Post #584787 by congawa on Wed, Apr 13, 2011 1:06 PM

On 2011-04-13 11:13, JOHN-O wrote:

On 2011-04-13 10:47, congawa wrote:

As much as I love the Tonga Hut, I too would have loved to experience that previous incarnation...

Tonga "Room". Sometimes Tiki is not always better. Ha, ha. :)

Thanks for the historical background Brent. I'm going to see if Jeffrey Stanton references the Ship Cafe in his encyclopedic book "Venice California, Coney Island of the Pacific".

Oops, my faux paux--Room of course! The Hut's doing just fine, and never was a swimming pool!

Several of the images were linked from Jeffrey Stanton's website. I wish I had his book.

http://www.westland.net/venicehistory/mapsdocs/kp-map16.htm

Caltiki Brent