Post #516420 by LuauHut on Wed, Mar 10, 2010 8:06 PM

Hi Everyone - here are a few things from the F Street Luau Hut:

This is a photo of my mother, sister, brother, and me (I am on the far right) in the dining room - as you can see, the decor was very similar to the Silver Spring location:

Here is a matchbox specifically for the F Street location:

The matchbox shows the original Luau Hut symbol that was used on some mugs (a photo was posted previously by another member) and on the original hand-drawn business card:

Notice that the address for the F Street restaurant was always shown as "#14 F Street" - this was done because some people used to think erroneously that the restaurant was located at the corner of 14th and F Street, which at that time was not the best of areas in DC...

My musician brother Kim is shown here performing with his band in the Outrigger Lounge, which was downstairs:

I love how my brother and I are both wearing white boots in our photos - so stylish back then! :)

And last but not least, this is an interesting column that appeared in the Washington Post - of course the stairs issue is legitimate (handicapped access laws have changed since then), but it mostly talks about the controversy of the pictures of naked women that were hanging in the Outrigger Lounge - very amusing. The Luau Hut is not mentioned by name, but it was the only restaurant that fit the description!