Tiki Bar in Marina Del Rey? - 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 Thu, Aug 14, 2003 6:48 PM Thanks Bigbro, As usual, I knew you would have the knowledge to fill in the details. Looking at the photos, the decor does look a little cheesy, but yesterday, at dusk, with all those tikis poking out of the gloom, it felt more authentic. Besides the tikis, there's all this laquered plywood and cork floats that indicate the restaurant had a marine or nautical theme in the old days. That's why the tikis fit in so well. It was easy to mistake them for part of the original restaurant if you didn't know better. I recognized the big guy from Oceanic Arts as well as the masks, but didn't know if they'd been selling that style for years or not. I'll have to do more research on the Pieces of Eight restaurant. That facade of Shanghai Red's matches the ones from my Castaways postcards almost exactly. Shall we make a trek to the Warehouse two or three weekends from now? Sabu

Thanks Bigbro,

As usual, I knew you would have the knowledge to fill in the details. Looking at the photos, the decor does look a little cheesy, but yesterday, at dusk, with all those tikis poking out of the gloom, it felt more authentic. Besides the tikis, there's all this laquered plywood and cork floats that indicate the restaurant had a marine or nautical theme in the old days. That's why the tikis fit in so well. It was easy to mistake them for part of the original restaurant if you didn't know better. I recognized the big guy from Oceanic Arts as well as the masks, but didn't know if they'd been selling that style for years or not.

I'll have to do more research on the Pieces of Eight restaurant. That facade of Shanghai Red's matches the ones from my Castaways postcards almost exactly.

Shall we make a trek to the Warehouse two or three weekends from now?

Sabu

Post #47870 by Sabu The Coconut Boy on Thu, Aug 14, 2003 6:48 PM