Post #443944 by bigbrotiki on Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:07 PM

[i]On 2009-03-31 16:44, icebaer69 wrote:

i found this amazing info about LOREEN and GUS RAIGOSA
--- --- including the magic word "POLYNESIAN" (!) --- ---
in the "Desert Magazine/April 1966":
"....And for the gourmet, there is a little Polynesian restaurant
where food rivals that of Bali Hai, on San Diego’s Shelter Island,
which inspired this place ..."

Wow, internet archeology is overtaking urban archeology:

Found THESE shots of the Bagdad Cafe in Newberry Springs (sorry for the size, dragged from the web):

...and when looking at this photo again, I see a tiny A-frame peaking out way in the back!:

(Plus what looks like a Jaguar E-Type, quite a swank ride for this desert town!)