Photos of my top-ten Tiki Bar Interiors for International Tiki Day - General Tiki

STCB Sabu The Coconut Boy Tiki Socialite Carson, California Joined: Aug 20, 2002 Posts: 2813	STCB Sabu The Coconut Boy Posted posted on Sat, Aug 9, 2003 2:14 PM Hi All, Yesterday I posted the exterior shots; today I'm posting some interiors. Again, I've tried to choose images you might not have seen before. There are too many great tiki-bar postcards to create a real "top ten", so these are just a sampling of some of the nicer ones in no particular order. Next year I'll post a different top ten. #1. The Papeete room at the Kon Tiki Ports Restaurant in the Sheraton Chicago Hotel. #2. Four views of the Zamboanga nightclub in Los Angeles - A great pre-tiki Polynesian supper club. Home of the "Tailess Monkey" cocktail. The murals in this club were simply stunning. What I wouldn't have given to see them in person. #3. the Bamboo Cabana Room located in the Hotel Windemere overlooking the Blue Pacific, 1431 Ocean Avenue, Santa Monica, California. #4. The Outrigger at The Surf and Sand Hotel in Laguna Beach, California. #5. The Mah Jong Restaurant on Long Island, NY. Any of you New Yorkers heard about this one? #6. This one kills me. All my young life I used to see the Holiday Inn across the street from Disneyland on Harbor Blvd. Who knew that lurking inside was this: The Polynesian Dining Room. I'm sick that I missed it. Did any of you Orange County folks visit it before it was torn down? #7. Don The Beachcomber's in Hollywood, CA. #8. Pantley's Pagan Hut. Depoe Bay, Oregon. Puamana found this postcard for me at a local show in Seattle. I love the moody lighting of this bar and the great use of modern, 1950s chairs. I believe Puamana also has some menus from this location and might be gracious enough to add them to this thread in a few days. #9. "Howdy Reynolds'" real-estate office. "I am Hawaii's BIGGEST real estate man, (over 300 lbs.), and ONE of the DOLLS in the picture is "G-MAN JOE", famous on radio and television in islands, as "Hawaii's Charlie McCarthy". #10. Bob Lee's Islander in Boston. Did Bob Lee copy the Paul Marshall mugs? Or did Paul Marshall copy Bob Lee's Islander? And as a bonus: The Bali-Hai Hair Stylists, Ltd., West Islip, New York. Well, that's it for this year. Hope you enjoyed them and I'll see you tonight at Baxdog's! Sabu [ Edited by: Sabu The Coconut Boy on 2003-08-09 14:15 ]

Hi All,

Yesterday I posted the exterior shots; today I'm posting some interiors. Again, I've tried to choose images you might not have seen before. There are too many great tiki-bar postcards to create a real "top ten", so these are just a sampling of some of the nicer ones in no particular order. Next year I'll post a different top ten.

#1. The Papeete room at the Kon Tiki Ports Restaurant in the Sheraton Chicago Hotel.

#2. Four views of the Zamboanga nightclub in Los Angeles - A great pre-tiki Polynesian supper club. Home of the "Tailess Monkey" cocktail. The murals in this club were simply stunning. What I wouldn't have given to see them in person.

#3. the Bamboo Cabana Room located in the Hotel Windemere overlooking the Blue Pacific, 1431 Ocean Avenue, Santa Monica, California.

#4. The Outrigger at The Surf and Sand Hotel in Laguna Beach, California.

#5. The Mah Jong Restaurant on Long Island, NY. Any of you New Yorkers heard about this one?

#6. This one kills me. All my young life I used to see the Holiday Inn across the street from Disneyland on Harbor Blvd. Who knew that lurking inside was this:

The Polynesian Dining Room. I'm sick that I missed it. Did any of you Orange County folks visit it before it was torn down?

#7. Don The Beachcomber's in Hollywood, CA.

#8. Pantley's Pagan Hut. Depoe Bay, Oregon. Puamana found this postcard for me at a local show in Seattle. I love the moody lighting of this bar and the great use of modern, 1950s chairs. I believe Puamana also has some menus from this location and might be gracious enough to add them to this thread in a few days.

#9. "Howdy Reynolds'" real-estate office. "I am Hawaii's BIGGEST real estate man, (over 300 lbs.), and ONE of the DOLLS in the picture is "G-MAN JOE", famous on radio and television in islands, as "Hawaii's Charlie McCarthy".

#10. Bob Lee's Islander in Boston. Did Bob Lee copy the Paul Marshall mugs? Or did Paul Marshall copy Bob Lee's Islander?

And as a bonus:

The Bali-Hai Hair Stylists, Ltd., West Islip, New York.

Well, that's it for this year. Hope you enjoyed them and I'll see you tonight at Baxdog's!

Sabu

[ Edited by: Sabu The Coconut Boy on 2003-08-09 14:15 ]

Post #47115 by Sabu The Coconut Boy on Sat, Aug 9, 2003 2:14 PM