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

D Dustycajun Tiki Socialite Santa Barbara, CA Joined: Nov 16, 2007 Posts: 5298	D Dustycajun Posted posted on 05/13/2010 On 2010-05-06 19:42, bigbrotiki wrote: Ahaaaa! So this one that I described here was one of the three?: "A couple of years later, during a holiday in Waikiki, I stumbled on a neighborhood Tiki Bar...don't ask me where it was, somewhere downtown, and behind the bar hung a painting just like it! It was longer than mine, and I don't remember if it varied much, but it was the same story, by the same artist! Now I THINK this place was called the "South Seas" --but it was NOT the South Seas that you used to see coming in from the airport..." Bigbro, I grabbed an image of this old postcard from a different South Seas in Honolulu And this napkin from Mimi Payne's website looks to be from the same place. Is this the South Seas you are referring to? DC

On 2010-05-06 19:42, bigbrotiki wrote:
Ahaaaa! So this one that I described here was one of the three?:

"A couple of years later, during a holiday in Waikiki, I stumbled on a neighborhood Tiki Bar...don't ask me where it was, somewhere downtown, and behind the bar hung a painting just like it! It was longer than mine, and I don't remember if it varied much, but it was the same story, by the same artist!

Now I THINK this place was called the "South Seas" --but it was NOT the South Seas that you used to see coming in from the airport..."

Bigbro,

I grabbed an image of this old postcard from a different South Seas in Honolulu

And this napkin from Mimi Payne's website looks to be from the same place.

Is this the South Seas you are referring to?

Post #529885 by Dustycajun on 05/13/2010