Post #596826 by Dustycajun on Sun, Jul 10, 2011 3:54 AM

Found a newspaper reference to The Castaway, it was scheduled for construction in late 1962.

Oakland Tribune 11/30/1962 Page 23
by Perry Phillips

CLOSE ON THE heels of the new Mikado opening!
comes word that shortly another fine restaurant will
grace Jack London Square. Located in the Port of Oakland
building, as is the Japanese dinery, the new addition,
called the Castaway, will feature Polynesian dishes.
An outside elevator will take diners to the rooftop restaurant
which will overlook the Estuary and San Francisco
skyline.

These two new restaurants should do much to help
make the Square the type of dining area it is supposed
to be. After all, if a reputation for being a restaurant
area is to be enjoyed down there, then the more eating
places the better, providing that variety in foods and
settings is followed through. I can't help but feel that
there has been something missing on Jack London Square
in the past and now with the Mikado and Castaway part
of the scene the Square won't be so square.

I also found this reference to the location of The Castaway within Jack London Square.

Castaway Restaurant and Bar was on one of the upper floors of the Haslett Warehouse Company building on Franklin and Embarcadero.

You can see the Haslett Warehouse Company building in this old postcard map.

I found an article discussing The Castaway that was dated 1980, so it was around for a long time. Wonder why we have never seen it here on TC before.

DC