Hawaii Kai, New York, NY (restaurant) - Locating Tiki

D Dustycajun Tiki Socialite Santa Barbara, CA Joined: Nov 16, 2007 Posts: 5295	D Dustycajun Posted posted on Tue, Jun 1, 2010 12:43 PM Donhonyc, I saw that card on ebay a while back and also wondered about the time-line. In looking a little more closely at the back of the card I was surprised to see that the Lanai was started by Monte Proser who also created the Beachcomber chain which I did a post on not too long ago. http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=36222&forum=2&hilite=monte proser Even more surprising was the location of the Lanai - basically at the same location as the original New York Beachcomber at the Winter Garden Theater! This mug from the Lanai just sold on ebay. Interesting twist on the Hawaii Kai history. DC

Donhonyc,

I saw that card on ebay a while back and also wondered about the time-line. In looking a little more closely at the back of the card I was surprised to see that the Lanai was started by Monte Proser who also created the Beachcomber chain which I did a post on not too long ago.

http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=36222&forum=2&hilite=monte proser

Even more surprising was the location of the Lanai - basically at the same location as the original New York Beachcomber at the Winter Garden Theater!

This mug from the Lanai just sold on ebay.

Interesting twist on the Hawaii Kai history.

Post #533490 by Dustycajun on Tue, Jun 1, 2010 12:43 PM