Mauna Loa Lounge, Mayfair Hotel, Portage La Prairie, Manitoba, Canada (restaurant) - Locating Tiki

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Thu, Feb 21, 2008 3:38 PM Another fine job at Tiki archeology, Dan. I like your theory of George Hill being inspired by the Mexico City Mauna Loa, we have a precedent for that in the Aku Tiki Room in Illinois, which was inspired by the OTHER grand scale Mexican Tiki haven, the Aku Tiki in Acapulco: "The current owner, Glen Andris, purchased the building in 1953. Shortly afterwards, Glen began his annual winter trips to Acapulco. When there, he would visit a tiki bar which provided the inspiration for the Tiki Room, which was added to the Andris-Waunee Farm in 1967." It can be easily surmised how inspirational the Mexico City Mauna Loa must have been by viewing its interior: Another thing that points at inspiration coming from other restaurants is that the matchbook's logo Tiki concept (not the Tiki!) is clearly taken from the Stephen Crane Kon Tiki Montreal menu cover: The way of holding the bamboo mug and its typeface are very similar. PS: Can you make out what the carpet pattern is supposed to portray? Is it just foliage, or abstract shapes? [ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2008-02-21 15:40 ]

Another fine job at Tiki archeology, Dan. I like your theory of George Hill being inspired by the Mexico City Mauna Loa, we have a precedent for that in the Aku Tiki Room in Illinois, which was inspired by the OTHER grand scale Mexican Tiki haven, the Aku Tiki in Acapulco:
"The current owner, Glen Andris, purchased the building in 1953. Shortly afterwards, Glen began his annual winter trips to Acapulco. When there, he would visit a tiki bar which provided the inspiration for the Tiki Room, which was added to the Andris-Waunee Farm in 1967."

It can be easily surmised how inspirational the Mexico City Mauna Loa must have been by viewing its interior:

Another thing that points at inspiration coming from other restaurants is that the matchbook's logo Tiki concept (not the Tiki!) is clearly taken from the Stephen Crane Kon Tiki Montreal menu cover: The way of holding the bamboo mug and its typeface are very similar.

PS: Can you make out what the carpet pattern is supposed to portray? Is it just foliage, or abstract shapes?

[ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2008-02-21 15:40 ]

Post #362753 by bigbrotiki on Thu, Feb 21, 2008 3:38 PM