Post #50923 by thejab on Wed, Sep 10, 2003 7:49 PM

I guess our road trip really started after Exotica on Tuesday 8/25 when we went to Milwaukee to see the Brooks Stevens exhibit. No pictures were allowed inside but I got these:

Here's a place in Milwaukee that we stopped at for custard (it's a super creamy soft-serve popular in Wisconsin):

Day 2:

Superdawgs and Superfries for lunch at Superdawg complete with carhop service:

Here's a night shot we took the night before:

We planned on leaving Chicago right after lunch but my insatiable curiosity got the better of me and I had to check out the rest of the tiki joints in the Chicago suburbs while I had the chance. I felt kind of bad not eating at any of them but we weren't hungry so we just had a quick drink and took some pictures and left. All of them are in the Tiki Road Trip book so I'll spare you the details.

First stop was Malahini Terrace. I took only one shot, of their tiki cactus garden:

Next stop was Tong's Polynesian Village in Naperville. The inside was just as boring as the front - no tiki or tropical decor left - skip it.

The next one was way better. Tong's Tiki Hut in Villa Park. Worth a visit if in the area.

Tong's Tiki Hut in Glendale Heights is now the Village Hut, an Indian Restaurant. Thankfully, the decor is still very tropical but I didn't see any tikis and I'm not sure if there were any there before. The man who was there was very nice and explained how he liked the way the decor reminded him of his village in India so he named it Village Hut. He said the Indian food they serve is of a specific region in India and that type of Indian food is only served in 2 places in the US. A nice place to get an Indian meal.

Finally we left Chicago on old highway 20 heading for Iowa. More pictures to come.

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[ Edited by: thejab on 2003-09-10 19:51 ]