Far East Imperial, Pompano Beach, FL (restaurant) - Locating Tiki

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Fri, Jun 19, 2009 7:39 AM Hmm! And seeing how Duke arranged him with that other smaller Ku and the wall sculptures from that company he wrote a Tiki Magazine article about (whose name escapes me at the moment) points to a certain similarity in style: Could THEY have been the makers? I am sure that that is what he's suggesting with his arrangement. The postcard caption "...features bar idols imported from Tahiti.." could very well be about the three carvings BEHIND the bar on the back bar. Now that would be a question that FLMeg could ask her family --but I bet nobody but Sam would remember who made those iconic carvings. I thought FLMeg might enjoy the fact that her Grandpa and his place are pictured in a book: ...albeit without any of the information that is just now, 9 years after its publication, coming to light. The book, "The Book of Tiki", is now out of print, unfortunately, and kinda expensive, you can get a good used one for around 65.- bucks: http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/382282433X/ref=sr_1_olp_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1245422124&sr=1-1 I bet Meg's family would get a kick out of seeing the photo in a book. We are looking forward to hearing more about this fabulous place. [ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2009-07-03 04:32 ]

Hmm! And seeing how Duke arranged him with that other smaller Ku and the wall sculptures from that company he wrote a Tiki Magazine article about (whose name escapes me at the moment) points to a certain similarity in style: Could THEY have been the makers? I am sure that that is what he's suggesting with his arrangement.
The postcard caption "...features bar idols imported from Tahiti.." could very well be about the three carvings BEHIND the bar on the back bar.

Now that would be a question that FLMeg could ask her family --but I bet nobody but Sam would remember who made those iconic carvings.

I thought FLMeg might enjoy the fact that her Grandpa and his place are pictured in a book:

...albeit without any of the information that is just now, 9 years after its publication, coming to light. The book, "The Book of Tiki", is now out of print, unfortunately, and kinda expensive, you can get a good used one for around 65.- bucks:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/382282433X/ref=sr_1_olp_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1245422124&sr=1-1

I bet Meg's family would get a kick out of seeing the photo in a book. We are looking forward to hearing more about this fabulous place.

[ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2009-07-03 04:32 ]

Post #462963 by bigbrotiki on Fri, Jun 19, 2009 7:39 AM