Tiki Bob's San Fran 1959 cheesecake - General Tiki

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Sat, Sep 13, 2003 4:11 AM Unbelievably cool! Wish I would have had that lower one for the Book. I only had a generic B&W newspaper clipping photo from Otto before, not interesting enough to use but this is sublime absurdity...the strange rituals of the American modern primitive. BOT p.(?): "....“Sneaky” Bob Bryant had worked as Trader Vic’s bar manager, but when they had a falling out in 1955, Bob moved down a block from the Trader’s Cosmo Place location and opened his own watering hole. An attempt to franchise his concept at the Capitol Inn in Sacramento was short lived. Bob also opened “Tiki Bob’s Mainland” on Bush Street where he offered lingerie fashion shows to draw in the business crowd at lunchtime...."

Unbelievably cool! Wish I would have had that lower one for the Book. I only had a generic B&W newspaper clipping photo from Otto before, not interesting enough to use but this is sublime absurdity...the strange rituals of the American modern primitive.

BOT p.(?):
"....“Sneaky” Bob Bryant had worked as Trader Vic’s bar manager, but when they had a falling out in 1955, Bob moved down a block from the Trader’s Cosmo Place location and opened his own watering hole. An attempt to franchise his concept at the Capitol Inn in Sacramento was short lived. Bob also opened “Tiki Bob’s Mainland” on Bush Street where he offered lingerie fashion shows to draw in the business crowd at lunchtime...."

Post #51186 by bigbrotiki on Sat, Sep 13, 2003 4:11 AM