Aloha Club, Martinez, CA (bar) - Locating Tiki

K kraken Tiki Socialite SF Bay area Joined: Jun 17, 2011 Posts: 110	K kraken Posted posted on Thu, Oct 6, 2011 2:14 AM A little more research on The Aloha Club. The address given is now just a parking lot. It's in the oldest commercial section of Martinez, very close to the Southern Pacific depot, now also defunct. The W.E. Greene listed as the proprietor may well have been a descendant of the W.E. Greene who was a Superior Court judge in Martinez back in the late nineteenth century. A somewhat earlier version of that menu with the extremely dissipated beachcomber is listed (as sold) at an auction site: http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/the-aloha-club-bar-menu-martinez-ca This version identifies the mixologist as Bill Bettencourt, on whom I can find no other information.

A little more research on The Aloha Club.

The address given is now just a parking lot. It's in the oldest
commercial section of Martinez, very close to the Southern
Pacific depot, now also defunct. The W.E. Greene listed as the
proprietor may well have been a descendant of the W.E. Greene
who was a Superior Court judge in Martinez back in the late
nineteenth century.

A somewhat earlier version of that menu with the extremely
dissipated beachcomber is listed (as sold) at an auction site:
http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/the-aloha-club-bar-menu-martinez-ca
This version identifies the mixologist as Bill Bettencourt, on whom
I can find no other information.

Post #609222 by kraken on Thu, Oct 6, 2011 2:14 AM