Post #518124 by Polynesiac on Wed, Mar 17, 2010 8:41 PM

This is a picture of Ports O' Call sometime in 1961. It's a great shot that really shows how the restaurant was completed before the surrounding whalers village and was a tropical oasis surrounded by industrialization and the powerhouse that is the Port of Los Angeles:

A little off topic, but this is an artist interpretation of the expansion of the Port's O' Call restaurant into Port's O' Call Village (a replica of an east coast whaling village) from the parent corporation that owned the restaurant in 1961. It shows how the restaurant will fit into the village:

The construction of Ports O' Call Village in the early '60's:

Port's O' Call restaurant view from the water:

The Blue Cover Menu:

Inside (With map of location and location of other restaurant-the reef- owned by the parent company):

Back Page:

"Orange" Menu cover:

Related to "The Reef" which has it's own thread by Sabu over here:
http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=32146&forum=2&hilite=the%20reef

And Info about the parent company and other restaurants by bigbro here:
http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=17991&forum=11&vpost=305460

I still haven't come across any interior pictures of the restaurant. I've been interviewing our volunteers at the aquarium, but haven't struck gold yet. They've all been there, but haven't produced any pictures of the interior...yet.

Polynesiac - putting the "F" back in "ART"

edited to change date of first photo

[ Edited by: polynesiac 2012-02-23 19:53 ]