The Bamboo House (formerly the Outrigger) , Prince George, BC, 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 Mon, Jul 21, 2008 10:27 PM Okay, no new information yet but I did have a VERY exciting find for me a few weeks ago!!! My sister-in-law was in town and told me about a couple tiki 'cups' she had seen at a local antique shop. I usually check these out frequently so I was a little interested in what she saw. I asked what she had seen and she said there were about 5-6 mugs and a few other Hawaiian items. She then told me there was a mug with "Tropic Isle" on it. Well....need I say I WAS VERY INTERESTED??!!! She had actually taken a photo with her phone and sure enough a bunch of mugs and Coco Joe stuff on a shelf along with a coconut mug with Tropic Isle right on the front. I was stoked on this as it was another slight variation in style and build from the two coconut mugs I have. As I checked out the other items I saw a red mug poking out from the back that looked like a Marquesian style Toby Design mug. I grabbed it turned it over and right on the back in big old locally made letters were the words "The Outrigger Prince George BC"!! I had a little mini freak out as I have never seen a mug or anything except a postcard from this place and now I was holding one of my favorite things to collect!! Enough talk you're saying!! The back with writing and a image of an Outrigger: What was also cool with this little discovery was that it has a artist's name on the bottom "Jeanne" in black writing. The interesting thing with this is that my mold maker, the man that made the molds for alot of the local tiki restaurants, Hawaiian Village, Tropic Isle, and also Trader Vic's, told me about this artist doing ceramic pieces and specifically for another Tiki restaurant here in BC called The Islanders. I also didn't realize this until I was taking the pictures for this post was that when I was at the ceramic mold makers (Tom is his name) house a few years ago, Tom gave me the exact original mug made by Toby Design!! So I could possibly have the original mug that Tom took the mold from to produce this exact mug who then gave the mold to "Jeanne" to make and produce. A bit of a run around story but I think that's it!! Tom did tell me he often was given or kept the original mugs he made the molds from in case he needed to add extra details the mold may have missed or to make his sculpt a little more precise. He also had other mugs as well that he had done but mainly from the Hawaiian Village. Anyways, wanted to get this on here as I was quite excited to find something from what looks to have been another great BC Tiki establishment!! Mahalo, TabooDan

Okay, no new information yet but I did have a VERY exciting find for me a few weeks ago!!!

My sister-in-law was in town and told me about a couple tiki 'cups' she had seen at a local antique shop. I usually check these out frequently so I was a little interested in what she saw. I asked what she had seen and she said there were about 5-6 mugs and a few other Hawaiian items.

She then told me there was a mug with "Tropic Isle" on it. Well....need I say I WAS VERY INTERESTED??!!! She had actually taken a photo with her phone and sure enough a bunch of mugs and Coco Joe stuff on a shelf along with a coconut mug with Tropic Isle right on the front.

I was stoked on this as it was another slight variation in style and build from the two coconut mugs I have. As I checked out the other items I saw a red mug poking out from the back that looked like a Marquesian style Toby Design mug. I grabbed it turned it over and right on the back in big old locally made letters were the words "The Outrigger Prince George BC"!!

I had a little mini freak out as I have never seen a mug or anything except a postcard from this place and now I was holding one of my favorite things to collect!! Enough talk you're saying!!

The back with writing and a image of an Outrigger:

What was also cool with this little discovery was that it has a artist's name on the bottom "Jeanne" in black writing. The interesting thing with this is that my mold maker, the man that made the molds for alot of the local tiki restaurants, Hawaiian Village, Tropic Isle, and also Trader Vic's, told me about this artist doing ceramic pieces and specifically for another Tiki restaurant here in BC called The Islanders.

I also didn't realize this until I was taking the pictures for this post was that when I was at the ceramic mold makers (Tom is his name) house a few years ago, Tom gave me the exact original mug made by Toby Design!! So I could possibly have the original mug that Tom took the mold from to produce this exact mug who then gave the mold to "Jeanne" to make and produce.
A bit of a run around story but I think that's it!! Tom did tell me he often was given or kept the original mugs he made the molds from in case he needed to add extra details the mold may have missed or to make his sculpt a little more precise.
He also had other mugs as well that he had done but mainly from the Hawaiian Village.

Anyways, wanted to get this on here as I was quite excited to find something from what looks to have been another great BC Tiki establishment!!

Mahalo, TabooDan

Post #395684 by TabooDan on Mon, Jul 21, 2008 10:27 PM