Post #456978 by Dustycajun on Thu, May 28, 2009 5:32 PM

Name:Kon Tiki Restaurant (Sheraton Hotel)
Type:restaurant
Street:Public Square
City:Cleveland
State:OH
Zip:
country:USA
Phone:
Status:defunct

Description:
The Kon Tiki restaurant in Cleveland seems to be one of the lesser publicized locations in the Steven Crane chain. It was located in the Sheraton Hotel at the Public Square in Cleveland. It was the third Kon Tiki restaurant to be built in partnership with Sheraton Hotels, following the Montreal and Portland locations. There was a fourth located in Cincinnati at the Hotel Gibson.

This is a great postcard of the interior. Really a lot going on here from the wall decorations down to the drinks, lamps and serving bowls on the tables.

Here is a postcard showing the lunch buffet at the Kon Tiki with the cannibal carvings watching over the food.

Here is a souvenir menu from the Kon Tiki.

The manager was Allen James Lowe

Some of the illustrated drink pages

I found some pictures of another menu from Cleveland.

I also found this article on-line that talks about the restaurant and has a great map of the interior layout showing the various rooms and features. Unfortunately you only get to see the first page of the article for free.

I read that there is a great a picture of the entrance to the Cleveland Kon Tiki on Superior Avenue in the book "Cleveland Food Memories". If anybody out there has that book, please post.

This listing is on the back of a Kon Tiki matchbook, and the second listing from the menu show all of Steve Crane restaurants.

It seems as though some of the names changes?

I don't remember seeing anything for the Ports o Call in Beverly Hills?

DC