The Castaway, Dana Point, CA (restaurant) - Locating Tiki

C congawa Member Long Beach, CA Joined: Aug 11, 2008 Posts: 358	C congawa Posted posted on Tue, Feb 7, 2012 10:07 AM Thanks for those shots Dustycajun! BTD--It never was "Tiki" in terms of having any. I think for a lot of seafood restaurants, a totem pole might also be shorthand for "there's some damn good Alaskan salmon served here." Chuck--It was the Beach House more recently (I'm assuming a branch of the Laguna Beach restaurant). The Chart House in Dana Point is on the bluff, and has been there since the 70's. It (said bluff Chart House) is definitely in the 1970's architectural motif (completed with spiral staircase) that screams "Cocaine smugglers who live on their yachts and sip Harvey Wallbangers welcome here!" My mother also took a photo of a sea lion on a rock in front of the sign, circa mid-to-late 70's after it had become El Adobe by the Sea (a short-lived branch of the historic San Juan Capistrano Mexican restaurant built in an 1800's Wells Fargo carriage house that was known as Nixon's favorite restaurant when he lived at the "Western White House"). Caltiki Brent http://www.facebook.com/dingdongdevils http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/dingdongdevils [ Edited by: congawa 2012-02-07 10:07 ] [ Edited by: congawa 2012-02-07 10:08 ]

Thanks for those shots Dustycajun!

BTD--It never was "Tiki" in terms of having any. I think for a lot of seafood restaurants, a totem pole might also be shorthand for "there's some damn good Alaskan salmon served here."

Chuck--It was the Beach House more recently (I'm assuming a branch of the Laguna Beach restaurant). The Chart House in Dana Point is on the bluff, and has been there since the 70's. It (said bluff Chart House) is definitely in the 1970's architectural motif (completed with spiral staircase) that screams "Cocaine smugglers who live on their yachts and sip Harvey Wallbangers welcome here!"

My mother also took a photo of a sea lion on a rock in front of the sign, circa mid-to-late 70's after it had become El Adobe by the Sea (a short-lived branch of the historic San Juan Capistrano Mexican restaurant built in an 1800's Wells Fargo carriage house that was known as Nixon's favorite restaurant when he lived at the "Western White House").

Caltiki Brent

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http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/dingdongdevils

[ Edited by: congawa 2012-02-07 10:07 ]

[ Edited by: congawa 2012-02-07 10:08 ]

Post #623948 by congawa on Tue, Feb 7, 2012 10:07 AM