adress should have been on Artesia based on todays maps. I am thinking however, that there was some street movement when they redid that area with the 2 strip malls and the big mall(where the picture seems to have been taken from) since this photo was taken. This has been alot of fun!

[ Edited by: Tom Slick 2007-01-28 14:41 ]