Post #400836 by TabooDan on Tue, Aug 12, 2008 3:47 PM

Name:South Pacific Ports Chinese & Polynesian Restaurant.
Type:restaurant
Street:Seventh Ave & 51st Street.
City:New York City
State:NY
Zip:
country:USA
Phone:
Status:defunct

Description:
I saw a postcard on Ebay for this restaurant called the South Pacific Ports (Chinese & Polynesian) Restaurant. I did a search and didn't find anything on here for a South Pacific in New York but there was one in Pittsford Plaza which was in the community of Pittsford, a suburb of Rochester, NY.

I believe this to be a different location as this South Pacific Polynesian Restaurant was at the Hotel Taft in downtown New York.
For a VERY interesting, but short & summarized, read on the history of the Hotel Taft, check this link out:

http://www.nypress.com/18/8/news&columns/DavidFreeland.cfm

Great little history lesson on the building itself and it's unlucky history!

I do not have any other information about this place.
If you read the link above you would agree that this location for a Polynesian Restaurant would have been very successful! Especially with the theater and the area!!

Oh...and here is the postcard. It sure looks like it was quite the place!! Looks like good old drink menus on the tables! Who's got one??
I believe this card was postmarked 1970's.

TabooDan

[ Edited by: TabooDan 2008-08-12 15:51 ]