Post #666915 by TropicDrinkBoy on Sun, Feb 10, 2013 3:50 PM

I agree that the Land Park Ski Shop looks destined to be Tikified. That would be awesome!

Lileks was pretty harsh on the Gobbler motel but the Gobbler Restaurant has a lot going for it. It looks like an early 80's Getty era Don the Beachcomber space ship style restaurant. It has Lava rock, ROTATING BAR, and a mast that could be converted into an awesome tiki torch that could be seen for miles around. Maybe that was on the now demolished motel but you get the idea! The best part is the appliances, furnace and "bar rotation motors" have been recently replaced, they installed a new Boise (hopefully Bose!) sound system and they only want some $900,000. In Palo Alto that wouldn't even get you a 900 sq. ft. 50 year old shack!

If it's still available when I retire I'm going to cash out of California, convert the "Gobbler's Nest" above the bar into my residence (a la Kelbos perch) and fill the restaurant with authentic carvings from every region of the mysterious South Seas. Every hour and twenty minutes I'll get to tour the entire region.