Post #560864 by aquarj on Wed, Oct 20, 2010 11:36 PM

Thanks for the images again DC. There absolutely was a liquor store, fittingly called Lanai Liquors. Later I'll add more on the Barney West tiki that used to reside there, and now sits in front of some weirdo's house.

Here are some more vintage images - these are all from the interior.

Great shot of the mural adorning one of the walls. Note the peanut mug style lamp, coconut mug, and recognizable Lanai ashtray. :down:

Great color image of the dining area, and I think the waterfall :down:

Now for some more closeups. This is the back wall there, again I think that might be a waterfall there with the big shell... :down:

Tiki :down:

For comparison again, note the same scene with the foreground tiki and the background one in the waterfall area, from the postcard posted earlier. :down:

More closeups. Let's look at what they're having at that back table. Looks like he's having something in a peanut mug, blonde #1 is having something in the earring mug, and blonde #2 might be having a Tahitian Rum Punch, containing the red swizzle. :down:

Now the foreground table. One Marlboro guy off to the left is sharing a GIANT Side Winder's Fang with a girl. Another girl is having a Moonkist Pineapple, while Marlboro guy #2 looks at the dinner menu with the waitress. Looking closely at the plates, they seem to have The Lanai's curving palm tree logo right in the middle, but no sign of the logo tiki. :down:

Next a couple more shots from the Images of America San Mateo book, both with the captions as they appear. :down:

Here's that same picture as it appeared on the Villa Square brochure. In color it's easier to see what appears to be a mural on the wall. Maybe it could be the same mural as the first B&W image above. :down:

Next is a postcard. I can't recall, but think this came from Mike tikihula. Since the postcard says 3c postage, that would place it between 1958 and 1963. :down:

The image on the front of that postcard. This is the bar, with the fabulous 3D mural that has the light changing effect. :down:

For reference, here are the other shots of that bar and mural / diorama at different times. Close-up from the Villa Square brochure. :down:

Same image from the envelope. :down:

And once more from the other postcard, which I'm guessing was later. :down:

Last, a couple moire-heavy closeups of the barback diorama. :down:

Still some more to come, but that's most of what I've got for the vintage images.

-Randy