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

T TabooDan Tiki Socialite Coast of BC now in Crowsnest, AB., Canada Joined: Jul 18, 2004 Posts: 691	T TabooDan Posted posted on Thu, Feb 21, 2008 4:58 PM Thanks for the posts guys!! I thought this would be a cool one as I hadn't seen anything on here before. I don't know if I have seen too much of that glassware but I probably walked right by it. I usually don't pick up things that are wrapped in skin! Slacks Ferret, if you have a shot of those S&P's please post them on here! I think I have actually seen a set of those marked Mauna Loa before now that you mention it! Maybe they are from this Mauna Loa. In the picture below, the tables only have the standard restaurant glass S&P's on them which is too bad. Bigbrotiki, Below is a closeup scan of that crazy carpet. It looks like it is just abstract shapes. Maybe they couldn't get any foliage type and these colors worked for them. Kind of a crazy style!! The next picture is just one of the lower back of the postcard as this is where it refers to the Mexico City Mauna Loa location. This next picture is just a close up of the top left side of the postcard. Don't ask me what that buck-toothed mask is hanging on the top left side! You can see the wall mural in this shot and also one of the wall masks and other decor. The next picture is a close up of the right side of card. I like this view as you can see more tapa cloth, masks, spears, plastic palm leaves and other foliage, dark rattan chairs and a few great glass floats! You're right (Bigbrotiki) about the design of the matchbook being quite similar to the Kon Tiki menu. I thought the same thing when I saw the letters on the bamboo piece. I have the stir stix and I will scan it and add it to the post when I grab it. The style of Tiki used on the stir stix reminds me of the Tiki stir stix used at the Mauna Loa in Mexico City. You know, the white one with the round head on it? If you look at the Mexico City picture above (Bigbro's post), you can see this style of Tiki up the stairs on the very left of the picture beside the dark colored Tiki. Maybe this was another influence? Hopefully....more to come! Mahalo, TabooDan [ Edited by: TabooDan 2008-07-15 21:27 ]

Thanks for the posts guys!! I thought this would be a cool one as I hadn't seen anything on here before.

I don't know if I have seen too much of that glassware but I probably walked right by it. I usually don't pick up things that are wrapped in skin!

Slacks Ferret, if you have a shot of those S&P's please post them on here! I think I have actually seen a set of those marked Mauna Loa before now that you mention it! Maybe they are from this Mauna Loa. In the picture below, the tables only have the standard restaurant glass S&P's on them which is too bad.

Bigbrotiki, Below is a closeup scan of that crazy carpet. It looks like it is just abstract shapes. Maybe they couldn't get any foliage type and these colors worked for them. Kind of a crazy style!!

The next picture is just one of the lower back of the postcard as this is where it refers to the Mexico City Mauna Loa location.

This next picture is just a close up of the top left side of the postcard. Don't ask me what that buck-toothed mask is hanging on the top left side! You can see the wall mural in this shot and also one of the wall masks and other decor.

The next picture is a close up of the right side of card. I like this view as you can see more tapa cloth, masks, spears, plastic palm leaves and other foliage, dark rattan chairs and a few great glass floats!

You're right (Bigbrotiki) about the design of the matchbook being quite similar to the Kon Tiki menu. I thought the same thing when I saw the letters on the bamboo piece. I have the stir stix and I will scan it and add it to the post when I grab it.
The style of Tiki used on the stir stix reminds me of the Tiki stir stix used at the Mauna Loa in Mexico City. You know, the white one with the round head on it? If you look at the Mexico City picture above (Bigbro's post), you can see this style of Tiki up the stairs on the very left of the picture beside the dark colored Tiki. Maybe this was another influence? Hopefully....more to come!

Mahalo, TabooDan

[ Edited by: TabooDan 2008-07-15 21:27 ]

Post #362766 by TabooDan on Thu, Feb 21, 2008 4:58 PM