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Tiki Central / Locating Tiki / Tonga Lei, Malibu, CA (restaurant)

Post #490761 by Sabu The Coconut Boy on Thu, Oct 29, 2009 12:23 AM

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Never seen those Tonga Lei swizzles before, Kate. Simple in design, but still very cool.

Here's an old photo I found of the Aloha Lounge entrance of the Tonga Lei:

The location was one of the great mysteries here on TC for awhile back in 2003, (although PiPhiRo had guessed it right away). Here's the original discussion:
http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?mode=viewtopic&topic=2344&forum=1&start=0

It wasn't until 2007, when bananabobs discovered the same tiki at a client's house and restored it:
http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=24264&forum=1

.... That he confirmed that my photo was of the Tonga Lei.


[ Edited by: Sabu The Coconut Boy 2009-10-29 00:24 ]