Tiki Central / Locating Tiki / Kona Tiki Polynesian Restaurant NY. help
Post #595880 by bigbrotiki on Sat, Jul 2, 2011 4:23 AM
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Excellent research again, D.C.! Great to see the pieces come together. It makes sense that if anyone opened a Tiki place this late in the game, it would be by a veteran of Polynesian pop - who also knew of Oceanic Arts. Another telling thing that points to the accelerating devolution of Tiki was that they and other places started to offer inexpensive Chinese buffet food to attract customers. Case in point, this example from the cradle of Polynesian pop, the Hollywood Beachcomber!:
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