The Lanai, San Mateo, CA (restaurant) - Locating Tiki

A aquarj Tiki Socialite SF bay area, CA Joined: Apr 02, 2002 Posts: 1125	A aquarj Posted posted on Sun, Mar 6, 2011 12:10 PM I think that photo (and the identical one on pg. 1) were professional shots taken around the time of the remodel. The one I posted from the collection of the Villa Hotel guy was about 8x10 if I remember right. BTW, having seen the posts about the period when the Hawaii Kai was briefly called the Lanai around 1961, I'm guessing now that those S&P shakers were more likely from that Lanai in NYC. That would explain why they use the lettering style on the back that is unrelated to the San Mateo Lanai logo. Also by the way, anyone else notice the ebay auctions already directly quoting this thread? The postcard image just posted above with the steer horns was from an ebay auction that pasted a bunch of text from here (which incidentally violates ebay policy). Oh well. -Randy

I think that photo (and the identical one on pg. 1) were professional shots taken around the time of the remodel. The one I posted from the collection of the Villa Hotel guy was about 8x10 if I remember right.

BTW, having seen the posts about the period when the Hawaii Kai was briefly called the Lanai around 1961, I'm guessing now that those S&P shakers were more likely from that Lanai in NYC. That would explain why they use the lettering style on the back that is unrelated to the San Mateo Lanai logo.

Also by the way, anyone else notice the ebay auctions already directly quoting this thread? The postcard image just posted above with the steer horns was from an ebay auction that pasted a bunch of text from here (which incidentally violates ebay policy). Oh well.

-Randy

Post #579119 by aquarj on Sun, Mar 6, 2011 12:10 PM