Post #455074 by Mo-Eye on Wed, May 20, 2009 4:18 AM

This place was already mentioned breifly in this thread:

http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=4134&forum=1&hilite=hawaiian%20inn

but all the pics are gone and there wasn't a whole lot of info, so I figured I would relocate it to Locating Tiki.

The Hawaiian Inn was opened by Frank Cannova in late 1974. Its building used to be the Desert Ranch hotel which dates to the mid 1950s. The lobby was decorated with tiki masks and outrigger canoes. They had a restaurant called the Kon Tiki Supper Club, which had the traditional Polynesian floor shows such as hula and fire knife dance, and there was also a separate lounge. In November 1978 a fire gutted the restaurant and lounge, and it remained closed until May 1979 when it became the Beachcomber Resort.

I found a boat load of their advertisements :down:

As well as this photo of one of their luaus on the beach :down:

And here are 2 postcards from one of DC's older posts :down:

And lastly, a matchbook cover :down: