South Seas, Honolulu, HI (restaurant) - Locating Tiki

PR Phillip Roberts Tiki Socialite OAHU/Seattle Joined: Sep 09, 2003 Posts: 1703	PR Phillip Roberts Posted posted on Fri, May 7, 2010 2:52 AM On 2010-05-06 21:46, aquarj wrote: This photo was captioned in a book as the South Seas Village, almost certainly a different place, right? Any idea where this one was? -Randy Yup, That's the "South Seas Village" restaurant in Waikiki. Also a Spencecliff Corporation run locale. Same carving as in the Hawaiian Hut. I have that same book somewhere... As to the Spencecliff Corporation's ability to get high quality carvings from Tahiti, Sven... Spence Weaver bought the "Les Tropiques" hotel (buying Donn Beach's half interest) in Tahiti in 1957. He spent a great deal of time there, even retiring there in the late 1980's.

On 2010-05-06 21:46, aquarj wrote:
This photo was captioned in a book as the South Seas Village, almost certainly a different place, right?

Any idea where this one was?

-Randy

Yup, That's the "South Seas Village" restaurant in Waikiki. Also a Spencecliff Corporation run locale. Same carving as in the Hawaiian Hut. I have that same book somewhere...

As to the Spencecliff Corporation's ability to get high quality carvings from Tahiti, Sven...

Spence Weaver bought the "Les Tropiques" hotel (buying Donn Beach's half interest) in Tahiti in 1957. He spent a great deal of time there, even retiring there in the late 1980's.

Post #528564 by Phillip Roberts on Fri, May 7, 2010 2:52 AM