The Tiki Restaurant, Washington -or:, WA (restaurant) - Locating Tiki

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Sun, Feb 5, 2012 9:50 AM On 2012-02-04 21:38, tikicoma wrote: Edit:"....I forgot to mention that about 1979 I went to a bar (the Ram) next to the Tiki location. After I parked I looked up at the end of the building strip that these business' were in and saw what I recall as two, tiki like, masks painted on it along with the words, Tiki or Tikis restaurant. I went looking for it but only found the locked door to the Peking...." Aaaah, Tiki ghost signs, an untapped chapter of urban archeology http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=Ghost%20signs&oe=UTF-8&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=1bsuT9PcA-_YiQLbpd3NCg&biw=1064&bih=506&sei=3rsuT-HcDoPUiALLgrXACg They are just a few so far: The Chin Tiki, the Pago Pago in Chicago...and the ones I missed documenting: The Seven Seas, the Tiki Porn Theater...someone should start a thread on it! Too bad, the one for the "Tiki Restaurant" would have been great! Tikicoma, that Martin Denny poster now graces the pages of my "Sound of Tiki" booklet, it was lent to me by a dedicated collector friend. When I first saw it, I thought it was fake - it was such cliche! :) Oh, that stripper menu is fantastic! [ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2012-02-05 17:28 ]

On 2012-02-04 21:38, tikicoma wrote:
Edit:"....I forgot to mention that about 1979 I went to a bar (the Ram) next to the Tiki location. After I parked I looked up at the end of the building strip that these business' were in and saw what I recall as two, tiki like, masks painted on it along with the words, Tiki or Tikis restaurant. I went looking for it but only found the locked door to the Peking...."

Aaaah, Tiki ghost signs, an untapped chapter of urban archeology

http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=Ghost%20signs&oe=UTF-8&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=1bsuT9PcA-_YiQLbpd3NCg&biw=1064&bih=506&sei=3rsuT-HcDoPUiALLgrXACg

They are just a few so far: The Chin Tiki, the Pago Pago in Chicago...and the ones I missed documenting: The Seven Seas, the Tiki Porn Theater...someone should start a thread on it!

Too bad, the one for the "Tiki Restaurant" would have been great! Tikicoma, that Martin Denny poster now graces the pages of my "Sound of Tiki" booklet, it was lent to me by a dedicated collector friend. When I first saw it, I thought it was fake - it was such cliche! :)

Oh, that stripper menu is fantastic!

[ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2012-02-05 17:28 ]

Post #623683 by bigbrotiki on Sun, Feb 5, 2012 9:50 AM