Sing's Polynesian Restaurants., Bangor and Westbrook, ME (restaurant) - Locating Tiki

UT uncle trav Tiki Socialite Kalamazoo Joined: Apr 27, 2005 Posts: 2459	UT uncle trav Posted posted on Tue, Nov 10, 2009 12:45 PM Name:Sing's Polynesian Restaurants. Type:restaurant Street: City:Bangor and Westbrook State:ME Zip: country:USA Phone: Status:defunct Description: Not much info on this one but enough to start some digging. Sorry about the quality of the photos. I think the sign is from the Westbrook location. I like the graphics and with the neon at night I bet it looked classic. The rocks glass is from an eBay auction and the highball from the historical society. Below is a short description of the restaurants. Thanks. "The movement of Chinese restaurants into suburban locations continued in 1972 when the Sing family, which had operated Sing's Polynesian Restaurant and Lounge since 1969 in the Penobscot Plaza in Bangor, Maine, decided to expand southward to Greater Portland. They opened Sing's Cantonese Polynesian American Restaurant and Lounge at 152 Main Street, Westbrook. The family lacked the management structure necessary to operate two such widely separated restaurants and closed the Westbrook location by 1976. Although the closure resulted in significant debts, owner Thomas W Sing paid them in full over several years rather than filing a bankruptcy petition." [ Edited by: uncle trav 2009-11-10 12:50 ]

Name:Sing's Polynesian Restaurants.
Type:restaurant
Street:
City:Bangor and Westbrook
State:ME
Zip:
country:USA
Phone:
Status:defunct

Description:
Not much info on this one but enough to start some digging. Sorry about the quality of the photos. I think the sign is from the Westbrook location. I like the graphics and with the neon at night I bet it looked classic. The rocks glass is from an eBay auction and the highball from the historical society. Below is a short description of the restaurants. Thanks.

"The movement of Chinese restaurants into suburban locations continued in 1972 when the Sing family, which had operated Sing's Polynesian Restaurant and Lounge since 1969 in the Penobscot Plaza in Bangor, Maine, decided to expand southward to Greater Portland. They opened Sing's Cantonese Polynesian American Restaurant and Lounge at 152 Main Street, Westbrook. The family lacked the management structure necessary to operate two such widely separated restaurants and closed the Westbrook location by 1976. Although the closure resulted in significant debts, owner Thomas W Sing paid them in full over several years rather than filing a bankruptcy petition."

[ Edited by: uncle trav 2009-11-10 12:50 ]

Post #493090 by uncle trav on Tue, Nov 10, 2009 12:45 PM