Post #609452 by TikiTomD on Sat, Oct 8, 2011 11:04 AM

Here are a few items mined from the internet on this place:

A local gossip columnist comments on the entertainment at Hurricane Cove...

The Catalina Islander August 14, 1947

From the following article, we learn that Johnny Piacentini and Vince Scari managed Hurricane Cove in the late 1950s; also note the reference to a new Chinese restaurant to be called the Jade Pagoda (any connection beyond name to Hop Louie's Jade Pagoda in Los Angeles?)...

The Catalina Islander December 14, 2007

From the Avalon Lions Club History 1947-2010 at http://www.mixbook.com/photo-books/interests/lions-club-history-book-4861565, comes the following 1964 photo that includes Johnny Piacentini, the Hurricane Cove manager...

In the memoriam section of the Avalon Lions Club history...

Hurricane Cove goes out in a blaze on Sunday, March 4, 1979, along with the Waikiki Hotel (any connection to this... http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=32863&forum=2?)...

The Press-Courier March 5, 1979

-Tom