Post #431256 by Dustycajun on Wed, Jan 28, 2009 12:14 PM

I have collected a few items from the three Aku Aku Restaurants that were located in Boston, Cambridge and Worcester. I recently got a menu that appears to have been used at all three locations. The menu says the restaurants were also "Associated" with the Ho Sai Gai restaurant in Brookline, Mass. Must have been a family thing. Pretty cool little menu with some modern graphic styles.

The cover

Here is the list of locations from the menu.

The drink illustrations

Next I have this great oversized postcard from the Aku Aku in Cambridge. I have posted this beauty before. An old post by Sabu indicated that the decorations for this restaurant were originally located in the Polynesian Village restaurant at the Sommerset Hotel in Boston and were moved to this restaurant by Bobby Seto.

This location is also the scene of the great Jasper White's Summer Shack Tiki destruction crime.

The Tikis

The destruction

Here is a photo of the sign from the Aku Aku in Worcester.

I also have an old matchbook from the Aku Aku. It seems that there were actually two locations in Boston. The older matchbook lists the Boston address as 390 Commonwealth Avenue while the newer menu lists the address as 109 Brookline Avenue. The place must have moved.

Here is another matchbook with the older Boston address posted by Tikisgrl.

The menu and both matchbooks also advertise the Ho Sai Gai restaurant which was located in Brookline. I found this postcard from the from Ho Sai Gai.

DC

[ Edited by: Dustycajun 2009-01-28 12:36 ]