Post #50602 by MTKahuna on Mon, Sep 8, 2003 1:25 PM

HISTORY of the Hawaiian Room:

Last Saturday, I stopped by OA to pick up supplies. After cutting some bamboo, I asked Leroy if he remembers decorating a bar in the city of Bellflower. Suddenly, the stories began to flow.

He stated that the original name of the bar was the Dragon Hut. He remembers that an older guy, (He forgot his name), who owned a popular cleaning service opened the bar/restaurant in the late 60's.

"The theme of the place was huts", he recalls. "There was a hut in front of the place and several on the inside"."The back room was separated by saki bottles, cork floats, and shell deviders. I remember that we would polish off & collect saki bottles for the decor. We were the first to start that."

He also remembers that the original owner paid for all of the materials, but did not pay for his labor. "That was before we had our own contractors license."

I quietly appoligized for the previous owners stingy-nous and assured him that his work was not done in vain.
Before leaving, I invited him to the event (w/ saki free of charge).

I only hope that the transformation of the Hawaiian Room will live up to it's, & his, original standards.

:tiki:

Ressurection of the Hawaiian Room
September 20, 2003 @ 8:00pm
9875 East Alondra
Bellflower, CA 90706

[ Edited by: MTKahuna on 2003-09-08 14:43 ]