Post #30778 by Doctor Z on Fri, Apr 18, 2003 1:35 AM

These may be on your list already, but in the Torrance/Redondo Beach area, make sure you see these spots (sorry I don't have the actual street addresses for all of them):

--Hale Hawaii (3144 Pacific Coast Hwy, Torrance, between Hawthorne & Crenshaw)

--Tiki Apartments (Palos Verdes Blvd, south of PCH - BOT, page 221)

--Tony's on the Pier (beachcomber, not tiki - Redondo Beach Pier, end of Torrance Blvd)

-- the big Moai on the roof of the Pitcher House (142 Pacific Coast Hwy, corner of PCH & 2nd, Hermosa Beach)

A little further out is The Hurricane Room (on Hawthorne Blvd, north of the 405 Fwy in Lawndale), and the Islander Apts (1120 W. 155th St. Gardena)

If it weren't immediately behind the Eli Kai (a must see), I'd say skip the Gable House. Great bowling alley, but nuthin' even remotely tiki... Park in one spot and you can walk to the Eli Kai, Gable House and Kona Kai Apts; they're all within 1/2 block of each other.

When are you embarking on this "tour"? If we can work it, Sabu and I would be happy to give you a guided tour of the sights in 'our neck of the woods' (South Bay).