Post #576407 by Sabu The Coconut Boy on Wed, Feb 16, 2011 12:34 PM

Cross-pollinating this link that Psycho Tiki D posted in another thread:

http://www.sacbee.com/2011/02/16/3405316/coral-reef-reflections.html#

Great article in the Sacramento Bee filled with recollections of the Coral Reef. It also contains the Mai Tai recipe that Tangaroa-Ru asked for at the beginning of this thread, as well as several other food & drink recipes:

Recipe: Coral Reef Mai Tai
George Chew, former bar manager of the Coral Reef, said this was the restaurant's most popular drink. Its price in the mid-1970s was $2.65.

INGREDIENTS

1 ounce light rum
2 ounces sweet and sour mix
1 ounce lemon sour (see note above)
1 ounce orgeat syrup
1 ounce orange curacao
Squeeze of lime
Crushed ice
1 ounce 97 proof Appleton Jamaican dark rum
1 canned pineapple ring
1 maraschino cherry

INSTRUCTIONS

In a double old-fashioned glass, build drink by layering light rum, sweet and sour mix, lemon sour, orgeat syrup, curacao and lime juice. Stir. Pack with crushed ice. Float Appleton dark rum on top. Place pineapple ring on top with cherry in center of ring.

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:up: unfortunately the key to making the "lemon sour" doesn't seem to be included in the article.

Here are some photos from the article:

:down: another menu pic

:down: a nice interior shot:

:down: and the famous sign with the tiki mask...

...that eventually made its way to the Bamboo Hut in San Francisco: