The Jungle-style Thread - Pop Culture Iconography of the Dark Continent - General Tiki

BB Bora Boris Mr. Unreasonable Boogie Wonderland Joined: Mar 25, 2005 Posts: 2616	BB Bora Boris Posted posted on Wed, Dec 9, 2009 7:12 PM Atomic Tiki Punk it’s not your fault and now you have the correct address. I have a boring matchbook for the Bel Congo that says the address is 2665 Harbor Blvd (I’ll scan that tomorrow) so yes the address had changed at some point, the Kona Lanes was at 2699 Harbor Blvd. You can see the roof and part of the sign of the Bel Congo in this picture from The Book of Tiki pg 197 that it was across Mesa Verde Dr. East. The Bel Congo sign in the picture is cooler than the one on the post card. I can’t believe you don’t remember it was next to the 7-11 on the corner. As a former Costa Mesan I suggest you lay low on the "I'm Mr. Costa Mesa" stuff for a few days. :wink: Just for fun here is an aerial shot from 1994 - The Bel Congo is already gone but you can see where it was. Now back to John-O’s Jungle-style Thread!

Atomic Tiki Punk it’s not your fault and now you have the correct address. I have a boring matchbook for the Bel Congo that says the address is 2665 Harbor Blvd (I’ll scan that tomorrow) so yes the address had changed at some point, the Kona Lanes was at 2699 Harbor Blvd.

You can see the roof and part of the sign of the Bel Congo in this picture from The Book of Tiki pg 197 that it was across Mesa Verde Dr. East. The Bel Congo sign in the picture is cooler than the one on the post card.

I can’t believe you don’t remember it was next to the 7-11 on the corner. As a former Costa Mesan I suggest you lay low on the "I'm Mr. Costa Mesa" stuff for a few days. :wink:

Just for fun here is an aerial shot from 1994 - The Bel Congo is already gone but you can see where it was.

Now back to John-O’s Jungle-style Thread!

Post #498208 by Bora Boris on Wed, Dec 9, 2009 7:12 PM