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Tiki Central / Locating Tiki / Tai Ping, Los Angeles, CA (restaurant)

Post #562433 by bigbrotiki on Fri, Oct 29, 2010 6:42 PM

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Ouuuh, just heard from O.A. that George Nakashima did the decor! The man did the Luau, Kon Tikis, Mai Kai and Mauna Loa! This must have been quite a gem that went totally under the radar of of us urban archeologists. Who knows how long it was intact before its recent final destruction!
This reminds me of the China Trader: Drove by that place a dozen times without checking it out, and then it was gone...