Black Tahiti, Washington, D.C., (bar) - Locating Tiki

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Thu, Dec 24, 2009 1:38 PM Here we have the proprietor, Ulysses G. "Blackie" Auger To his customers, his mantra was simple: "You eat beef or you don't eat nothing." And here's how the name for the Black Tahiti came to be: During World War II, he served in Africa and Europe. A few Southern Army buddies gave him the nickname because they could not pronounce Ulysses. " 'Hey, you with the black hair. Hey, Blackie,' " he recalled. His restaurants: .....He named them recognizably: the Black Rose, the Black Crystal, the Black Beret, the Black Tahiti (Polynesian food, inspired by a vacation to the South Pacific), the Black Greco, the Black Saddle, the Black Circus, the Black Ulysses and the Black Russian. Thanks, folks, mystery solved! [ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2009-12-25 06:33 ]

Here we have the proprietor, Ulysses G. "Blackie" Auger

To his customers, his mantra was simple: "You eat beef or you don't eat nothing."

And here's how the name for the Black Tahiti came to be:

During World War II, he served in Africa and Europe. A few Southern Army buddies gave him the nickname because they could not pronounce Ulysses. " 'Hey, you with the black hair. Hey, Blackie,' " he recalled.

His restaurants: .....He named them recognizably: the Black Rose, the Black Crystal, the Black Beret, the Black Tahiti (Polynesian food, inspired by a vacation to the South Pacific), the Black Greco, the Black Saddle, the Black Circus, the Black Ulysses and the Black Russian.

Thanks, folks, mystery solved!

[ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2009-12-25 06:33 ]

Post #500731 by bigbrotiki on Thu, Dec 24, 2009 1:38 PM